The answer will be different for most. In the past it looked like a lion, a bear or pretty much anything that could kill you! Nowadays it looks like:- Traffic Clock/Watch (deadlines) Financial pressure Violence/assault - personally experience or witnessed Conflict Accidents Service Bullying Others Continue Reading
Message in a Bottle
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Imagine this... 'You are strolling leisurely where the water meets the sand and gracefully washes back to the ocean. A soft gentle breeze brushes along your skin and plays with your hair, and the blue skies lay overhead with deep dark ominous clouds on the distant horizon as the sun begins to fade over the nearby Continue Reading
Let Them Play!
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Let Them Play School holidays are fast approaching. It is a much needed break for developing brains to organise and process information gathered over the term, regenerate and prepare for the next term of learning. While it is nice to ‘chill out’, I urge you to resist the temptation to allow your child or children to sit for 2 Continue Reading
Brain Development
VIP Milestones for INFANTS and CHILDREN LET THEM PLAY Laying Foundations Reaching milestones correctly is important for long term co-ordination, mental focus, comprehension, learning abilities and social integration. Join me and learn how to assist your child to reach these milestones and what the significance of these Continue Reading
The Art of Conscious Presence
MIND*FUL*NESS What does Mindfulness mean? Well that depends on who you ask? Interpretations on any topic can be varied so I started my quest for research by asking my children for their input, who answered: Focusing, understanding and staying on task Thinking of what you are going to do before you do it Mindfulness 2. A mental state Continue Reading
SUPER HUMAN
SUPER HUMAN What do you believe? Are you one of the many (like I was) who could do it all – without help? I remember feeling isolated and alone and it was all at my own doing! Yes you read it right – ‘at my own doing’. My stress levels increased so dramatically that I ‘shut off from the world’. Looking in through the eyes of my family Continue Reading
School Yard Bullying
We all view bullying differently Some say ‘that’s life’, ‘I know my kids, they wouldn’t do that’, ‘they’re just going through a rough patch’, ‘they need to toughen up’, ‘oh - that’s kids being kids’ or ‘life’s not meant to be easy’. How do you justify to a family after a child, teenager, adolescent or adult has committed suicide from the Continue Reading