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Love & Life After Birth
3 keys to a better start to family life.
Sunday 8th September 2024 in Totnes, Devon
10am-4pm
​Are you expecting a baby?
Have you been mostly preparing for the birth?
While birth is a life-changing event, it is also the beginning of an even greater journey:
Becoming a parent or welcoming another child into your family.
Are you ready for this next step?
Parenting is a lifelong adventure, filled with a mix of excitement and uncertainty.
As you prepare to step onto this path, it’s natural to have a range of emotions—from joyful anticipation to concerns about how this new role will affect your life, relationships, and your child/children.
We often enter parenting with ideas shaped by our own experiences and the values of our family, community and society (or our rejection of them).
But what truly matters ?
During this retreat, you will:
• Gain a deep understanding of your baby’s most fundamental needs and the potential obstacles to meeting those needs.
• Discover the key element to flourish as a parent
• Practice a simple yet powerful tool to help bring self-regulation, calm and balance into your family life.
There will be opportunities to connect with other expectant parents, including over our lunch break.
You will be also able to carry on exploring and learning together after the end of the retreat by joining the live online Love and Life after Birth 6 weeks course starting on the 14th of September
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"It was one of the best things we have done together.
How often are expectant couples in a sharing space together, doing deep work? It was so helpful to hear about how other couples thrive and where our pitfalls may be. We still practice havening now, that we are close to having our baby. It's a shame this form of support is not unanimous around the UK for all parents to be. '
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A Delicate Transition
"There were many conversations about parenthood I wished we'd had before our first daughter arrived, rather than trying to hash through them when we were both sleep deprived and stretched to our limit after our baby was born"
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'Nearly every parent I have spoken to, whether friend or client, has shared similar stories about the challenging transition to parenthood and how unprepared they felt for the massive life changes.'
The top reason couples break-up within a year of their child's birth:
'We stopped communicating properly about anything'
'Dr. Gottman’s research suggests at least four hurdles with the potential to trip up your marriage. You’ll have a better chance at surmounting them, however, if you have strategic conversations with your partner before the baby comes along, or very soon thereafter.
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You may not be aware of how the baby changes your family and individual identity.
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You may not talk about the tensions a new baby causes.
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You may not take care of your health and well-being as individuals or as a couple.
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New fathers will sometimes withdraw. '
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Dr Gottman's solutions to the above hurdles.:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/06/30/when-threes-not-the-charm-how-to-manage-the-higher-risk-of-divorce-when-baby-comes-along/
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All expectant people are welcome.
Cost
£50 per person, £80 for two
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You can pay for the day over 3 monthly instalments via PayPal pay in 3.
Please follow the button below to set up your payment plan via PayPal, where you can select 'pay in 3' at checkout.
If finances would prevent you from attending the day, we have some reduced and fully funded places available, thanks to the Lottery.
Just get in touch.
Looking forward to connecting with you soon.
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