by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Positive Communication
Are you setting a limit or making a request? If there is a higher tone at the end of the sentence then it is heard as a request. If you ask “Is that OK?” at the end of the sentence then it is heard as a request. If you are attached to a specific outcome it...
by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Emotional Self-Care, featured
I like to think of anger as a climb with a peak. The trick is to catch it on the way up because when you reach near the peak the pre-frontal cortex (the part of the brain for reasoning and empathy) is no longer engaged and you are in the fight/flight brain. So here is...
by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Positive Communication
Your child is always saying “yes” to something. It may sound like a “no” to you or to what you are wanting but there is always a “yes”. If you can find that “yes” and acknowledge it your child will be more inclined to...
by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence
Every challenge is an opportunity to create a script for your child to use in their future interactions. What script can you offer them for difficult emotions like stress, anger, guilt or jealousy? Firstly, you can give them a vocabulary of feelings to help them to...
by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence, featured
“Mum, Fred did x”, “Mum, Sarah did y”. Sound familiar? You, I’m afraid to say, have created this scenario by being the referee, they are looking to you for resolution. The objective here is to hand the responsibility back to your...
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