In this blog post, I explain my journey as a young mum who felt mummy guilt and I share some ways that I overcame it. Apply the strategies - they may work for you too!
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The Importance Of Play And Imagination In this blog, we will be talking about how the Imagination works and the importance of encouraging your child to use their imagination, and the benefits that this can bring to them. Using your imagination can boost your happiness in life. You can […]
The Brain Part 1: How the brain works and the functions of the brain In this blog we are going to be looking at the different functions of the brain and how they work, to help give you a better understanding of your child and their behaviours. Did you know […]
7 Ways To Prepare Your Child For The New School Year The summer holidays are coming to an end and the first day back at school is nearing. You may have mixed feelings about this in your household – you may have loved having your children home but are also […]
In the same way that you would get a mechanic to fix your car’s engine, you can get an expert to coach you with your parenting towards a happy family. It is a skill that can be learned and we often call on a trusted expert to help us […]
At Christmas, your children might be putting “present pressure” on you – i.e. asking for specific gifts that you may not be able to afford, that you find inappropriate or are not willing to buy for any other reason. “Pester power” i.e. your child pestering you for weeks about what […]
As a parent, of course you want to make Christmas magical for your children. Problems arise only when you give into your children’s demands that are beyond your means. Just look at the children’s reactions in this video from Jimmy Kimmel where parents tell their children they ate all their Halloween […]
The world is going through a huge transition. In the US, letting go of Obama and taking on Trump! In the UK, letting go of being in the EU and standing alone. In our own lives, letting go of our comfort zone and taking on new ideas and challenges. We all […]
We are coming towards the end of the year – the air is getting crisper and we can get our snuggly jumpers out again. October is a great month, full of celebrations for Diwali, Halloween and…Half Term holidays! Diwali is the Hindu Festival of Lights and celebrates the overcoming of good over evil. […]
I really enjoyed my work as a Behaviour Consultant for London Borough of Redbridge some years ago. For part of our own professional development and the annual appraisal we could choose a topic to research that interested us and benefitted the team. I chose ‘Happiness,’ considering my other projects in past years were based on […]
Continuing with our theme of Emotional Literacy, which is important for communicating our feelings, this blog post focuses on fear. How Fear Works Imagine this, you are walking home on your own one rainy night, its dark and there aren’t many people in the street. Suddenly, you hear the […]
Emotional Literacy is important for communicating feelings. One significant part of Emotional Literacy to learn is about emotions. In this blog I am going to talk about how sadness is actually a useful emotion and it tells us about when we have been hurt. Emotional Literacy: Sadness I believe that […]
“Belief is the state of mind in which a person thinks something to be the case, with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty.” How Beliefs Are Formed We have hundreds and thousands of thoughts going through our minds […]
Why Do I Need To Know The Difference Between Feelings And Emotions? People generally use the words “feeling” and “emotion” interchangeably, but there are distinct differences between them. It is important to know the difference as it can make a huge change to your behaviour and your child’s behaviour, […]