Strong bonds Secure attachment is the foundation of resilience throughout a person’s life. By secure attachment, I mean having at least one person who is consistently there for us, so we feel safe, soothed and seen. In the early part of life, this means having an adult who is available […]
Being a working parent can look like…. ….accepting your limitations, grieving what you can’t do and finding the most beautiful path through the chaos. I don’t want to lie to you. Being a working parent borders on the impossible for most people! There is the constant nagging guilt that […]
Play is for adults too! Play is important throughout the life course. It helps us to build connection, relax and find joy which has a ton of physical and emotional benefits for you and your developing child. Some of my favourite memories are those where I laughed and messed around […]
Parenting is at it’s heart a relationship. Treat it as a garden which needs sunlight, water, nutritious soil and the right amount of shade. Tend the garden of your relationship carefully everyday with the sunlight of your loving presence, the water of your unconditional acceptance, the soil of all of […]
A Balanced Life In the Babar stories by Jean De Brunhof “the elephants work all the morning” then in the afternoon they are free to do as they please, read, dream, play tennis.. not a bad system in my view. If everyone who was able shared the work that needed […]
Children Deserve Our Trust Confession – I don’t send my son to school or try to recreate school at home. Despite this he has been reading fluently for several years, enjoys lively discussions about politics, physics, philosophy and other subjects, is confident conversing with adults, can mediate conflicts and plays […]
Today I interviewed Deborah Mcnellis, founder of Brain Insights. Her work focuses on helping new parents to understand how to raise calm, confident children using the latest neuroscientific information. Deborah summarises this as “understanding all we can so that we can give our children the potential to become all […]
Here are some ideas for how to create a naming ceremony to welcome your new baby into the world. It can be a really lovely opportunity to connect with your community of family and friends: Inviting them into your baby bubble is a gift. The arrival of a new […]
I feel motivated to offer something to the world that people might not know that they need until they are already in the thick of their struggle. When feelings of overwhelm and confusion have built up exacerbated by the exhaustion caused by broken sleep. Your sense of self wavers as […]
I often hear that the approach to early years education and family support in Norway and Sweden is much better than in the UK. In fact a study I read by UNICEF ranks Britain as one of the lowest in Europe in this regard. I am curious, therefore, about what […]
