The Literature Times: Kirti Chavan, What inspired you to write The Mindful Nest, and at what moment did you feel your parenting journey needed to be shared with others?
Kirti Chavan: My strong-willed child inspired me to write this book, as a new parent I was new to this journey and I always had a keen of understanding child psychology of kids as they could not speak much, but when I came to know that my child is strong willed then my journey started of knowing more and more things about child and its brain functions. And when I tried most of the things then I thought of sharing it with others.
The Literature Times: As a new mother yourself, how did your personal experiences shape the tone and content of this book?
Kirti Chavan: I am actually raising my child in a spiritual and a scientific parenting away so, I thought why not help understand everyone that spirituality also plays a role in your parenting. And it helps to know more about your child.
The Literature Times: Parenthood can be overwhelming in the early years—whom at were some of the most challenging moments you faced while raising a child aged 0–5?
Kirti Chavan: When he had tantrums, stubbornness after 1 st birthday. I came to know a different Advik and I was like omg! It has started TERRIBLE TWOS. But the I researched by toddlers behave in a such way.
The Literature Times: Spirituality plays an important role in your journey. How did it help you navigate stress, self-doubt, and emotional exhaustion?
Kirti Chavan: Spirituality plays an important role in everyone’s life. Because as we think, as we talk our aura becomes the same. Whenever I am stressful, I sit for a minutes, chant omkar or meditate, and through meditation self doubt also goes and emotional exhaustion also vanishes away. I have mentioned in my book Meditation as a MIND EXERCISE.
The Literature Times: Why did you choose to focus specifically on the 0–5 age group, and what do you believe parents often misunderstand about this phase?
Kirti Chavan: i chosed this age 0-5 because, these ahe group kids do not have freedom to speak what they feel because of their brain development, they are still in a developing phase in terms of emotions. And parents often misunderstand their kid. That’s the reason why I picked up this age group.
The Literature Times: How does The Mindful Nest differ from traditional parenting books available today?
Kirti Chavan: The Mindful Near focuses on Parenting + spirituality too. Others just focus on parenting, or brain exploration, but here I have mentioned how spiritually it affects our baby and it’s soul. And everything gets recorded in the soul. Our kids might forget after some years but their soul memory remembers traumas, and negative emotions.
The Literature Times: Many parents struggle with feelings of guilt and inadequacy. What message does your book offer to parents dealing with these emotions?
Kirti Chavan: See, even I am a mother of a toddler, there are some days when even I feel guilty of scolding or giving away chocolate as a reward. But even we sre not super humans, and normal humans tend to make mistakes, it’s fine. And parenting journey is new for everyone. Let it be parents or grand parents, everyone’s journey is different. And there is no right or wrong math in this. So Be relax!
The Literature Times: How do you hope this book will influence the parent-child relationship in modern households?
Kirti Chavan: This book will influence the parent-child relation very positively in a modern households. Because there both of the parents are educated, they understand really very quick what is good for my baby and what not. If given them with proper reasons this generation understands and follows it like a ritual.
The Literature Times: What role does mindfulness play in managing children’s behavior, especially moments of yelling, crying, or emotional outbursts?
Kirti Chavan: See, mindfulness itself says it all. We have to be mindful when our child yells, cries, or having an emotional outburst. We need to be emotionally straightforward ng and need to make our kids too emotionally strong. If we are mindful about our kid only then we can be able to find it out why they cry or yell.
The Literature Times: What would you like readers to take away from The Mindful Nest long after they’ve finished reading it?
Kirti Chavan: I just want readers to see their child not only as a human but also as a soul, because here everyone is on journey i.e individual journey. And our kids also are on their individual journey , so just be there for them as a guide, not as a boss or a as a superior, and do not make them feel inferior. That’s all. Be happy and be spiritually full atleast for our children.
