Did anyone tell us that parenting needs us to have a certain kind of fitness? Nope – well let’s talk about the elephant in the room now…

Just because we have made a decision things need to change, we think everyone should be on board with us right? Not quite...

Discipline in family life is a challenging topic. How do we navigate discipline in this tricky world?

To observe or dive into being a family at war is always a choice. What choice will you make?

Have you considered the most intense criticism lies in families? How would it be if we stopped this abusive pattern and backed each other?

Have you ever been in an argument where things have been said and the atmosphere is thick as treacle? Welcome to comfortable intensity...

How much do we want our children to like us? Wanting our children to like us can lead to complications and trouble with a capital 'T'

It is time to talk about child to parent abuse. It is an increasingly common thread yet abuse does not need to be a lodger in our home.

Our kids see far more than we expect them to, and are far more equipped to handle it than we give them credit for. So, why pretend?

Addictions come in a huge variety of styles and flavour’s but all have the same devastating impact on our lives

You may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business... so how do we bring a little playfulness into our connection?

Saying no to bullying is a skill we all want for our children and for ourselves. Let’s look at what ‘feeds’ the bully in the first place.

We may not tell boys explicitly, but with all our actions they learn what is acceptable and what is not from what we model.

Getting our period is as natural as breathing, so why do we make it something separate that needs its own special moment? ​

Do we ever wonder what it is that our children see when they look at us? 

‘Fitting in’ is an unspoken directive that to survive they have to toughen up yet where does this lead? Pack energy doesn’t ‘just happen’...

We are often not aware of criticism when it comes out of our mouths or is communicated through our movements.

We fall into a pattern of looking for what’s wrong instead of appreciating the amazing people in our lives.

When we give in to bad behaviour, are we saying ‘If you act up, I will reward you’

Are rules ways of controlling what would otherwise be a wayward child could there a better approach using standards and boundaries?