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Anger Awareness
  • Nov 7, 2020
  • 5 min

Anger Awareness

“Anger is a big fat lie that doesn’t need to dominate us, it’s not what it says on the box.”
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Finishing High School - for parents
  • Oct 14, 2020
  • 1 min

Finishing High School - for parents

Why not hear how others have managed this process?
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Playfulness in Parenting
  • Sep 11, 2020
  • 2 min

Playfulness in Parenting

You may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business... so how do we bring a little playfulness into our connection?
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Boundaries, Parties, Lying and Me
  • Aug 27, 2020
  • 1 min

Boundaries, Parties, Lying and Me

Looking back at my normal When a teenager doesn't understand why a boundary is in place, it can feel like a restriction and indicative of...
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A Mother's Voice - Raising My Boys
  • Aug 21, 2020
  • 6 min

A Mother's Voice - Raising My Boys

With parenting, it’s easy to take things personally; on reflection though, I don’t think it is a personal thing.
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A Father's Voice - Raising My Girls
  • Aug 7, 2020
  • 4 min

A Father's Voice - Raising My Girls

We often have great expectations of how men should be with their daughters, and these can be a real weight to carry.
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Saying 'No' to bullying
  • Jul 17, 2020
  • 2 min

Saying 'No' to bullying

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.
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What do our children see?
  • Jun 19, 2020
  • 2 min

What do our children see?

Do we ever wonder what it is that our children see when they look at us? 
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Boys, fitting in, and pack energy
  • May 29, 2020
  • 3 min

Boys, fitting in, and pack energy

‘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’...
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A Woman's Flow
  • May 14, 2020
  • 1 min

A Woman's Flow

Our relationship with our menstrual cycle How do we talk about women's cycles? Is menstruation still something we keep hidden and don't...
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Finding Your Voice
  • May 3, 2020
  • 1 min

Finding Your Voice

Supporting your child to build confidence in expression through opportunities at school Young people have much to say but how do they...
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Helpful advice, or criticism?
  • Apr 29, 2020
  • 3 min

Helpful advice, or criticism?

We are often not aware of criticism when it comes out of our mouths or is communicated through our movements.
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What's going on with Ryan
  • Apr 26, 2020
  • 1 min

What's going on with Ryan

Looking behind the behaviour We can see children as too small to know any better, or we can see them as equals who have much to offer us...
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Criticism in Families
  • Apr 19, 2020
  • 1 min

Criticism in Families

Parents can be full of helpful advice, yet it can get heard by adolescents as criticism. Listen to Gabe, Annette and Lucy for some...
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Lockdown need not drive us crazy
  • Apr 16, 2020
  • 4 min

Lockdown need not drive us crazy

Time to consider what we can do to help ourselves in this exposing and potentially vulnerable time?
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Looking for what's wrong
  • Mar 29, 2020
  • 2 min

Looking for what's wrong

We fall into a pattern of looking for what’s wrong instead of appreciating the amazing people in our lives.
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Alternate Education Pathways
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • 1 min

Alternate Education Pathways

Have you worried about your child just not 'getting it' at school? Have you watched them disengage and lose faith in education and...
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Sleep - a public health issue
  • Mar 1, 2020
  • 1 min

Sleep - a public health issue

Two audio posts - one message - sleep is your superpower and vital to mental and physical health outcomes. In our first audio, we...
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Rules, standards and boundaries
  • Jan 30, 2020
  • 3 min

Rules, standards and boundaries

Are rules ways of controlling what would otherwise be a wayward child could there a better approach using standards and boundaries?
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Honesty, Trust and truth in families
  • Nov 29, 2019
  • 4 min

Honesty, Trust and truth in families

Honesty, trust and truth in families starts with US. How honest are we being with each other?
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