Shelley Clarke - Mind Body Parenting

Shelley Clarke - Mind Body Parenting Hi! I'm Shelley Clarke, I help families thrive! Supporting parents to foster deep, connected relationships with their children.

In clinic, CranioSacral Therapy sessions available in Seacliff, Adelaide.

05/11/2025

I was scared to share this work with parents because even when I had studied this for years - I would still lose it at my children, yell, or my children would display really big behaviours.

I still get frustrated often with my kids.

There’s no such thing as a perfect parent.

For a long time, I held myself back from sharing what I know — because I felt like I didn’t have it all together.

How could I teach this when I still find it hard to stay calm?

There was so much rage inside me back then… and it would spill out, often.

Even now, after 10 years of doing this inner work and 13 years of parenting, it still happens.

I lose my cool. I use a tone I wish I hadn’t. I speak in ways I know don’t feel good to receive.

But here’s the truth — our kids don’t need perfect. They need real.

And so do the parents I walk alongside.

You don’t need someone who’s doing it perfectly (no such thing anyway) You need someone who’s just a bit further down the track. 

You need someone who’s doing it honestly.

If you’re here for real. The struggles. The highs. The lows, and everything in between. You’re in the right place.

Shelley

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05/11/2025

🌿 Every single baby has a birth story 🌿

Even the most natural of births is an incredible journey for our babies.

Yet so often, we only look at birth through the mother’s lens. What about our babies?

Whether it’s ventouse, forceps, induction, or medical interventions, every experience leaves an imprint — in the body, the fascia, the nervous system and the psyche.

People often say, “Babies won’t remember anyway.”

But they do.

Not in words, but in their bodies. Their implicit memory is held somatically, and babies express and heal these early experiences through their movement and crying, in our loving presence.

In Aware Parenting, we understand that babies cry not only to have immediate needs met (feeding, comfort, changing) — they also cry to release emotions and tell their stories.

In CranioSacral Therapy, this is known as SomatoEmotional release — emotions held in the body finding their way to expression and integration.

Karlton Terry from calls this a “memory cry.” When our babies are expressing a memory. When we listen deeply, babies tell us their stories.

This isn’t to scare parents if your child had a difficult birth. There is good news?

✨ These patterns are changeable and healable.
✨ Our babies — and older children too — are constantly showing us how to help them integrate their early experiences.

If you’d like to understand how to support your baby in healing their birth imprints, I have a course coming soon on Birth Imprints & Healing from Birth Trauma.

And if you have an older child — it’s never too late.

My 21 Days of Play course explores how children use play to heal from their early experiences.

I’m running a live round at the moment and you can still join — link’s in my bio.

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OK, that last one is a bit spicy, I know!
But honestly, so many parents come to me wanting to change something in their ...
02/11/2025

OK, that last one is a bit spicy, I know!

But honestly, so many parents come to me wanting to change something in their child. A behaviour that’s challenging, something they can’t seem to get the child to change or the child hasn’t learnt yet.

And often, very quickly, they realise:

“This isn’t about my child, is it? It’s about me.”

That’s the work I love most.

Supporting parents who are ready to look within, to meet those uncomfortable or messy parts that may have been buried long ago.

I love walking alongside parents as they grow, as their relationships transform, and as they rediscover real connection with their child…beyond the myths of “perfect parenting.”

My mission is to help you see your baby or child through a new lens. To treat them with the deep respect, care, and understanding they deserve.

To advocate for those who are often too small to speak for themselves. One parent–child relationship at a time.

If that sounds like you. I’d love to have you stay around this little corner of the internet.

Let’s be friends.

P.S The live round of my play course starts tomorrow!
If you’re ready to reset the energy in your home, comment PLAY below and I’ll send you the links

31/10/2025

October Recap!!

It’s taken me a while to find my groove with doing all the things but I’m getting there.

How’s your October been?

Would you like to join me for the Play Reset comment ‘Play’ and I’ll send you the link. We start on Monday.

29/10/2025

We can use PLAY to respond to most of children’s unenjoyable behaviours…

But Shelley I can’t ‘reward’ terrible behaviour with being playful…they will never learn that what they are doing is not ok?

This is a common misconception or belief with parents and it stems from the old behaviourist paradigm (the paradigm that most of us were raised with so these are hard patterns and thinking for all of us to move away from).

But when we ONLY focus on behaviour nothing changes…is coming down harder, firmer tone and punishments working for your family at the moment…it may in the short term. Often at what cost to your relationship?

I’m here to show you that Play and responding playfully can be so powerful: why?

Because it actually addresses the root cause of those unenjoyable behaviours. It places connection at the heart of your relationship. It harnesses laughter as a way to shift the emotions and often everything changes. Plus it’s so much more fun and enjoyable.

If you want to join me for this one off live round of my 21 Days of Play course comment ‘Play’ and I’ll send you the link.

It’s $97 for those who are new. For those who have already done the course before you can join this live round for free (you’ll have an email in your inbox with instructions on how to join).

Let’s shift the energy in your house with laughter!!

Play is how our children process their world. It’s their first language and they show us SO much through their play. It’...
29/10/2025

Play is how our children process their world. It’s their first language and they show us SO much through their play.

It’s been a big few weeks for me and us as we adjust to Dad being interstate for work. I’ve been a bit grumpier, short with the kids and everything has just felt a bit less FUN.

I made 21 Days of Play a few years ago now and it’s still a great little course to learn all about Attachment Play from Aware Parenting.

If you are new to Aware Parenting or if you would just like to know more about play or would like to be more playful with your kids day to day this is a great place to start.

If you have done the course before I’ll be sending you an email - you are also welcome to join this live round and have a reset for your family too!!

We will start Monday 3rd Nov and go for 3 weeks.

Includes:

✨21 days of Play course - short videos emailed to you daily or binge watch them all at once

And

✨A private Instagram group where I’ll go live each day sharing more around each days topic. Ask questions and get some specific play ideas for your child and family.

Comment ‘Play’ and I’ll send you the link to join.

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Seacliff, SA

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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Welcome to Embodied Therapies

I’m Shelley Clarke, I have a passion for health and wellness through an integrative mind-body approach. Combining my love of the human body, nervous system, developmental psychology and the amazing capacity to heal and thrive within relationships. At Embodied Therapies I combine my 15 years of Physiotherapy with CranioSacral Therapy for individual sessions held in Seacliff, Adelaide. I am also a mother of 3 beautiful children and through the mothering journey I have found a deeper connection to myself and all other relationships. As a Hand in Hand Parenting by Connection and Aware Parenting Instructor I love sharing and supporting other parents in building stronger a connection with their children. I also offer small parenting workshops around Adelaide and country South Australia.