Welcome!
Well done, you’ve taken the first step, you’re curious to find out what the Sunshine Factory is about.
Thank you and Congratulations on being curious!
The sunshine factory works with parents to create confident, resourceful and happy parents from the inside out so that they can authentically enjoy their times with their children.
Have you noticed how parenting has become a really SERIOUS business?
As parents we question are we enough, are we doing it right, are our children going to be super confident and successful? Are we perfect and are they perfect?
The pressure this creates is significant and it tends to surface not when things are going well but when the way we parent doesn’t seem to work anymore.
We notice we feel frustrated and we try to gain control. We complain about life: the endless wheel of working, cooking, tidying, washing, homework. We feel guilty that we are frustrated but instead of using that feeling to change something, we end up being self critical and take less care of ourselves to take the pain away. We exercise less, eat or drink more, in the name of COMFORT and RELAXATION!
The reality is we are tired of putting everyone else’s needs first and the struggle to be good enough and perfect. The catch is we can’t admit it because everyone else seems to be “fine” so we say the “I’m fine” too. On the inside it feels flat, repetitive and uninspiring.
Here’s the secret that we don’t talk about much. The research shows that until we as parents can learn to be fulfilled and love and accept ourselves; our children won’t be able to.
It’s as if somehow we think “if I give my children everything they want and need, then they will be happy”. When in fact all they need is to see mum and dad role modeling self acceptance, love, fun, laughter, play and of course boundaries.
“If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others”. Dalai Lama
The challenge is that the studies show we tend to parent either in the way our parents parented us, or in the complete opposite of that. The piece that we overlook is who we are as role models and how we demonstrate living a fulfilled life.
If we are constantly denying our needs and putting others first, we demonstrate suffering. We want everyone to recognise our suffering so we blame and complain at those around us. “I’ve done all this for you and this is how your repay me? You couldn’t even tidy up?” Sound familiar?
Now here’s the best bit! THERE IS ANOTHER WAY. A new way, which we call Parenting from the Inside.
If you’ve decided you want to find a new way of parenting that releases the struggle and gives you a new sense of empowerment and well being, then join us in our five week experiential programme.
Together with like-minded parents you’ll:
- Move on from needing to be perfect and trying to control everything
- Remember how to really connect with what’s important and learn to re-prioritise this
- Find the light spots that sustain you when it gets tough
- Discover your inner confidence
- Remember how to let go, play and have fun
We want you to show you how to light up your own life and accept that you are perfectly imperfect and a lot better than you think you are!
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