Have you ever noticed your child suddenly reflecting emotions you've been quietly harboring? There's a profound energetic connection between parents and children that goes beyond words—one that can teach us as much as we teach them.

In this eye-opening episode, I share a recent experience with my son who expressed heartache about attending a concert because he missed his old friends. This moment revealed the fascinating way children can sometimes mirror our unspoken feelings, while other times they're processing their own authentic emotions. The challenge for spiritual parents lies in helping our children discern between the two.

I introduce a powerful tool I use with my kids: teaching them to ask, "Is this your energy or someone else's?" By placing a hand on their hearts and tuning inward, children can develop the extraordinary skill of energetic discernment—something many of us didn't learn until adulthood, if at all. This practice has transformed how my family communicates about emotions and helps my children build healthy energetic boundaries.

The episode explores how energy works in our interactions with others, from the magnetic pull we feel toward certain people to the way others are drawn to us when our hearts are open. I share practical activities, like intuitive watercolor painting, that parents can use to help children recognize their mind-body-spirit connection in playful, accessible ways. Imagine where our children will be at 41 if they're learning these spiritual tools at 7 and 10!

Ready to bring more spiritual awareness into your parenting journey? Visit hearttoheartlife.com to take our new Woo quiz and connect with our community of conscious parents. Share your experiences or questions by emailing info@hearttoheartlife.com—I'd love to hear how you're helping your children navigate their energetic awareness.

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**Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners.

© 2024-2025 Heart to Heart Life LLC

Have you ever stopped to consider how energy flows through your family? Not just the buzzing activity of daily life, but the actual spiritual energy that connects you, your children, and everything around you?

Energy awareness forms the foundation of conscious parenting, yet many of us overlook this powerful concept when raising our children. I share my journey rediscovering energy principles I learned as a child and how teaching these concepts to my own kids has transformed our family dynamics. For highly sensitive or empathic children especially, understanding energy flow is crucial to their wellbeing.

The connection between perfectionism and energy depletion emerges as a central theme. As a recovering perfectionist, I reveal how my obsession with maintaining a spotless home drained my energy and negatively impacted my parenting. Learning to establish energy boundaries and determine where to focus my limited resources became essential to becoming a happier, more present parent. This shift required examining deep-seated beliefs about control and perfection that many parents will recognize in themselves.

Practical energy management strategies fill this episode, from understanding your family's capacity versus demands to recognizing when everyone needs recharging time. I share personal stories about summer adventures with my children and how I've learned to read our collective energy levels. Discover valuable tools for energy maintenance including crystal work, quick meditations suitable for busy parents, family energy clearing exercises, and the profound benefits of nature connection. The simple act of explaining energy concepts to children using visual meters helps them develop self-awareness that will serve them throughout life.

Ready to transform your parenting through energy awareness? Try one of the suggested practices this week – whether hugging a tree, doing a two-minute bathroom meditation, or creating an energy meter with your children. Your spiritual parenting journey begins with understanding that everything, including you and your children, is energy flowing through a connected universe.

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New! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie:
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Connect with Carrie:
*Website: https://hearttoheartlife.com/
*Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent
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*Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com

**Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners.

© 2024-2025 Heart to Heart Life LLC

Have you ever tried everything to solve a persistent family issue—therapy, specialists, countless books—only to find yourself still struggling? What if the root cause isn't in your parenting approach or your child's behavior, but in patterns inherited from generations past?

Family Systemic Constellations offers a profound perspective: many of our challenges stem from moments when love was interrupted in our family lineage. When traumatic events weren't properly processed by our ancestors—wars, migrations, losses, abandonments—someone down the line often unconsciously "takes on" this unresolved energy. This explains why we sometimes develop patterns that therapy can't fully address.

Elizabeth Lynn Rohr shares how this healing modality works with the natural flow of love through generations. Rather than blaming ourselves or our children, we discover how right-sizing our place in the family system creates profound shifts. The work honors each person's unique fate while releasing parents from the impossible burden of controlling outcomes. As Elizabeth explains, "We can guide our children, support them, model something different than what we received, but that's all we can do"—and remarkably, that's enough.

Most fascinating is how this work happens through horses, whose sensitivity to emotional energy makes them perfect representatives in the healing process. Without human preconceptions, they naturally respond to what needs healing, sometimes embodying family members or reflecting back exactly what we need to see.

Ready to experience a different approach to family challenges? This episode offers hope that by understanding and realigning these invisible threads of connection, we can restore the natural flow of love—benefiting not just ourselves, but generations past and future.

Connect with Elizabeth Lynn Rohr:
*Website: https://www.elizabethlynnrohr.com/
*Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simplebeing.net/

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Quiz time! Take my new Spiritual Parent Vibe quiz and meet your magical type:

https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/683e320bf64af70015fae432

New! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie:
https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels

Connect with Carrie:
*Website: https://hearttoheartlife.com/
*Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent
*YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent
*Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081
*Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com

**Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners.

© 2024-2025 Heart to Heart Life LLC