Unveiling Authenticity: The Conscious Parenting Journey
- Kristen Fortier
- Sep 3
- 3 min read
They bring it all out of us. Our children are perfectly designed as our personal gurus, bringing everything up and out of us — even the things we didn’t know were stored in our energy bodies. They bring it right to the surface, at a pace that can feel impossible to keep up with.
The key is awareness.
We must practice awareness to notice what is being brought up for us. In every triggering behaviour, in every word, in every way they simply are — there is an invitation. Whether the discomfort shows up between us and them, or as a fear of what others will think of them (or of us), the root is always the same: attachment.
When we feel attached to who they “should” be, or to an ideal of how we want to appear as parents, they give us the opportunity to practice every spiritual lesson imaginable. This is the heart of the conscious parenting journey.
Children as Our Gurus
Every lesson has come through parenting. Every trigger, every mirror, every memory resurfacing.
So many of my childhood experiences can only be validated now by what rises in my body — the energy, the anger, the sadness, the charge. And in those moments, the practice is not to “fix” them. It is to turn inward.
What is this calling out of me?What is this showing me about how I am still living out my karma?
Every one of their reactions is a chance for us to reflect, to notice, and to rewrite.
Healing Through Awareness
When our children bring something forward, it is often something that wants to be uprooted. Something waiting to be brought into the light. To be seen, heard, felt, and healed.
It is a karmic cycle asking to be rerouted. An energetic loop ready to be re-patterned.
And when we do the work — when we pause, notice, breathe, and reflect — we don’t just heal for ourselves. We heal for them. For our lineage. For those who came before and for those who will come after.
Even if we cannot name it clearly, even if the source feels buried deep in our ancestry, the energy speaks. The invitation is the same: to notice, to feel, to rewrite.
The Conscious Parenting Journey as a Spiritual Path
Our children are not here to be molded into ideals. They are here to mirror us, to call us deeper into authenticity. Every trigger they offer is a gift — a chance to rewire patterns, break cycles, and root into presence.
When we meet these moments with awareness, compassion, and curiosity, we don’t just parent differently — we live differently. This is the essence of the conscious parenting journey: to evolve alongside our children, hand in hand, soul to soul.
Closing Invitation
Conscious parenting is not about perfection. It is about practice. Awareness. Choosing, moment by moment, to turn inward and shift the energy that arises.
🌿 If this speaks to you, and you would love support in journeying with more confidence and spaciousness, I offer conscious parenting and postpartum support sessions — spaces to explore your patterns, your triggers, and your power as a parent and as a person.
Always here for you in any way, in every phase of your journey.
With love and gratitude,
❤️ Kristen
Kristen Fortier
Holistic Birth & Postpartum Doula • Pre/postnatal Yoga Teacher • Energy Healer
Serving Embrun + Ottawa + surrounding areas in person | Virtual support available anywhere
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