The signs of anxiety in your child & how 3-3-3 can really help. Who knew you’d have to handle the anxiety of returning to school so soon after a pandemic to cope with RAAC? Usually the signs of anxiety in children can include excessive worry, fear, nervousness, difficulty sleeping, restlessness, and physical symptoms like […]
Today I was working in a school doing my Confidence Classes for Kids Workshop and a child told me he had be mauled by 6 dogs when he was 3 and had scars around his eyes to show me. I regularly use my Emotional Freedom Technique with the children I work with as it […]
I go into lots of schools doing my Confidence Classes for Kids Workshop and After School Club and I always do a Garden Of Dreams visualisation that helps children to let go of their worries, anxieties and stresses. But here is another tool that I use: The Hug Me Tree Imagine that there is a […]
I was asked to contribute to the new Jeremy Vine TV Show on Channel 5 about whether yelling or shouting at children is verbal abuse. We all lose the plot at times & lose our temper & end up shouting at our kids, but what is the difference between the odd shout & consistent verbal […]
Paying The Price For Our Parental Panicking Anxiety and depression; even suicide is increasing and it’s all because children feel their sense of control over their lives has decreased according to Peter Gray, a psychologist at Boston College and author of ‘Free to Learn.’ His research links the rise of emotional and social disorders with […]
One of my lovely Mums has recommended Go Zen and I love it ! Take a look – 49 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child at GoZen!
The first ever International Fathers’ Mental Health Day will take place on Monday 20th June 2016 to raise awareness of postnatal depression (PND), antenatal anxiety and childbirth trauma experienced by men. Mark Williams, who suffered all three after becoming a father and subsequently founded Fathers Reaching Out and Reaching Out Positive Mental Health explains: […]
Compassion, empathy & understanding start at an early age and they start with you, as parents, talking and teaching your children about all sorts of things including mental health. So I was interested to read about a new survey of more than 1,100 parents that found 55% hadn’t spoken about the subject of stress, anxiety, […]
Story Massage from Meg Fenn on Vimeo. Yesterday I was delighted to attend a course on Story Massage as I thought it would be another useful addition to add to my toolbox of ways to help parents and children. What is Story Massage? Story Massage involves the use of 10 simple movements (through your clothes), […]
We all worry, but some of us worry more than others but worrying is rarely productive and can be bad for your health. I work with lots of parents who are stressed, anxious and tense and they unconsciously pass their anxiety down to their kids, who pick up on their energy. So here’s how people who don’t let worry […]
Guidance on Parenting Alone – My Interview on The Mother Company An interview with Sue Atkins The percentage of US births to unmarried women, increasing since the 1940s, has surged in recent years, according to the American Community Survey. Pew Research reports the number of single fathers has increased from 300,000 in 1960, to over […]
Some people may be more likely to develop anxiety and depression because their mothers lacked a natural barrier to protect them from stress while they were in the womb. Scientists have discovered an enzyme present in the womb and in babies’ brains that appears to protect them from high levels of their mother’s stress hormone, […]
As regular readers of my blog will know I am recently separated from my husband after 21 years and I know first hand how challenging, stressful and overwhelming this transitional period of life really is. I have been running my “6 Week “Separation – Putting Your Children First” Coaching Programme” for many years now using […]
As a former class teacher for more than 20 years I was grief stricken by the traumatic shooting in Newtown as that would have been the same as killing the whole of my class of 20 Year One 6 year olds – which just made me cry in grief as I watched the news over the weekend. I have […]
When I was a Deputy Head and Class Teacher I used to watch as some children went from school to ballet, to swimming, to horse riding, maths club, tap dancing or to a tutor without catching their breath. They were over busy and some were over anxious and over stressed. Of course it’s all about striking a […]
