Contemplative Motherhood Podcast - BONUS: The Contemplative Child-"Evaluating our Family Margins and The Space for Silence and Sacred Listening with Children"

BONUS: The Contemplative Child-"Evaluating our Family Margins and The Space for Silence and Sacred Listening with Children"

11/01/21 • 23 min

Join Erin Thomas in another episode of bonus content from "The Contemplative Child." On this week's episode, Erin will discuss the importance of margin for our children. What is margin and how do we achieve this in our family lives?
Erin will also unpack the hurried lifestyle components that feel contrary to Contemplative Life, how that impacts our children and why this lays a foundation for practical spiritual disciplines. Erin will also provide simple steps for integrating the practice of silence with our children, a seemingly impossible task. This is the quentessential episode of a "gentle start" to spiritual practices with our children.

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The Contemplative Child: Transforming Our Children's Routines into Times of Sacred Connection

Join Erin in the second episode of bonus content, "The Contemplative Child." Take time to sort through the value of habits and routines in a child's life through the life span. Sit with Erin as she discusses how this alone can transform moments of our daily lives into Sacred space for connection with the Divine and with each other.
Erin will unpack her academic study of child development, how habits create pathways for growth, and discuss the culmination of how little moments create a larger template for children's spiritual formation.

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In this episode, Erin discusses the spiritual practice of gratitude and what that may look like as a practice in companionship with our children. Unpack the concepts of a competing culture and how we can be present and intentional by guiding our children in the spiritual practice of gratitude.