Date: 6th November 2015 I am turning 40 tomorrow, and I have to say I am very excited about it! I know some people dread it and want to hide away thinking ‘how could I be that old? Where did my life go? It won’t be long until I’m 50 and then 60… But I […]
As another school year rolls towards us, we are reminded of all things new! New uniform, new shoes, new school books and copy books, new teachers, new classrooms, new start! However, anyone who has had difficulty in school knows how much dread can come with going back to school. Particularly if it is an exam
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In my experience, all Mothers know immediately what the term ‘Mothers Guilt’ means when they first hear it. I think once we become parents, particularly mothers, we start down the road of heavy duty guilt. From when your child is a new born, to starting school, dealing with an illness or playground problems – it
There is a huge buzz about the word ‘mindfulness’ at the moment. It’s everywhere! In fact, the practice of being mindful goes back a long time, though it may have been called something different back then. Mindfulness is a way of paying attention that originated in Eastern meditation practices (Wikipedia); it is one of the central
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Kids Listen Up – Here Are Some Tips For Happiness at School and in Everyday Life… Include everyone, I mean play with everyone and include as many kids as you can in your games. The best fun you can have is when everyone is playing together and having fun whether you are in a playground,
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The start of a new year can be a good time to set ourselves a goal for the year ahead, but in reality it can be done at any time… March, June, September…. there is no hard rule. So just take a moment and ask yourself what is your ultimate goal in life? Do you have
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Diana Nyad was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. She was 64 years old and it was her 5th attempt. She swam for 55 hours and covered 103 miles. She said she stopped thinking about the surface waves and wind and sickness and started to imagine, with her
Christmas is a bizarre time when you think about it, other than the religious element, it is a time that the commercial world goes into overdrive in relation to presents, cards, trees, decorations, clothes. When you think about the amount of things that are ‘material’ in relation to Christmas, it’s everywhere. Every time you turn
Bullies are all around us, we may have encountered a bully in School, in Work, in our Family or on a Sports Team or Club. The fact is that we are never going to be too far from people who want to feel in control. I often say to children that they will come across
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My 5 and 7 year old daughters play a game occasionally where they smile or say hi to someone they don’t know (it’s usually an adult) I must add here that they do this from the safety of the car, when the window is down on a hot day and we are stuck in traffic
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