Category Archives: Empowerment/Activism

Easy actions you can take to help create a better world – such as online petitions, sustainable lifestyle alternatives, etc.

The Wounded Child behind our ‘politics’

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Robin Grille

What does Inner Child work have to do with activism and politics? PLENTY!!! We think we make our political choices rationally. But most of our voting, opinionating and activism springs from a much deeper place. If we don’t awaken to our … Continue reading →

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Social and Global Activism – starting from our Inner Child …

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Robin Grille

I always love podcast conversations with Lisa Reagan from Kindred Media. Here is our latest fireside chat, and once again it gives me great pleasure to share this with you. The real and abiding world-changes begin from way deep inside. … Continue reading →

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Troubled by ‘Sleep Training’?

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Robin Grille

Does the advice to ‘sleep-train’ your baby make you … uncomfortable? Against all the conventions of developmental science, this practice is still being widely recommended. I’ve heard from countless mothers who are heartbroken by ‘controlled crying’ techniques foisted on them, … Continue reading →

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Podcast: How Early Experiences Affect Who You Become

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Robin Grille

I had a wonderful time chatting with Emily Giles from ‘Untaming Podcasts’, for a series called: ‘Rewild the CHild’. From the sublime to the comical, from the personal to the political, we unpacked ‘body-memory’; how our childhood experiences influence our relationships: … Continue reading →

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Today’s parenting is tomorrow’s politics

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Robin Grille

When we ask why a nation behaves the way it does, the first question we should ask is: “how have children been treated there?”    In 2011, I published a thumbnail sketch of the state of childhood in USA. By … Continue reading →

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NewKind Festival 2019

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Robin Grille

It’s time, it is most definitely time. For fundamental change. For sure, it is scary to think of how endangered we are if we keep on with business as usual. But it is equally exciting to see the bounty of … Continue reading →

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Change Childhood and you Change the World

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Robin Grille

Great news from researchers! Sometimes legislation can change culture, and transform a society for the better. When a country bans all corporal punishment of children, soon afterwards there is a drop in youth violence rates. Ban corporal punishment and we … Continue reading →

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A song inspired by my book. Far out!

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Robin Grille

I was very touched to receive a message from Tracey Curtis, English singer-songwriter and mother-of-five who wrote a song called: ‘Raising Girls and Boys’ inspired by my book Parenting for a Peaceful World. She writes songs about family, life and … Continue reading →

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Renew Fest 2017 at Mullumbimby

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Robin Grille

For so long I wished for an alliance between the Green Movement and the Children’s Liberation Movement. How else can humanity evolve towards the interconnected, ecologically integrated society? So, it finally happened. And I’m thrilled. And I will be there, … Continue reading →

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Climate makes us borderless

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Robin Grille

Every so often a historic moment comes that demands strong and committed collective action. I believe we are there, all of us, right now. And normal, day to day life will not do. The world is in a climate emergency, … Continue reading →

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