Therapists like me meet with families all the time. However, you don’t have to be a therapist to implement family meetings at home. It really is one of my favourite Positive Discipline tools and many of my clients find them helpful and...
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Mental Health Awareness Week takes place on 13-19 May 2019. The theme from the Mental Health Foundation this year is Body Image – How we think and feel about our bodies, #BeBodyKind. This is everybody’s business but is especially...
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The brain is a complex and wonderful organ. Parenting is a deeply emotional experience and it originates deep within our brains in our limbic system. This works with our body to enable secure connections that create safety, understanding, trust...
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It’s study and exam time. I feel for you and I am so relieved that we all survived five years of exams. Just remember you will all survive it. Here are my ideas that I helped us and some thoughts from others too. How to Help your Teen Study...
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The Easter holidays are an ideal time to practice relaxation and breathing. A time to gather and take a moment to connect, calm and just be. Here are a few simple ideas ( and free audio) you can use now to help you and your family. Let’s be...
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You probably know that children do need limits. You might not know that limits go towards shaping your child’s capacity for self-control/regulation/discipline. Over the years I’ve had many interesting discussions regarding limits...
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It’s daylight saving, the clocks are going forward an hour on the 31st of March. I am relieved that it feels that Spring has finally arrived but we all lose an hour of sleep and it may take you a bit of time to readjust. To help you manage...
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Do you get fed up of asking your child to do things and it often results in many daily power struggles! Did you know that on average a child may hear up to 17 commands an hour ( Carolyn Webster Stratton, The Incredible Years) and in families...
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It’s World Sleep Day on March the 15th. We spend a third of our life sleeping. Sleeping well helps us to have a healthy and successful life. Every child needs to sleep well for healthy development and growth. In this blog, let’s learn...
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It’s International Woman’s Day on Friday, March the 8th. The theme is: Balance drives a better working world. Let’s all help create a #BalanceforBetter. What can we do to create a more balanced world for a woman? We all have a...
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Anger can be a complex emotion but is very normal. Generally, in children, they simply have yet to develop the social and emotional skills to express directly. I know that many of you would really prefer that your child did not express it all...
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Are worries keeping your child from sleeping? Place2be conducted a survey Children and young people who usually get less than the recommended 9 hours sleep on a school night are more likely to feel that worries get in the way of school work (32%...
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