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What is 'discipline' in family life?
Discipline in family life is a challenging topic. But could we see discipline in a more practical 'life skill' kind of way?
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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Sitting back and observing
To observe or dive into being a family at war is always a choice. What choice will you make?
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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Arguments and Comfortable Intensity
Have you ever been in an argument where things have been said and the atmosphere is thick as treacle? Welcome to comfortable intensity...
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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Intensity in Parenting
You may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business, do we lose what is important in all that intensity?
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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'Who do you think you are?'
Have you ever had that comment said to you as an insult, a put-down? Being criticized is exhausting. Let's change the narrative.
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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Kids know what we are hiding
Are children as unaware as we assume them to be, or are they able to read the way we move far better than we presume or assume?
Jan 29, 20243 min read
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The cost of fitting in
When we understand why we behave the way we do, it supports us to see why so many work so hard to fit in.
Dec 25, 20233 min read
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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’...
Dec 18, 20233 min read
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Family Christmas & Broken Banks
Subscribe to a picture of Christmas, and hand yourself over to a ruthless marketing machine and the claws of the loan shark..
Nov 20, 20233 min read
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Why do I feel scared of my child?
Child-to-parent abuse is increasingly common, that is huge to admit to ourselves, let alone talk about publicly. We go there...
Aug 21, 20233 min read
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Are we prepared for thirteen?
Are we caught with our pants down when children turn teen? Read more for how we can set a foundation for everyone.
Aug 7, 20233 min read
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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.
Jun 26, 20234 min read
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Being sensitive and being bullied
It is a start disassembling the myth that is causing so much harm to a man’s mental and physical health.
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Discussing periods
Getting our period is as natural as breathing, so why do we make it something separate that needs its own special moment? ​
Jun 5, 20238 min read
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Challenging 'Boys Don't Cry'
Is it possible that gender-specific parenting dictates what level of sensitivity is acceptable in children and then adult males?
May 9, 20233 min read
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Honesty, trust and truth in families
Children can feel when we are telling the truth and when we are not, so do we confirm what they know or do we sow the seed out doubt?
May 2, 20234 min read
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Giving in to bad behaviour
When we give in to bad behaviour, we are saying ‘If you act up, I will reward you’
Apr 24, 20232 min read
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Looking for what's wrong
We fall into a pattern of looking for what’s wrong instead of appreciating the amazing people we have in our lives.
Apr 10, 20232 min read
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Boundaries, expression and reactions
Let’s have a different take on boundaries, what if it wasn’t about restriction … read on if you dare!
Mar 28, 20232 min read
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Rules, standards and boundaries
Rules, standards and boundaries make the family home into a space where true care and consideration for another is our 'normal'.
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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