Is your child struggling at school?
My client has a 7-year-old son. She shared with me how he had behavioural issues at school and was really struggling.
Choosing a sport for your child?
You might be thinking about enrolling your child into sports this term and I wanted to share what happened when I enrolled my son in soccer so it can help you avoid the resistance and challenges we experienced and what we did instead.
Preventing Christmas Burnout
I used to make Christmas so complicated. I had to have certain foods from a certain place. All the trimmings. Presents planned months in advance. Multiple presents for my children to open on Christmas Day (even if they barely touch them after that day).
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.
Parenting is the hardest thing you'll ever do
Parenting is the hardest thing you’ll ever do.
You come into it with no idea what to do.
There’s no training or courses that know your unique situation and family.
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.
How to Thrive When You’re Torn in Multiple Directions
I dropped off my parents at the airport yesterday morning. They were visiting from the UK. (If you’ve been following my mum’s miraculous journey through Covid, you can read about the latest blessing here).
Working Parents: How to Make Quality Time with Your Kids Count
Ever heard the phrase, take care of the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves (I’m English born and we say this often!)?
What if the same were true with taking care of the minutes with your child?
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.