PodSpeakers: How to educate with lightness and connection: insights from Ariane Heimgartner on PodSpeakers

🎤

The voice that welcomes and guides: Ariane Heimgartner, Speaker in Switzerland on Conscious Parenting.

In an increasingly fast-paced world, with parents seeking a balance between work, personal life, and raising children, finding a voice that offers support, clarity, and guidance is a rare gift. This is the mission of Ariane Heimgartner , our guest on PodSpeakers, who is impacting families in Switzerland—and beyond.

Ariane is a parenting educator, mother, mentor, and a natural communicator. With her sweet yet firm presence, she has distinguished herself as an expert in parenting guidance based on respect, active listening, and building healthy relationships.

In this special episode of our PodSpeakers podcast, Ariane shared her journey as a Brazilian living in Switzerland, the challenges of atypical motherhood in another country, and how she transformed her personal experience into a life purpose.

“I realized I wanted to be the adult I needed to be when I was a child. And today, I talk to other mothers and fathers about how to parent consciously — even in different cultures.”

This sentence sums up the power of your message.

She doesn't teach ready-made rules — she inspires transformation from the inside out, showing that educating also means allowing oneself to grow.

In this profound and emotional episode, we discuss the dilemmas of modern parenting, screen time, setting boundaries with love, and the maturing of parent-child relationships.

👪 Authority or authoritarianism?

Ariane reminds us that the line between authority and authoritarianism is thin — and that it is entirely possible to educate firmly without abandoning listening and affection:

"Authority is when a child respects you. Authoritarianism is when they fear you. And fear never truly educates."

She invites parents to reflect on the type of leadership they exercise at home: one based on fear and blind obedience, or one that arises from active presence and secure attachment.

📱 Children and teenagers in the digital world: who is guiding them?

The presence of screens was another strong point of the episode. Ariane issues an important warning:

"Parents, it's not just about limiting screen time. It's about understanding what your children are seeking from it."

In times when teenagers spend, on average, more than 7 hours a day in front of screens, the impact of excessive use can include anxiety, sleep disorders, and isolation. But more than prohibiting it, Ariane proposes that parents become conscious guides on this path—with empathy and listening.

🧠 The challenge of raising conscious teenagers

One of the most memorable lines from the episode was:

"Parents cease to be gods in the eyes of their children during adolescence."

Ariane explains that this transition is natural — and that the role of parents needs to adapt. There comes a point when children stop idealizing their parents and begin to see them as human beings with flaws, limitations, and their own stories. This is the ideal time to build a relationship based on truth, not perfection.

❤️ Parenting with connection and presence

"Your child needs real connection, active presence, and loving boundaries."

During the episode, Ariane shares practical tools and valuable reflections for those who wish to exercise confident leadership at home. She proposes a conscious parenting style that embraces the challenges of childhood and adolescence with love, but also with guidance.

💬 What you'll hear in this episode:

• How Ariane became a leading expert in parenting guidance in Europe

• The main challenges faced by Brazilian families in Switzerland.

• Why listening, patience, and empathy are cornerstones in raising children.

🌍 A Realize Speaker Around the World

Ariane's journey fills us with pride. She is part of our network of women who are amplifying their voices and occupying spaces with authority, purpose, and ease. From Switzerland to the world, she shows that parenthood can be more connected—and that communication is the bridge to that.

🎧 Listen now to the full episode with Ariane Heimgartner on PodSpeakers.

📲 Share with mothers, fathers, educators, and everyone who believes that speaking from the heart can transform the world.