Building Healthy Eating Patterns in Fussy Kids   Creating healthy eating habits in children, especially fussy eaters, can seem daunting. However, with a few simple strategies, you can encourage your kids to enjoy nutritiousfoods without making mealtime a battleground. Here’s
Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Emotional Development   Emotional development is a crucial aspect of a child’s overall growth. It involves children learning to understand, express, and manage emotions, which are foundational skills for building relationships and navigating life. Remember,
How to Manage with Big Emotions – This is a Big One and a Hard One Children’s brains are still developing and will continue until they are in their mid to late 20s, sometimes later for boys. Our role as
How to Set Boundaries: A Parent’s Guide  Setting boundaries can feel like navigating uncharted waters. But before we dive in, let’s understand a bit about our kids’ brains. 1. Brain Development: Our kids’ brains are like sponges, soaking up everything
How do we help our children cope with big emotions?   So how do we cope with life stressors or help our kids manage big emotions inresponse to challenges that they face? Well first thing I would say is AWARENESS
Is stress good for our kids? Stress is demand of the physiology of your body and it is a normal part of everyday life. “Stress is essential to healthy development, and it is the essential element of building resilience” Bruce
A calm adult is much better able to calm a dysregulated child… a dysregulated adult can never calm a dysregulated child. – Bruce Perry Emotions are contagious! This is fundamental when understanding how to manage behavioural dysregulation.   When in
Awareness According to the Polyvagal Theory, our autonomic nervous system responds moment to moment experiences to keep us safe, through three different pathways ….. Green (ventral) – feeling settled, calm, curious, defences are down and there is no pending threat.
Autonomic Nervous System Map I have included some activities below, this will help increase your awareness of your emotional state and where you sit on your map. Activities are adapted from Deb Dana’s book ‘Rhythm of Regulation’. Where are you
How do we regulate ourselves? How do we feel better, how do we continue to fill up our emotional cup (that is drained daily by life’s challenges) so we can better withstand the ups and downs of life? We talked

Building Healthy Eating Patterns in Fussy Kids

Building Healthy Eating Patterns in Fussy Kids

Building Healthy Eating Patterns in Fussy Kids  Creating healthy eating habits in children, especially fussy eaters, can seem daunting. However, with a few simple strategies, you can encourage your kids to enjoy nutritiousfoods without making mealtime a...

How to Set Boundaries: A Parent’s Guide

How to Set Boundaries: A Parent’s Guide

How to Set Boundaries: A Parent's Guide Setting boundaries can feel like navigating uncharted waters. But before we dive in, let's understand a bit about our kids' brains. 1. Brain Development: Our kids' brains are like sponges, soaking up everything around them. From...

How do we help our children cope with big emotions?

How do we help our children cope with big emotions?

How do we help our children cope with big emotions?  So how do we cope with life stressors or help our kids manage big emotions inresponse to challenges that they face? Well first thing I would say is AWARENESS of our OWN responses to stress –what causes us to be...