Tips, topics, ideas, advice and food for thought to prompt discussions and different interactions between your child and you that will help them navigate life a little better.
The teachers of Year 6 of Hampton Junior School contacted me about an exciting project...
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In a pupil referral unit, point blank refusal from a child is such a regular event...
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For an absolutely wonderful local independent book shop and for World Book Day, I made...
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We all know the many wisdoms said about making mistakes that tell us about them being...
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It’s been a weird time for all of us. And soon for many children, it’s time to return...
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It is really important that we never label emotions 'good' or 'bad' with our children...
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I wrote, ‘What’s going on inside my head?’ as a tool to help parents/carers...
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We all know what ‘moods’ are but we don’t often give them a lot of thought. Such...
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I have uploaded some more unusual activities from my books to keep your younguns...
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This is a short post to introduce the idea of taking an emotion at a time and...
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You can download a free activity pack that is great to use alongside my book, 'It's OK...
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I remember whining ‘I’m bored’ with some regularity when I was a child. Although I...
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Anxiety seems to be very much on the up. I don’t think this is overly surprising. The...
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I often marvel at how the emotions of situations are so rarely acknowledged despite...
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I read an article recently that said many people were finding coming out of lockdown...
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I honestly think it would be impossible to get out of childhood unscathed. Our parents...
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I had just been thinking how my books (the ones that deal with emotions which is all...
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This is a small part of CFT by Dr Paul Gilbert that I think you could very usefully...
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(You will have to forgive me – I cannot source any of this theory but I hope to soon. ...
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I am reading ‘The school of life’ introduced by Alan de Botton. It’s a great...
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As an exhausted parent/carers/teachers, we tend to manage difficult behaviours in a...
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As I have said before, simply increasing your child’s emotion vocabulary improves...
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I am sure many of you have heard the Stanford marshmallow experiment where young...
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I was disappointed this week in an ‘I was really, really looking forward to something...
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It’s a very obvious statement when I say that what we think can impact on how we feel...
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This week I have a new book out which I am delighted about. It is very much linked to...
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Generally, our emotions are not focussed on other than when the reactions to them are...
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This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Lily Law from, 'The Lady' about what...
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According to modern evolutionary theory, our emotions evolved to guide our behaviour....
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Several years ago I was speaking to a friend about managing emotions when he suddenly...
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This post was inspired by a performance I saw last night called 'Highly Sensitive...
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There is no doubt that some children are wired up to be more naturally empathetic than...
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Mindfulness has received a lot of attention in the last few years and for good reason...
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I think most of us do it probably because our parents/carers did it: that is to...
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I believe that as a nation, we are rubbish at debate. Although debate does happen in...
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'Sorry, sorry' you often hear a woman say when she has burst into tears. 'Man up,' or...
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You know how when you listen to a tune that evokes instant (and strong) happy memories...
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