Listening Partnerships: The missing piece in the parent support puzzle Tales From the Toolbox. Stories from Hand in Hand Parenting

In this episode join Lara, Alice and Belynda for an earnest conversation about the Hand in Hand Parenting tool of Listening Partnerships. They share their adoration for this tool (again!), discuss how it has helped them and enthuse about how life changing it has been for them. You’ll hear more about:


What a Listening Partnership is and the guidelines that help to keep it a safe space 
How a bright spot and refresher question are the perfect bookends for a Listening Partnership 
How this tool sets Hand in Hand Parenting apart from anything else available in the parenting world 
The power of hearing others’ experiences 
Tales of how they’ve used Listening Partnerships in their own lives 

If you want to learn about how finding a supportive listener can transform your parenting and give you the fuel to play wildly, connect with empathy and be with your child through all of their feelings, this is the episode for you! If you are interested in finding a Listening Partner and would like to join the Tales from the Toolbox WhatsApp Group for Listening Partnerships, please complete this form and we’ll email you a link to join: https://forms.gle/DjjbTBxfTat1EMLE8 

For some other resources on Listening Partnerships you might enjoy 

This article - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/2016/08/listen-launch-post-what-is-a-listening-partnership/ 

or this one - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/2020/04/this-weekly-ritual-is-one-of-the-best-things-you-can-do-for-your-parenting/

This online self-paced course - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/product/building-a-listening-partnership-online-class/ 

Listen by Patty Wipfler and Tosha Schore (which has a whole chapter dedicated to Listening Partnerships AND is also available as an audiobook) - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/listen-five-simple-tools/ 

Join the Hand in Hand Community on Mighty Networks: https://join.handinhandparenting.org/feed 

You can continue the conversation with us at talesfromthetoolbox@gmail.com or you can follow on social media @talesfromthetoolboxpodcast 

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Wishing you lots of connection and joy in your parenting, and thanks for listening. 


You can connect with Belynda in Australia at belynda.smith@meerilinga.org.au 
You can connect with Alice in Shetland at alice@warmheartedparenting.com 
You can connect with Lara in London at lara@handinhandparenting.org 
You can connect with Stacy in California at growingoodness@gmail.com 
You can connect with Kelly in South Africa at kelly@consciousconfidentparenting.co.za


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