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- [Detaching your Cingy Child - 6 Top Tips](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/detaching-cingy-child-6-top-tips/) - 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
- [Teaching our Kids Self-Love](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/teaching-our-kids-self-love/) - 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)
- [Communication & the Very Tough Teenage Years](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/communication-tough-teenage-years/) - 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
- [What other people think of you](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/what-other-people-think-of-you/) - BIRTHDAY I\'m writing this article on my 42nd Birthday. I\'ve been feeling very lucky and grateful for my lot: my 3 kids, my husband and friends and family, the place where I live... the work I get to do, helping kids and teens and hopefully making a difference in their lives. I\'m so touched by
- [Anxiety in a kids world](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/anxiety-kids-world/) - Every statistic we read about is telling us our children and teens have higher levels of anxiety and stress than ever before. I have seen a lot of children and teens that suffer, for various different reasons - all valid in their own heads. Some include fear of dogs, death, sickness, separation anxiety, sleep problems.
- [The Christmas Rush - Top 10 Tips for a Happy Peaceful Christmas](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/christmas-rush-top-10-tips-happy-peaceful-christmas/) - Everyone is just so busy in the weeks before Christmas, myself included, we end up running around trying to shop for all those presents, get our tree and decorations up, finish projects or jobs at home and at work, catch up with friends and family and go to children\'s nativity plays, visit Santa and not
- [Top Tips for Exam Stressed Teenagers (and their Parents)](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/top-tips-exam-stressed-teenagers-parents/) - Here in Ireland, there is a huge amount of stress on our teenagers in relation to exams. For some it starts when they are in 1st or 2nd year of Secondary School, I get clients coming to me for life coaching, from the age of 12 suffering from exam stress. Yes, 1st years, who are
- [How to give your Children the gift of Confidence](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/give-children-gift-confidence/) - 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
- [Peer Pressure - Helping Kids and Teens to Make the Best Decisions](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/helping-kids-teens-make-best-decisions/) - 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
- [How Our Childhood Messes Us Up](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-our-childhood-messes-us-up/) - 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
- [Rape Trial & Consent - what can we learn?](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/rape-trial-consent-what-can-we-learn/) - 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
- [How to Stay Happy (when you should be sad)](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-to-stay-happy-when-youre-really-sad/) - 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
- [The Gratitude Attitude - A Parents Guide](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/the-gratitude-attitude-parents-guide-to-morning-stress/) - 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
- [Don\'t let Exam Stress affect your Performance](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/dont-let-exam-stress-affect-your-performance/) - 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
- [Your Kids Are Amazing!](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/your-kids-are-amazing/) - 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
- [Back to School Anxiety](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/back-to-school-anxiety/) - 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
- [CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Homework and Kids](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/cbt-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-homework-and-kids/) - I decided to write a little about CBT as its talked about a lot these days and if you haven\'t heard of it then you\'re probably lucky! It\'s a talk therapy that\'s used to help people of all ages with anxiety, stress, depression; it helps change how we think and therefore how we behave. I
- [Dealing with Anger - preteen & teenage years](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/dealing-with-anger-preteen-teenage-years/) - 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
- [Anxiety and Halloween](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/anxiety-and-halloween/) - The majority of calls I get nowadays are from parents worried about their child or teens\' anxiety - probably 9 out of 10 cases I see, are anxiety related. It\'s off the scale how much this crippling thing called anxiety is stopping our kids living a normal life. Why is this? I know one mother
- [Pushing through your comfort zone](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/pushing-through-your-comfort-zone/) - We all get comfortable in our comfort zone, its a very nice, cosy, easy place to live. We do the same stuff and know what to expect from life - even when we\'re not happy, we stay stuck because it\'s what we know, and it could always be worse. I made the commitment to myself
- [The Most Stressful Time of the Year...](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/the-most-stressful-time-of-the-year/) - I love Christmas, I particularly love Christmas Eve... I think its my favorite day of the year, it\'s the anticipation and the excitement, and of course this day means so much more when you have young children in the house. We have 3, so it is very very very exciting, and I am a big
