The Importance of Play for Young Children As an only child of a single mother, I grew up entertaining myself. When mum got home from work, she didn’t have the time or space to entertain me. I knew from an early age that my own fun came from me, and what I could make,...
Creating Family Rituals My son gazes lovingly into my eyes one night as I put him to bed. This has always been an important time of connection for us. I have sung him his own song since he was a baby. This song signals the words I want to deeply instil within him,...
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence It was one of those days where everything felt hard. Getting up was almost human torture, feeling like I must have had a 10-minute sleep, not the 7 hours the clock reported. Getting the boys breakfast was mundane and nerve wracking...
Understanding Your Child I get to coach parents and listen to their stories and I have to declare – loudly from the mountain tops – parenting is a tough gig! The more I work with parents and their struggles, the more I see that the changes that need to happen, need to...
Developing Intuition: Parenting as a Creative Act When I became a mum, I was doing my best to get it right, to find the best people, books or experts with all the answers. I thought everything would get easier and I would feel more in control of looking after my baby...
Having Another Baby at Age 40 Have you ever wished you could go back and have another go at doing something important again? I’m sure every parent feels that way at some stage, where they wish they could go back and do things differently. “I wish I had known this when...
