Empowered Parenting Live

One evening. Two instructors. Real talk about food, feelings and children.

Catch the replay of me and Vivian Viester (Aware Parenting Instructor) having a conversation and Q&A.

Some of the things that we talked about:

Key themes included trusting children's food intuition, managing parental food stories, and understanding tantrums as healthy emotional release rather than dysregulation. Maru closed with a discussion on the "broken cookie" phenomenon and why Aware Parenting avoids the term "dysregulation."

• Self-demand approach from birth is the foundation — children are trusted to follow internal hunger/fullness cues.
• Free access to food at home is key; parents control what enters the house, not how much the child eats.
• Children raised with unrestricted access do not develop urgency around sweets — Vivian shares what she observes in her son (now 15).
• Over time, children become selective about preferred foods, letting disliked sweets expire rather than consuming everything available.
• Parents who grew up with food restriction carry unresolved feelings that surface when watching children eat freely — self-compassion is the first step.

What's included:

Access to the replay (1.5 hours) + a copy of my guide 7 Phrases I Don't Recommend at the Table — so you can start thinking about the food conversation before we even meet.

This live is usually only for people enrolled in the Empowered Parenting Collective or The Connected Eater course. This time, it's open to anyone, for the price of two fancy coffees.

And if you decide afterwards to join the Empowered Parenting Collective, The Connected Eater or Tears Without Fear course, the £12 comes straight off the price and you'll receive 15% off Empowered Parenting.