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Revisit: Raising Spiritually Conscious Children w/ Andrew Seaton

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Andrew’s DAWN acronym starts with disbelieving thoughts and ends with noticing awareness itself.

1. Soul Care Mom Podcast features Andrew Seaton discussing Spiritual Awakening Made Simple and raising spiritually conscious children. 2. Andrew Seaton is the guest author, and Katherine Wild is the host, mom of three, Soul Care Mom coach, and yoga and meditation teacher. 3. The episode asks how to notice awareness, question thoughts, and pass that clarity to children. 4. Andrew says his search began in his late teens with a sense that “there’s more to life than what people are usually talking about.” 5. He describes college school-teaching as uninspiring and says outside books helped confirm his desire to explore human functioning. 6. A dream in the early 1990s told him to “do more study about how the mind works,” which later led to a master’s degree in education. 7. He says a PhD research project on facilitating change ran into the internet-era question of what schooling is for. 8. Andrew argues that thoughts, beliefs, and self-image are constructions made from memory, emotion, goals, fears, and conditioning. 9. He uses the example of being “me” at ages eight, 10, 20, and 40 to show that the observer feels constant while roles and beliefs change. 10. He says the book is about that “subtler reality” of awareness that remains in the background. 11. Katherine quotes his line that “it is not thoughts as such that take away your peace,” but attachment to them. 12. Andrew says common distressing thoughts sound like “it shouldn’t be this way” or “that shouldn’t have happened.” 13. He suggests a post-it note reminder and a simple switch from “I’m frustrated” to “I’m the awareness that’s noticing frustration.” 14. He says questioning whether a thought can be known as true can dissolve the emotion attached to it. 15. Andrew introduces DAWN as disbelieve thoughts, allow what is, withdraw attention from the conditioned mind, and notice awareness. 16. He says the acronym helps readers return to “the peace of who they are” and see through what is not real. 17. The interview style is gentle and reflective, with Katherine asking follow-up questions and Andrew answering in long, methodical explanations. 18. The pacing is conversational and instructional, with book quotes, parenting examples, and practical phrasing like “post-it note” and “software.” 19. Parents interested in spiritual parenting and mindfulness for children would likely get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting quick tips without metaphysical language may skip it.

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A plainspoken conversation about spiritual growth that stays practical, with simple reminders for parents and children.

The episode keeps its focus on spiritual growth without making it feel distant or ornate. Andrew Seaton and Katherine Wild return to a clear center: habitual thinking can take over until it is noticed, interrupted, and brought back into the present moment.

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You want a gentler way to talk about spiritual growth with your kids.

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