- [Turn your child\'s inner critic into a best friend](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/turn-your-childs-inner-critic-into-a-best-friend/) - I have been trying to get back to work for a while now but things just keep happening, since the kids have gone back to school, I\'ve got caught up clearing out the house, also getting my out of date driver licence renewed, yesterday my son was home sick with croup and now I have
- [Fear, Kids and Brexit](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/fear-kids-and-brexit/) - Brexit I\'ve always felt the need to write about what\'s going on in my life, (and what\'s going on in my head,) but also make it relevant and help others as much as I can. I feel the need to talk about Brexit (just a little I promise.. please bear with me if you\'re sick
- [The Power of the Mind - Train your Kids to Visualize](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/the-power-of-the-mind-train-your-kids-to-visualize/) - Slow Down! I am all for deep breathing and slowing things down - at least I say I am, in truth my mind, and my life, in general are huge whirlwinds, no, tornado\'s would be more accurate, multiple tornadoes of to do lists, tasks, kids, housework and jobs, I\'m somewhere in the middle juggling everything
- [A New Year... A New Roller Coaster Ride](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/new-year-new-roller-coaster-ride/) - Today I\'m writing about how life has its ups and downs but as long as we remember \'I can handle it\' we will get through anything. Roller coaster... I haven\'t written for a while, to be honest this last month has been a bit of a roller-coaster for me. We had a very sad and
- [Momo Terrors - How to help your child](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/momo-terrors-how-to-help-your-child/) - So in the last few days, Momo has come into our lives, and my kids are terrified and not able to go asleep! This is the game that encourages children to self-harm and consider suicide; - firstly what kind of sick people are there in the world that would come up with this? And
- [Dreaded Exams - If your Teen is Stressed or Needs to be Motivated...](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/dreaded-exams-is-your-teen-stressed-or-needs-to-be-motivated/) - Exams come and go every year, but if you have a teenager in your house who is in a dreaded exam year - the pressure is on! I heard yesterday, on the news, that the Leaving Cert in Ireland is to be overhauled and made more like the Junior Cert Exam. All I can say
- [Bullying or Slagging? Teach kids the difference](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/bullying-or-slagging-teach-kids-the-difference/) - The Bullying word is thrown around a lot. In recent years schools are helping educate our kids, and have really encouraged kids and teens to identify bullying, and to speak up and tell an adult. The work that I do coaching kids and teens, is more about giving kids the coping skills to deal
- [Life Coaching - what\'s it all about?](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/life-coaching-whats-it-all-about/) - A number of years ago when I become a qualified Personal and Business Coach, I found myself deep in passionate conversations with people about Life Coaching. I had long since bored my poor husband and close friends and family about it, so I moved onto anyone who would listen. Completing the course in 2012, studying
- [How to nourish our kids happiness](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-to-nourish-our-kids-happiness/) - One morning this week it was lashing rain, and I decided to drive the kids to school. It\'s that time of year when I find there is so much going on, and its hard to keep up - so we were all tired and a bit cranky from a camping trip. As we were waiting
- [10 Ways to Keep Our Kids Active this Summer](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/ten-ways-to-keep-our-kids-active-this-summer/) - This week Ciaran Robinson a personal trainer who runs CR Fitness in Salthill, Galway is our guest writer. For school age children, physical activity is almost as important as their daily nutrition. Usually when schools are in session, you are somewhat guaranteed that they at least get some scheduled activity time with P.E. being a
- [How to stop your kids fighting this Summer](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-to-stop-your-kids-fighting-this-summer/) - I love summer, but the long days and nights can be ruined by one frustrating on-going problem... the kids fighting. It doesn\'t happen all the time, but when it does it\'s enough to make me want to flee the country and get a one way ticket to an unknown island in the tropics! White sand,
- [Transition to Secondary School](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/transition-to-secondary-school/) - Since I\'ve been life coaching kids and teens, over 7 years ago, there are always a few each year before or after September, that I see who are either A. Worried about moving into Secondary School or B. Have found the transition quite hard and need help to settle in and figure out their friendships
- [Back to School.. tiredness, tension and time watching!](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/back-to-school-tiredness-tension-and-time-watching/) - Back to School - these 3 little words usually make me feel good. I find the summer can be quite long, after almost 9 weeks off, I am normally quite happy to see the back of my little darlings for a few hours a day, especially nowadays, after running our summer camps - it\'s exhausting
- [Don\'t tell your kids they\'re clever - The Growth Mindset](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/dont-tell-your-kids-theyre-clever-the-growth-mindset/) - When I first heard this a few years ago, I thought - \'Oh great, another thing I\'ve being doing wrong for years!\' Actually, it makes a lot of sense. This theory has has been proven in many studies over the last number of years but the first to discover it 30 years ago was Carol
- [Stressed Mothers? Not enough time in the day](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/stressed-mothers-not-enough-time-in-the-day/) - What would you do if you had a few more hours in the day? Would you take some time for yourself? Would you tackle the ever growing to do list? Or would you just get caught up in the usual business of a busy life? The truth is we would probably use up the extra
