Parenting a New Generation - The Dance Between Masculine and Feminine
If you’ve never heard of the masculine and the feminine energies, it may sound like a far-out concept.
How to Measure Your Child's Success
Yesterday my teen son announced his 4th nomination this year, as a finalist in film - 2 national awards and 2 local awards. For four different films. I was bowled over.
Parenting lessons from Taronga Zoo
Parenting is messy. Raising a family is full of complexity. Different personalities under the same roof and parents doing their best to keep everyone thriving and daily family life going.
Thriving in the messy middle of parenting
A couple of times this week, I’ve heard the term “messy middle”. And it got me thinking about what the “messy middle” looks like as a parent.
Decoding Your Child's Behaviour
Do you ever feel so exasperated you hear yourself say, “I don’t know what to do with this child”?
Unlocking connection: understanding your child's behavior through a new lens
When my son was 2, I'd see him push his 4-year-old brother or grab a toy away from him. These unexpected actions puzzled me. I'd think, how could my child, who I raised with care and thoughtfulness, act so inconsiderately?
Parenting your strong-willed child when emotions are amplified
Parenting is a journey filled with love, joy, and moments of challenge. When you have a strong-willed child, it's like experiencing all of these emotions on a more intense level.
Delighting in the Beautiful Chaos of Parenthood: 5 Ways to Find Joy
Dina here, sharing five ways to discover pure delight in the midst of the beautiful chaos that is parenthood. Are you ready? Let's dive in!
The Weight Off Your Shoulders: Strategies for Reducing the Mental Load
There were times when my children were younger that I felt like I was doing most of the thinking about how they were playing with friends…were they being kind, were they being supportive, were they being treated fairly.
The Mental Load of Parenting: The 3 Biases That Exhaust Families
Ever wondered how some people seem so comfortable getting through the overwhelming, overloading number of tasks we have once we become parents? I’ve talked a lot about sharing mental load but today I want to talk about the biases that underlie the majority of the mental load in families. Specifically, three types of bias can operate unconsciously and contribute to how exhausted we feel on a day-to-day basis.
Finding Your Way Back to Each Other After Having Kids
Parents come to me for a myriad of reasons in relation to their parenting. Often the driver is their child is experiencing regular outbursts, not cooperating, constantly pushing back, and saying mean and hurtful things, and they’ve tried everything they can, and what they have tried has not worked.
5 Ways to Increase Quality Time with Your Child
The question I frequently get asked in workshops and 1:1 clients is how can I have more quality time with my child or more quality time with each of my children (if there is more than one).
The Best Parent for Your Child
The best parent for your child is without a shadow of a doubt, the best version of you.
We’re All Screwed Up…
We’re all screwed up in our own way. It took me a while to realise that I’m screwed up… You see, whatever age you are, whatever your gender, whatever your marital status, whatever your sexual preference, there’s one thing I know about you (and me) for a fact. You are a human being.
The Importance of Family Values in Leading Your Busy Family
A few weeks ago we had to decide if our son would join the summer soccer team, for our other son it was deciding whether to find him another code club. Then last week, deciding if we could let him go with a friend to the local park without us for the first time. Often times it’s decisions about where we will go and what we will do on the weekend.
Why Have A Parent Coach?
Growth and development are important to you or you wouldn’t be here, reading this blog.
Don’t Allow Yourself to Be a Burdened Parent
So many times I hear people laugh and say they have another child to look after. They are referring to their partner.
Why Are Parents Forgetting to Invest Time in the Most Important Leadership Role of their Lives? By Jenny Vanderhoek
Throughout my last 10 plus years in corporate, I attended minimum of 2 leadership courses or conferences a year. I always came back feeling refreshed from the learnings and ready to kick off the next project with some of the newfound skills that I had learned.
Sharing the Mental Load
The concept of mental load was popularised recently by french comic, Emma.
Your Family Vision
A strong vision of success is essential to great leadership as a parent. Without a vision, you may have great ideas of how you want your child to be, however without the focus and the discipline on what matters you can get lost in a myriad of things you do each day and lose sight of the bigger picture. Without a vision, daily tasks can feel hollow and operational, rather than practical and meaningful.