The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story To Ponder – Falling Over

Here’s my Wednesday story from my never-ending notebook and my everlasting coloured pencil. Falling over Here’s a story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil from Dave Mason from Hypknowsis “When I was a student, I went out one winter’s afternoon and I found that my old car wouldn’t start. I had been […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – The Piano

Here’s my weekly story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. The Piano A mum wanted to encourage her young daughter’s interest in the piano so decided to take her to a local concert featuring an excellent and famous pianist. In the entrance foyer the mother met an old friend and the two […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – The Shoes

Here is my Wednesday Story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. The Shoes  You may have heard this very old story illustrating the difference between positive thinking and negative thinking before. “Many years ago two salesmen were sent by a British shoe manufacturer to Africa to investigate the market and report back on the […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – The Cleaning Lady.

Metaphors and stories have been used for centuries as a method of healing, learning and guidance for parents and children alike. Every Wednesday I write a story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil that will make you think, reflect or inspire you with a new way of thinking about your parenting. Here […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – The Nails in the Fence

Here’s my weekly story from my never ending notebook and my everlasting coloured pencil to ponder this week. The Nails in the Fence Here is a wonderful story from my never-ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil that I taught the children in my Year 4 class many years ago. There once was a little boy […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story. The Talking Cat

  Here’s my weekly story from my never ending notebook and my everlasting coloured pencil to ponder this week. The Talking Cat There was this lady, and one day she got the idea that her cat was trying to communicate with her. For weeks and months she tries to get what the cat is trying […]

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 […]

The Sue Atkins Weekly Parenting Question

Every Monday I ask you a Parent Coaching Question for you to print off, pop on your fridge and to ponder throughout the week. Being a great parent requires you to become a self aware parent. A parent who thinks about what they are doing and reflects on what is working and what isn’t working […]

The Sue Atkins Parenting Question To Ponder !

    Every week I post a parent coaching question for you to ponder. So grab a cup of coffee and a pen and jot down….. “What makes things difficult?” Now jot down one thing you can do this week to improve on just one of those problems. If you need a hand give me […]

Problems have a purpose – find out here what they’re telling you.

I’m here to help, support &  to ask you great questions to help you find better answers to your problems – I don’t judge, finger point or tut tut about what you tell me. My passion is to help you find new solutions and new ways of doing things that make you and your family […]

UK’s leading parenting expert steps into everyone’s living room

                I’m delighted to be featured in Nursery Online this week. http://nursery-online.com/newsview.php?date=21/11/2014#10903 In a collection of newly updated parenting guides, parents are being given a truly unique opportunity to access information from one of the UK’s leading parenting experts, in the comfort of their own home. Sue Atkins is […]

You’re Not Supposed to be Your Kid’s Friend: My interview with Annie Fox.

We all want a close relationship with our children, but we make a huge mistake when we assume the way to get it is by becoming their friend instead of their parent. Annie talks with internationally respected parenting coach Sue Atkins about ways to have a loving parent-child bond while continuing to provide the discipline they need to grow […]