Trusting Your Parenting Heart

Parenting often brings self-doubt. This episode offers a compassionate space to honor your intentions, release self-judgment, and recognize that wholehearted effort—not perfection—is the true measure of doing your best.

Jennifer Cray is a life coach, meditation teacher and yoga teacher for Living Lit Up, based in Brisbane. You can deepen your meditation practices with her on Insight Timer.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Approchie production. Good morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your
morning mantra. As parents, we can question our decisions and choices,
wondering if we're doing a good job. Today's meditation is

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about honoring your intentions, trusting your doing your best, and
releasing judgment your mourning mantra, I trust my heart as
a parent. Let's begin.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or
lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax
your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention

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to your breath, drawing your breath down into your heart space.
Children don't come with manuals, and pressure from external expectations
can be overwhelming. Parenting can feel exhausting, repetitive, and undervalued.

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Know that we are doing the best that we can
with the resources that we have.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
In this moment. Recognize that choices and decisions are made
with the best of intentions from the heart, with safety
and well being at the forefront. Remember that we are

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also learning growing alongside our offspring. Every misstep a chance
for growth, every triumph an opportunity to celebrate. Imagine being
wrapped in a gentle embrace of compassion feel warmth and kindness,

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melt away criticism and judgment. Know that perfect parenting doesn't exist,
only wholehearted intention and effort. Today's and I trust my

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heart as a parent. Repeat to yourself, either out loud
or in your mind. I trust my heart as a parent.
Bringing your awareness to your breath and back to the

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space around you. Slowly open your eyes to increase self
awareness and growth. I invite you to listen to this
evening's reflection. You can also deepen your practice with me
on Inside Timer. Find the link in the show notes below.