Dr. Shefali Tsabary is one of the world’s renowned experts on “conscious parenting,” a movement towards understanding that our children are sovereign beings and our role as their parents is to respect them as whole individuals with needs, preferences, and thoughts all to their own.

What she cautions most is that in order to be a truly conscious parent, it’s essential that you “do the work” on yourself.

Acton believes that every “Guide” (in traditional education, they would be known as a “teacher”) approaches every child as a genius on their own hero’s journey. Given this premise, they’re always on a deep soul-searching mission, and instead of merely being the receiver of their parents’ psychological and spiritual legacy, children can function as a beautiful invitation into each parents’ own evolution of self.

Dr. Tsabary believes that when parents are able to learn alongside their children, “power, control, and dominance become an archaic language. Instead, mutual kinship and spiritual partnership are the focus of the parent-child journey.”

Ultimately, children serve as mirrors of their parents’ forgotten selves, and any parent who is brave and courageous enough to look into that reflection has an opportunity to deepen their relationship with their child, as well as with their own inner state of wholeness.

Where are YOU on your parenting journey?

How are you reflecting upon what’s happening in your world to understand the impact and legacy you’re creating for your child?

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