Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? I do… I get flashbacks especially when I\’m coaching self-conscious teenagers. I should add, that I\’ve been trained how to leave \’my stuff\’ at the door, and not allow it to affect the work I do. But sometimes after coaching someone, I allow myself […]
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I\’m putting together an online course to help children boost their self-confidence and I\’m currently working on a section about \’Self-Love\’. It\’s been on my mind a lot, and its so important, I thought I\’d share some helpful tools for parents, to help their children. Context Before I summarize the tips below (at the bottom)
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I am a child and teen life coach and a mother of 3, but as I\’ve mentioned before my coaching doesn\’t always work on my own children (click here for the last post on Kids and Teens don\’t listen to their parents). However I\’ve coached and helped many children who are very attached to their
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They won\’t listen Many parents who call me up and need help with their child or teen, often tell me \’I\’ve tried telling them\’ or when I describe how I\’ve helped their child, they say \’But I\’ve already told them that…they don\’t listen to me\’! So I know many of you will be familiar with
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A friend of mine has a daughter starting a new school. She told me about her daughter\’s worry and anxiety about the first day. It doesn\’t help that she doesn\’t know anyone in her new class. The closer it gets and the more she thinks about it the more nervous, anxious and worried she is…
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Its been a while since my last blog, I\’ve been caught up looking after my kids over the Summer holidays and truth be told, it hasn\’t been easy to get time to myself to sit down and write. So this time I\’ve decided to include them in my blog. With school now starting back in
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Kids listen up – Do you want to have the best Summer possible? Here are some tips for a good time this summer and in life. Play with everyone, I mean include everyone in your games. The best fun you can have is when everyone is playing together and having fun whether you are in
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Body shaming: \’The action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size\’. The Oxford Dictionary We have had some fabulous summer weather recently and it\’s also holiday season (I\’m just back from mine.) I\’m noticing how easy it is to get into the habit of making
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These last few weeks there has been a lot of tragic deaths… no-one that I knew personally but that doesn\’t mean it doesn\’t affect me! I\’m sure each of you have been affected by a death recently or in the past, this blog is about how we, as humans pick up and keep going…. and
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Inner Dialogue What do you say to yourself or think to yourself over and over in your head? Some of us do it without realizing… when faced with difficult times: – \’I\’m too tired\’, \’I\’ve no time\’, \’I can\’t do this\’. Or comparing ourselves to others: -\’they have it all, its not fair\’, \’what will they
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