My darling sweet little girl is turning into an angry, cheeky monster! How are will I survive the teenage years! I have had so many children and teens come to me for help with anger over the years, I work them and describe how our anger can go from 0 to 100 in a few […]
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It\’s that time of year again… for some kids it\’s exciting, perhaps a new school, a new teacher, new classroom… new books! For many it\’s an anxious time. So many unknowns… it can be hard to stay calm. Anxious children project the worst in their minds, they use their imagination to see all their worst
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I have been busy doing mindfulness & life lessons workshops in schools around the country, various parts of Dublin, Cork and Galway over the last month or so. It has been to promote The Confidence Clinic Summer Camps. But here\’s what I\’ve learned: Your kids are amazing! I don\’t care if you kids were in the
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It is that time of year…. a few days away from the State Exams in Ireland. There are thousands of people across the country stressed out about exams – some of them are the students doing the exams, and some are the parents! I\’ve coached hundreds of teenagers on the topic of exam stress. Below
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The gratitude attitude is about switching from \’poor me\’ to \’lucky me\’ – not living in \’victim\’ mode (such as life\’s not fair, this bad thing happened) it\’s moving your thinking to how much I do have, and how lucky I am. I teach kids and teens that I coach about gratitude and all the
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When I learn a lesson I feel I have to share it in these articles. It\’s the only way I can write authentically. I\’ve just got back from an amazing 4 days in London, I was at Tony Robbins \’Unleash the Power Within\’ seminar. I had the most amazing time, truly outstanding and yes I
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I\’ve been so upset reading comments and articles over the past number of days, about the recent Belfast rape trial – where 4 men were found not guilty to various charges. Now, I must add here, that I\’m not very outspoken about current affairs, news items and politics and feel mostly that my opinions are
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THE WRONG CONNECTIONS I find it fascinating that between the age of 0-7 years of age, we have experiences that set up our \’blueprint\’ for the rest of our lives. I say fascinating, but its also very scary when you are the parent of 0-7 year old children. What are we doing to them? and
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I will be delivering a workshop to a group of young people next week and the topic involves decision making. I decided to write about it today because it can be hard for kids and teens to navigate their way around friendships and peer pressure. It\’s a fact that a child or teen won\’t have
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How come some people are born with confidence and others aren\’t? I used to wonder this? I was a Billy Barry Stage School Kid – I went to that class every week for 6 years until I was 11! I was never picked for anything, the other talented, confident girls in the class would be
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