It would be extremely unlikely for anyone to get through life without anything ‘bad’ ever happening to them. We might…
Category: resilience
Acceptance and Approval – have quite different impact
Acceptance for survival It makes sense that children are hardwired for to gain their parents’ (and other significant adults’) acceptance.…
Cruel to be Kind!
Allow children to mess up and sort things out for themselves….
Resilience Policy
Considering what really helps our children become more resilient and why it’s not a good idea for schools staff to sort everything out for children!
Happiness
What can we do to attain greater happiness and what might get in the way?
Few of us got out of childhood unscathed!
An exploration of what helps us feel understood as children and why this is important.
Beat the back-to-school blues -take 5 minutes each day to talk about feelings
I am sure most adults can recall the feelings towards the end of each August when the return to school…
Negative Self-Talk
We nearly all do it and often without really realising: negative self-talk. As an adult this talk tends to be…
Enduring Uncomfortable Emotions
As I delve deeper and deeper into reflecting upon and understanding emotions, one message keeps appearing: some of us have…
Help your child manage mild emotional discomfort
I have said in previous posts that many of us have a tendency to distract others – including our children…
Mental health and social media
(You will have to forgive me – I cannot source any of this theory but I hope to soon. Aha –…
Thoughts, distorted thinking and emotions
It’s a very obvious statement when I say that what we think can impact on how we feel and how…