Shine Om

Shine Om We specialise in supporting families through the new-sibling transition — one of the most significant and underserved seasons in family life.

Specialist support for families navigating the new sibling transition. 1:1 coaching, family yoga & mindful tools to help your whole family reconnect — with nervous system science and a lot of heart. 🌿 Canberra & online. Shine Om is a conscious parenting and family wellbeing practice founded by Rachel Whytcross — yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, primary school educator, and mum of two — on Ngunnawa

l Country, Canberra. Whether your firstborn is struggling since the baby arrived, or you're preparing for the arrival of your second, Shine Om has the tools, support, and expertise to help your whole family find its feet.

🌟 The Joyful Parenting Project — boutique 1:1 coaching delivered via Telegram

📓 Family Gratitude Journal — a 10-minute daily connection ritual

🎨 Mindful Colouring Book — screen-free calm for you and your big kid

🧘 Family Yoga Classes — in person, Canberra

🎙️ Breathe, Laugh, Parent — The Shine Om Podcast — https://shineom.com.au/podcast

Australia-wide online. In-person in Canberra. Visit shineom.com.au to learn more.

21/06/2026

Parenting isn’t about fixing.

It’s about noticing… and responding with care.

When we understand the nervous system, something shifts.

Instead of reacting with frustration, we soften.
Instead of blaming ourselves, we become curious.

Because nervous system literacy changes the way we see both ourselves and our children.

It reminds us that behaviour is communication.
That overwhelm is information.
And that regulation grows through awareness.

This work isn’t about perfection.

It’s about building the capacity to pause before yelling.
To step away and breathe.
To repair after a rupture.
To model emotional intelligence in real time.

And here’s the reminder many parents need to hear:

Caring for your nervous system isn’t selfish.
It’s essential.

Because when you regulate, your child learns how too.

🎧 Listen to Parenting and the Nervous System: How to Stay Regulated and Connected

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/nervous-system-in-parenting/

Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/CmpPbcI-cB8?si=MR4OscuZt6uKx0xb

20/06/2026

You can’t feel deep joy without feeling deep grief.

We don’t get to selectively experience emotion.

You don’t get full-bodied love, peace, and contentment
without also being willing to meet sorrow, fear, anger, and pain.

In this conversation with Natalie Olson .natalie we speak about something we don’t often say out loud:

You can’t just choose the “good” feelings.

You can’t squash the hard ones
and still expect your nervous system to access the full spectrum of joy.

That’s not how it works.

Emotional depth requires emotional honesty.

The mothers who allow themselves to feel anger, grief, and shame
are the same mothers who can experience love and connection in its fullest expression.

It’s not about being positive.

It’s about being whole.

🎧 Watch the full episode:
https://youtu.be/IFrJCIUuIJk?si=C-KuXEYhoSr2bexl

Read more:
https://shineom.com.au/authentic-motherhood-nervous-system-care-natalie-olson/

17/06/2026

What if you didn’t have to wait to feel good in motherhood?

Not when life slows down.
Not when things get easier.

Now.

In the small moments.
In your breath.
In giving yourself permission to just be you.

If your soul is calling for more ease, more alignment, and more joy in your parenting… you’re in the right place.

And if you’re ready to go deeper, I’d love to support you.

The Joyful Parenting Project is where we walk this journey together — with tools, guidance, and real-life support.

💜 You don’t have to do this alone.

👉 Learn more and join here:
https://shineom.com.au/the-joyful-parenting-project

🎧 Watch on YouTube (and reconnect with what joyful parenting can feel like):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4_HaPFSibo

📖 Learn more about what this space offers:
https://shineom.com.au/breathe-laugh-parent-shine-om-podcast-august-2025/

Holding a book that was created with so much intention.The Shine Om Mindful Colouring Book was designed to help children...
16/06/2026

Holding a book that was created with so much intention.

The Shine Om Mindful Colouring Book was designed to help children & families slow down, breathe, and reconnect with themselves through creativity.

Inside you’ll find calming mandalas, mindful scenery inspired by Canberra and gentle affirmations that encourage children to pause, colour and notice how they feel.

It’s a simple but powerful way to support:
✨ emotional regulation
✨ focus and creativity
✨ quiet moments of calm in busy days
✨ connection between parents and children

A beautiful resource for home, travel, quiet time, or whenever little nervous systems need to reset.

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/mindfulcolouringbookforkids

Invest:
https://shineom.com.au/shop/books/mindful-colouring-book/

Things people think Family Yoga is…❌ Perfect poses❌ Quiet children❌ Sitting still❌ Following instructions perfectly❌ Per...
15/06/2026

Things people think Family Yoga is…

❌ Perfect poses
❌ Quiet children
❌ Sitting still
❌ Following instructions perfectly
❌ Performing

What it actually is…

✅ Connection
✅ Giggles
✅ Co-regulation
✅ Confidence building
✅ Real children being real children
✅ Parents and kids moving, breathing, and playing together
✅ Presence

Our classes are intentionally designed to support family nervous systems through movement, mindfulness, breath, touch, play, and connection.

Some children roar like lions.
Some become mermaids.
Some spend half the class upside down.

And all of it is welcome.

Because Family Yoga isn't about getting it right.

It's about creating space for families to slow down, reconnect, and enjoy one another.

If you've been looking for an opportunity to deeply connect with your child in a way that feels playful, meaningful, and supportive, we'd love to welcome you to a class.

The magic isn't in the poses.

It's in the moments between them. 💜

Join us: https://shineom.com.au/shop/tickets/family-yoga

14/06/2026

You’re not calming your child(ren) first.

You’re calming the room by calming you.

And one of the most powerful things you can do before bedtime — especially when a new sibling has arrived — is a pre-bedtime reconnection.

Five to ten minutes.
Before the routine begins.

A simple signal that says:
“You matter. This is your time.”

It might look like:
• A cuddle on the couch
• Two minutes of following their play
• Letting them choose the game

“Should mummy be a dinosaur or a puppy?”

I’m a big fan of timers with toddlers and young kids.
It gives their nervous system a clear start and finish.

And those small moments of connection before separation approaches can completely change the tone of bedtime.

Because regulation grows from connection first.

🎧 Listen to Calming Toddlers at Bedtime After a New Sibling Arrives: A Nervous System–Led Approach

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/calming-toddler-bedtime-new-sibling

Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music & YouTube.
YouTube - https://youtu.be/pRnNl7LRW2g?si=7d208U5dT78raz-i
Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/episode/7B4FfIGIiPVAuC7njPjlaO?si=OTkWEEMERtaTjyuy95f09Q

13/06/2026

Intuition Is Bliss—But Here’s the Real Challenge.

Tapping into intuition?
Magic.

The downloads.
The clarity.
The knowing that bypasses logic.

It’s expansive.
It’s mind-blowing.
It feels almost otherworldly.

But here’s the part we don’t romanticise enough:

The human challenge isn’t receiving the idea.
It’s executing it.

As Bree shared so honestly — the work isn’t accessing intuition.
It’s sitting down and doing the work.

Because you can live in intuition.
You can live in meditation.
You can float in inspiration.

But creation asks for discipline.

It asks for embodiment.
For structure.
For action.

As Steven Pressfield would say: sit down and do the work.
And as Elizabeth Gilbert reminds us in Big Magic — ideas visit, but they require partnership.

Intuition is bliss.
Ex*****on is devotion.

🎧 Listen to Living Authentically & Creating Without Apology: A Heartled Conversation with Bree Wi******er here:
https://youtu.be/4zNuxrHuJ9c?si=8Xm3PklZ2yI5XMlK

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/podcast

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