Helping Your Shy Child

    People find it really funny when I tell them that as a child I used to be shy. Because I am confident and chatty and have a go at most things from walking over burning hot coals, to skydiving, driving a Formula 3 racing car or love appearing on the telly. People presume […]

Parenting in a Pandemic – Life After Lock Down – What Worries You?

    I’d like your help. I’m thinking of creating some videos to help you cope with the ‘new normal’ So what sort of things are really worrying you at the moment ? Are you worried about your kids going back to school? Are you worried about your kids going out and about? Are you […]

Hi I’m Sue Atkins I teach families how to be happier.

  Hi I’m Sue Atkins I teach families how to be happier. I was at a social event at Farleigh Court Golf Club the other day and someone asked me, ‘So, Sue, what do you do?’ I always find this a tricky question to answer as I do so many things but I just spontaneously […]

5 top tips for using one-page profiles in divorce.

I am delighted to have been published today as part of 100 stories spreading the word about the very  powerful One Page Profile process and how they can be used to transform lives from birth to the end of life. Follow the individual journeys of people who use services, families, and staff, across education, health and social care.  […]

My Story of Being A Mum – what’s yours?

The first time I sat down to write my Story of Mum I was raw in grief about the door banging behind my beautiful 19 year old daughter Molly as she as she packed her cheetah print Converse, Mac Makeup and Primark Pyjamas and left home, jumping excitedly and nervously into her father’s car – […]

The Sue Atkins Inspiring Sunday Sayings – The Week’s Best Parenting Tweets

  Mums and dads have known it for centuries: kids say the funniest things. But before Twitter was invented, parents didn’t have the privilege of sharing their witty and (unintentionally) wise utterances with the wider world. Without Twitter, we wouldn’t know about Noel Clarke’s son’s pointed life questions, the girl who wants to call her new […]

Raise your children not your voice !

Parenting is the most important, rewarding, frustrating, and challenging job anyone can do and yet is the one few of us ever get any preparation for.  We invest in everything except learning the skills in raising happy, confident and well-balanced children. The speed, pressure and stress of modern living means we never seem to have […]