MY JOURNEY

NIC WILSON

AWARE PARENTING INSTRUCTOR & MARION METHOD MENTOR

My name is Nic Wilson and I live in Australia with my beautiful daughter. Here is a little of my journey so far…

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

I discovered the paradigm of Aware Parenting, a beautiful type of attachment style parenting about 8 years ago (as at 2024), when my daughter was about 3 years old. It spoke straight to my soul and I resonated deeply with the approach, in a way that the traditional ‘domination’ style parenting hadn’t up until this point.

This old and unfortunately still very mainstream style of parenting, where babies and children’s feelings are completely ignored, power over is used to control them with the use of rewards and punishments as discipline and they are not trusted to know what they truly need for their own growth, because they are ‘just a child’.

This was the only way I had learnt up to then, and to be honest, it was not working for us at all.

We were extremely disconnected, both sad and upset most of the time and struggling to maintain any form of balance in our lives.

I was recovering from a very rough pregnancy, where I vomited the entire 9 months and following a 35 week check-up, I was admitted to hospital for 2 weeks of forced bed rest. Delivery by an unwanted C-section because it was discovered, I had pre-eclampsia, that she wasn’t feeding well from the placenta and she was in the breech position.

All in all, it was a far cry from my ideal pregnancy and birth!

WHERE I STARTED

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Traumatic to say the least and I felt completely powerless during the entire experience.

Now that she was here, I was getting zero sleep, she cried non-stop all day and night. I felt so alone and even though I had my beautiful family around, I was wearing a mask and saying that everything was ok. I was severely disconnected to my own sense of being and a shell of my former fit and happy self.

This continued on for years and after a painful separation from her father at around 2 years, we really were at rock bottom.

This truly was my awakening…

It was this incredibly difficult time of my life, that birthed me onto this beautiful journey that I continue on today.

A journey of self-discovery, self-love, intense and incredible healing and releasing, of not just mine, but also my daughter’s past traumas and pain, through the theory and techniques of Aware Parenting and the practices and processes of the Marion Method.

I am a trauma-informed Parenting Mentor and a Level 1 Aware Parenting instructor, Marion Method Mentor, Psychospiritual Parenting Mentor and Marion Method Teacher. 

I am passionate about supporting families who have separated, single parents.

I am also super passionate about supporting parents with children in school and day care. Functioning in these systems that do not support us and especially when we are practicing Aware Parenting at home, having the tools we need to deeply support and advocate for our child in challenging situations, is paramount to maintaining our true power and staying deeply aligned with our true yeses and being safe to express our true noes.

I also able enjoy an amicable relationship with her father and continue our healing journey, as we walk the path of co-parenting together.

WHERE I AM NOW

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WHERE TO FROM HERE

I want everyone I walk with to know the power of Aware Parenting and The Marion Method as ways to really live your most inspired and authentic life!

As we function in this world that really expects a lot from us all, I want to support people with really tangible and practical strategies to enhance their enjoyment in life and deeply connect to their children, partners, others and themselves.

I am so willing for all of us to break free from the Disconnected Domination Culture (as Marion Rose calls it - creator of the Marion Method) and remember and reclaim our true power.

This work is about creating spaciousness, healing, and presence, not just for ourselves but for future generations. It’s about returning to our wholeness and relating from a place of love, trust, and deep authenticity.

It is my soul’s calling to share Aware Parenting and The Marion Method with the world and to support and walk alongside as many human beings as possible, to help them heal and thrive in their own parenting, re-parenting and re-culturing journeys.

WHO I AM

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Above any other qualification, the most important one to me does not have a certification program! I am a mother. A Being. A student of life. A soul surfer and sole (soul) parent, who has been able to create beautiful harmony and connections within my own life, whilst continuing to explore my own beliefs and conditioning along the way.

MOTHER

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I am a Level 1 Aware Parenting Instructor certified in 2022 by Aletha Solter Ph.D, the founder of Aware Parenting. I have been practising Aware Parenting in our home since 2016 and have done numerous courses, workshops and trainings with the amazing Marion Rose, who is a Level 2 Aware Parenting Instructor and the Regional Coordinator AU/NZ.

AWARE PARENTING INSTRUCTOR

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TEACHER & CO-PARENT

I am also a qualified English as a second language teacher, by the university of Cambridge in the UK.

I have found these teaching skills can easily translate, to teaching any material in a fun, non-judgmental and loving way.

It also gave me my passion for language and words and the power they have in our lives!

Also trained in Property Law with 10 years of experience working with separating couples when selling their matrimonial home in divorce or separation situations.

I also have years of extensive personal experience in co-parenting with my daughter’s father, using the Marion Method and Aware Parenting to being able to create a peaceful and highly functioning conscious co-parenting situation.

I have held various positions in small to multinational companies, in roles that required working with people of all different ages, education levels and cultures, allowing me to learn various ways to connect and communicate with people from all walks of life.

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MARION METHOD MENTOR, PSYCHOSPIRITUAL PARENTING MENTOR & MARION METHOD TEACHER

Marion Rose developed the Marion Method framework of Love, Will and Conversations with Life and created the Marion Method Mentor Training (MMMT). I joined in 2022 and am now a Certified Marion Method Mentor, Psychospiritual Parenting Mentor and Marion Method Teacher. I love being able to support people to integrate these incredible practices and processes that will absolutely transform all areas of their lives!

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WELL-TRAVELLED, BI-LINGUAL, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES SPECIALIST

I have travel far and wide in my time and I speak fluent Brazilian Portuguese, a bit of Japanese and a bit of Spanish. My daughter is half Brazilian, so I also know what it’s like to experience challenges with differences in culture and language, within the family unit.

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I really know what it’s like to juggle all the balls of a job, children, school, sports, your soul’s calling, family, life admin, paying bills and all the rest, whilst maintaining loving and connected relationships. I can offer you many strategies on how to do all of this… and keep you smiling along the way!

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