Emotional health for us, and for our children is one of the most important gifts we can give ourselves, and those we love. It’s easy to feel it’s your fault when things are tough, so what do we need to do in order to be a supportive parent?
Usually school holidays are seen by our teenagers as a break from the ‘norm’, from the monotony of everyday school life, a chance to do the things they don’t get
I write this blog a month into the third lockdown. Schools are closed and are said to remain so until at least early March, children of all ages are having
You may or may not know that this week (1st-5th February) is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’. Never has it been a more important time to discuss this topic. As I
Here we are again, lockdown land after several weeks of uncertainty and changing goalposts. It is hard for us all, but as a mentor and therapist for teens throughout the pandemic, I
Do you ever feel like there is never enough time in your life for you? Are you losing track of time to do the things you want to do? There
How hard do you find ‘creating time for you’? How often do you find yourself prioritising others needs before your own, feeling like this is a necessary part of everyday life? How
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” Ed Cunningham You may have heard the quote or saying: “You‘re the average
What is anxiety and what can we do about it? Every day I see countless pieces of information shared about ‘anxiety’, how it affects us and what we can do about
Research from the Mental Health Foundation shows that 47% of adults struggle with sleep issues. Are you one of this 47%? Perhaps you have trouble falling to sleep or do
Though the brain may be done growing in size once your child reaches their teen years, it does not finish developing and maturing until the mid to late 20s. The front part of the brain,
Think back to life with your new-born baby, one of the most common questions is “are you getting much sleep?” The competitive Mums would brag that their perfect bundle is
These past few weeks with the children going back to school has been a rollercoaster From concerns around the children’s return back at school, how they will manage to adapt
In a recent survey by Young Minds it was discovered that 80% of the teens they connected with had suffered a decline in their mental health during lockdown and the
Are you a parent of a school aged child, facing transition to secondary school? School transition is a significant time of change for all of you. Here is some guidance
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