Getting irritated by the smallest thing with your children? welcome to 'grump-pants' parenting.

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

Have you ever had that comment said to you as an insult, a put-down? Being criticized is exhausting. Let's change the narrative.

Playing the calibrating and calculating ‘not speaking up’ game, is exhausting and poisons our relationships. 

We may struggle with knowing what Love is, but we can certainly feel what love is not.

‘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’...

Does a magical Christmas have to mean make-believe or can it be more real than that?

I needed to find another way to stop the relentless thoughts in my head that told me to die. I am so very glad I did not take my life.

Parenting starts before baby arrives and is based on what foundations we have lived for ourselves. Read more...

Child-to-parent abuse is increasingly common, that is huge to admit to ourselves, let alone talk about publicly. We go there...

Are we caught with our pants down when children turn teen? Read more for how we can set a foundation for everyone.

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?

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

Rules, standards and boundaries make the family home into a space where true care and consideration for another is our 'normal'.

We are so keen to offer advice, but have we considered if what we are offering is 'helpful advice' or, criticism? Eeek!

Was my teenage stealing behaviour showing us that 'chidren' are far smarter than we credit - perhaps more like adults in children's bodies?

Do we back each other in our families or criticise each other? Time for a shift of emphasis...

Do we hold on to lifestyle choices that mean we potentially predispose ourselves to major physical and emotional dis-ease? Hear more

Living in a shared home means shared responsibilities. Do we leave it too late to share these vital life skills?

What if have not valued the need to value, and we have not appreciated just how deeply we need to appreciate? Why would that matter?