- [That time of year...](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/that-time-of-year/) - It\'s that time of year isn\'t... when we use that phrase to cover a multitude of things Bad weather Lots of sickness Short dark days Staying inside lots of complaining.... HATE JANUARY? I admit, I used to absolutely hate January (and February too come to think of it). I decided to change my thinking and
- [Our child's inner critic - Top 10 Tips](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/our-childs-inner-critic-top-10-tips/) - Our Inner critic - even if you\'d never have heard the term before, most adults know exactly what it means. We all have inner talk in our head - some may call it our thoughts, I like to think of it like a voice. I also like to think that there is another option, that
- [Schools closing, Anxiety & Covid 19 - Top Tips](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/schools-closing-anxiety-covid-19-top-tips/) - We are living in unprecedented times. And let\'s face it its a bit scary. If like me you\'ve watched some scary videos from China; people falling down and left in the street, and others being dragged from their homes to be quarantined! Not to mention the pictures of the overworked Italian medical staff sleeping anywhere
- [Managing the Ups and Downs of Family Lockdown](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/managing-the-ups-and-downs-of-family-lockdown-top-tips-included/) - It\'s been almost 5 weeks since the kids were sent home from School in Ireland, and to say it\'s been a testing time for us Parents, is putting it mildly. No matter if you are trying to work from home, holding down an essential job or just at home with them, it is not easy.
- [How to find a routine again](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-to-find-a-routine-again/) - It’s time to get organised and think about school again! Here are a few tips to think about, I hope they help with the transition! 1. Routine, routine, routine - We know how good it is to let the family sleep in or stay up late when they are on holidays from school. But how
- [Tips for the Transition Back to School](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/tips-for-the-transition-back-to-school/) - No matter what age your children are, if they are returning to School in the next few weeks, it may bring some anxiety, upset, and even anger. For many Parents the summer holidays are a break too, if you work outside the home or not, there is less structure in the child’s or teen\'s
- [Caoimhe's Radio Interviews](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/caoimhes-radio-interviews/) - Caoimhe was recently interviewed on LMFM, Near Fm and South East Radio. You can listen to to her interview with Gerry Kelly on LMFM below.
- [Find A Way](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/find-a-way/) - 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
- [Study Motivation](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/study-motivation/) - I believe as Parents we need to listen more to our children, no matter what their age. I think it helps give our children confidence and lets them know their voice is worth stopping and paying attention to.. After all if we, their Parents aren\'t going to listen then what chance do they have in
- [Are you Sweet or Sour?](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/are-you-sweet-or-sour/) - 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
- [Kids Golden Rules for Life](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/kids-golden-rules-for-life/) - 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,
- [Mothers Guilt](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/mothers-guilt/) - 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
- [New School Year - New Habits](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/new-school-year-new-habits/) - 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
- [Who wants Happy Kids? Part 1](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/wants-happy-kids-part-1/) - Who wants happy kids? I know I do. I\'ve recently read 2 books on the topic; Both overlap and include lots of valuable lessons and reminders, so I\'ve decided to summarize them together, so there\'ll be 2 blogs on this topic - this is the first. I should tell you first, that the Danes claim to be the
- [Death is all around us](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/death-around-us/) - 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
- [Starting a new school - It\'s never as bad as you think](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/start-school-never-bad-think/) - 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...
- [The Skill of Listening](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/the-skill-of-listening/) - Listening is a skill that we don\'t spend enough time learning and focusing on and as a result we don\'t teach our children how to listen properly either. While I was training to be a Life Coach it was the first thing that we learned. We literally had to spend time listening to another persons
- [Turning 40](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/turning-40/) - 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
- [Who wants Happy Kids? Part 2](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/wants-happy-kids-part-2/) - Welcome to part 2, of \'Who wants Happy Kids?\', its about the Danish and Dutch way of parenting - who claim to have the happiest kids in the world. This blog covers Re framing, Empathy and No Ultimatums. Part one can be read by clicking here and covered Play, Trust and Authenticity. The names of the books
- [Relax, listen and be true to yourself](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/relax-listen-and-be-true-to-yourself/) - From time to time, we have to make decisions about our life - sometimes they are not straightforward or easy - should you leave collage or your job, change career, move house, break up your relationship? If you are faced with a difficult decision and you’re not sure what to do – always remember to trust yourself.
