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This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Lily Law from, ‘The Lady’ about what I do. Here is the…
This is another post about self esteem to complement an earlier one. Having self esteem or self worth is highly…
According to modern evolutionary theory, our emotions evolved to guide our behaviour. However, different emotions evolved at different times. Primal…
Several years ago I was speaking to a friend about managing emotions when he suddenly piped up with, ‘have you…
This post was inspired by a performance I saw last night called ‘Highly Sensitive’ by Hannah Jane Walker. Evolutionary psychologists…
There is no doubt that some children are wired up to be more naturally empathetic than others. For example, the…
(This is a post about older children and teenagers.) I learnt about the normative effect several years ago at a…
Mindfulness has received a lot of attention in the last few years and for good reason. However, while there are…
I think many of us distract our child away from their uncomfortable emotions and away from the resulting likely outbursts…
I believe that as a nation, we are rubbish at debate. Although debate does happen in schools, learning how to…
‘Sorry, sorry’ you often hear a woman say when she has burst into tears. ‘Man up,’ or ‘pull yourself together’,…
You know how when you listen to a tune that evokes instant (and strong) happy memories and how you are…
