Kristen Hobby
BSc, Grad Dip Theol, M.A. Spiritual Direction,
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- Parenting, spirituality, meditation, gratitude
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- Nurturing a Gentle Heart - exploring spirituality with pre-schoolers
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- Spiritual Director
Hi, my name is Kristen Hobby and I have lots of areas of interest and passion. I am married with an amazing daughter, Isabella. When I was in my early twenties I read my first ‘self help’ book called the Road less travelled by M. Scott Peck and have pretty much been on a journey ever since. This lead me to and away from organized religion, I trained to be a counselor, then completed a Masters in Spiritual Direction as well as lots of interesting courses and workshops, everything from the enneagram to dreams to cosmology.
I have just enrolled in a PhD in the area of children’s spirituality and the role nature plays in deepening children’s sense of wellbeing and connectedness. I love writing and new ideas and I hope to share with you some of my struggles and worries along the way. I am by no means a perfect parent not even close but I try and I think that’s what any of us can do. So join me as together we share this bumpy, fun, sometimes crazy and frustrating ride that is parenthood!
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Guilt - getting in the way of our parenting.
Guilt. One of the things that really strikes me as I talk to parents, is the amount of guilt that is carried around. Guilt seems to be such a huge part of the parenting story these days. Parents feel guilty if they work, guilty if they don’t, guilty if they use child care, guilty if they bottle feed, guilty if their children watch TV, guilty if they feed their child a biscuit. Guilt seems to get in the way of our parenting and stop us being the parents we’d like to be. What purpose does the feeling of guilt serve? Perhaps it lets us know if we’ve done something wrong.
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How to make great decisions
Think about a normal day. Think for a moment about how many decisions we are faced with, small things like what to wear and what to have for dinner, through to larger questions about who we spend our lives with, where we work and live. How do we make the best decision for ourselves? How do we make a decision that we can live with and not regret some time down the track? We have all had those experiences, and no matter how much disce ment and agonising can go into a decision, sometimes that’s what happens.
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I have an open approach to spirituality which respects each person's journey. I am very interested in how we nurture the spirituality of young children.
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I have a website www.spiritualityandparenting.com where I have a range of resources for parents interested in nurturing their own journey as well as their children's spirituality. I have a book titled "Nurturing a Gentle Heart - exploring spirituality with pre-schoolers".