I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me - a podcast by Taisha Cameron

from 2021-11-19T05:00

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What sparks your curiosity? How can you help a person feel seen, heard, and understood? What does it mean to observe? What is the importance of observation? If we had all the time in the world to observe what our children were showing us they needed, what would we learn from them?

Today we'll dive into the art of observing our children and ourselves to learn what we all really want and need. Dr. Maria Montessori wrote and spoke extensively on the necessity for the adult caregiver and/or parent to be an observer. Preparing the adult, is one of her pillars of the method. Kind of like Stanislavski’s book An Actor Prepares. There is a lot of preparation an actor has to do on themselves before they can step on a stage and begin saying their lines. Intense acting training is…probably the equivalent of being a lab rat and a toddler all over again, at the same time.

We’ll kick off our show with The Raise a Glass Series, get on to our questions to explore, and end with A Short Story Before We Go. MFA is the sometimes-musical, dramedy, in 3 acts, 1 intermission, the length of a sitcom designed to give mama’s (and any caregiver) a break in the day to breathe and reset along with a much needed audio hug.

Freebie: get the exercise from today’s episode here

Episode transcript: available at https://www.mfaparentingedition.com/040

Sources that helped inspire this episode:

· *NSYNC - MTV VMA 2000 Performance - YouTube

· ‎Goblet Of Wine: A Drunken British Harry Potter Podcast on Apple Podcasts

· Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (Official Music Video) - YouTube

· About Montessori | Association Montessori Internationale (montessori-ami.org)

· The Montessori Method - Maria Montessori - Google Books

· Dictionary by Merriam-Webster: America's most-trusted online dictionary

· Delray Beach Children's Garden (delraybeachchildrensgarden.org)

Connect with Me:

Best way - taisha@mfparentingedition.com