- [Some people can make you miserable](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/somepeoplecanmakeyoumiserable/) - We all know of people around us that can drive us nuts, really make us angry or annoyed very easily and quickly when they do something. It is said that every relationship is a mirror and we are reflecting back our own issues, insecurities or preferences. This article is about the people who can rob us from
- [Parents Listen Up](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/parents-listen-up/) - Children and Teens need our help as Adults to see that they have great potential and . We, as adults are all too quick to jump into the typical role: ‘Don’t be cheeky’, ‘clean your room’, ‘you should be studying’ ‘don’t hit your brother/sister’ do this/ don’t to that… Do you ever get sick of
- [Self Belief](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/self-belief/) - You can do anything you want to do in life, you just have to believe it. Self-belief is a skill that we all need to be taught and practiced over and over. Self-belief is about saying ‘of course I can do that’ instead of ‘you’ll never manage to do that, it’s impossible’. It’s about letting
- [Teaching our Kids about Body Shaming](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/teaching-kids-body-shaming/) - 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
- [Life Coaching - what\'s it all about?](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/coaching-101/) - Since I\'ve become a qualified Personal and Business Coach, I find myself deep in passionate conversations with people about Coaching. Completing the course in 2012, studying the topic and being coached over many months, has brought a lot of self awareness and with that, it has undoubtedly changed my life for the better. When talking
- [How to Find Happiness](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-to-find-happiness/) - Ever feel like doing something good or helping others out and then when you find an opportunity to do it, you feel delighted with yourself, over the moon even! It may just be a small thing like carrying a bag for someone, helping someone across a road, opening a door, a smile, but it
- [Mindfulness - Mind your Mind](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/mindfulness-mind-your-mind/) - 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 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
- [Mindfulness - Minding Your Mind](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/mindfulness-minding-your-mind/) - 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
- [Letting Go of Worry](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/letting-go-of-worry/) - Recently my little girl started School, I was worried about her as she’s shy and a little bit clingy. I was setting up play dates with her new class mates and fretting over how I knew she’d getting upset when I left her into the class room. We can all find things to worry about,
- [More about Mothers Guilt](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/more-about-mothers-guilt/) - If you are a mother, and you, and like many woman, suffer from mothers guilt, read on, there is a way to end it. Mothers guilt can occur in many different forms, whether you are at home with your children, or not. It may be that you have to work and hate not being around
- [Inner Dialogue & Exam Stress](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/inner-dialogue-exam-stress/) - 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
- [Mid Summer Check in](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/mid-summer-check/) - 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
- [Kids & Teens don\'t listen to their Parents](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/kids-teens-dont-listen-to-their-parents/) - 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
- [Christmas Time](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/christmas-time/) - 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
- [How to be Happy](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/how-to-be-happy/) - Ever feel like doing something good or helping others out and then when you find an opportunity to do it, you feel delighted with yourself, over the moon even! It may just be a small thing like carrying a bag for someone, opening a door, a smile, a good morning, but it can leave you
- [A Positive Attitude for Life](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/a-positive-attitude-for-life/) - Below are some of the main tools to practice in order to live a happier more positive life: Stop the brain from over thinking things – if we allow it to, our minds can ‘run away with its self’ and keep us on a negative spin, worrying about something or thinking about someone else’s misfortune, the
- [Bullies and Worrying](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/bullies-and-worrying/) - 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
- [Believe in your goal](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/believe-in-your-goal/) - 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
- [6 Powerful Confidence Building Tools - for Children and Teens](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/6-powerful-confidence-building-tools-for-children-and-teens/) - Introduction Before we start, what makes me think I can write a worthwhile blog on this topic? Is it worth reading? Am I an expert? Well I have 3 young children, but no, that\'s not why. I was a painfully shy child and very self-conscious teen, but no that\'s not why either. The main reason I
- [8 Top Tips for Kids to have a Happy Summer](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/8-top-tips-kids-happy-summer/) - 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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- [Study Motivation Meditation](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/downloads/study-motivation-meditation/) - Struggling to get started? Play this meditation when you need that push to focus, block out distractions, and boost your drive to study. You’ll finish feeling clear, motivated, and ready to make real progress—just make sure you can listen without interruptions. This 16-minute meditation is perfect for winding down at night as you drift off
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- [You've Got This E-Book](https://theconfidenceclinic.ie/downloads/youve-got-this-e-book/) - You Got This – A Guide to Confidence, Resilience, and Living Your Best Life is a friendly, relatable guide for pre-teens and teens. Packed with real-life examples and simple, practical tools, it helps young people build confidence, manage worries, handle friendships, and bounce back from life’s challenges. The perfect gift to help them believe in
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