Mental wellness
50 easy techniques to help kids calm down
Simple ideas for helping children to calm down. Teaching kids to self-regulate their emotions is a skill they will take ...
Take a deep breath
Here are 9 playful activities to teach young children mindful breathing techniques — and adults might enjoy these fun ideas ...
5 tricks to help anxious children
When your kids get anxious or unsettled about life and everything starts fall apart, these little tricks can help them ...
6 signs your child is an introvert
1. RESERVED MANNER The report card comes home, and the common theme is: “Your child needs to come out ...
What’s in your child’s anxiety toolkit?
Does your child tend toward anxiety, stress, jitters, and tension? Amber Hall shares some coping strategies. As a parent, it’s extraordinarily challenging to watch your little ...
Meditation & mindfulness for kids
How about replacing school detention with mindfulness practise? Erin O’Hara shares why teaching children mindfulness is good for them. In ...
managing distractions
We live in a modern society where distraction abounds and multi-tasking has become the latest buzzword. But is multi-tasking just ...
Step-ladder approach to anxiety
If your child suffers from any form of anxiety, consider trying this step-ladder approach drawn from cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). This ...
Emotional development in under 5’s
The early years of a child’s life are incredibly important for their ongoing development. Often we focus on the physical ...
Coping with grief together
Losing a loved one is one of the hardest things to bear. And grieving is an important part of accepting ...
Mummy guilt
How many times have you berated yourself since becoming a parent? Guilt is often a well-known feeling once you become ...
Separation Anxiety in Children
When does separation anxiety become more than just a worry? How will we know and what can we do to ...