by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence
How much do adults pay therapists to have a really good cathartic cry? How good does it feel when you can go to a close friend who just makes you a cup of tea and really listens whilst you let it all out. Our children, especially the younger ones, have this inbuilt...
by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Mental Self-Care
You know the days fellow mama, when you feel exhausted, overwhelmed & running on empty. For those days I have a support team – they are called MEDITATION, SLOWING DOWN & NATURE. MEDITATION Meditation comes (in the form of my Headspace App) and offers me...
by Karen | Apr 25, 2019 | Positive Communication
I love these 3 words. – They promote social-emotional learning in your child. – They stimulate pre-frontal cortex thinking – The more advanced part of the brain for reasoning, logic and empathy. – They replace power struggles with connection as...
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...
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