Compassionate Crafting at Christmas (and allowing things to be ‘good enough’)

The Christmas holidays can be a lovely time for some cosy seasonal crafting and a good way to fill (and […]

Nature Exploration with Air-Dry Clay (Make your own Mushrooms!) – Tutorial

This open-ended craft exploration is directly inspired by a recent ‘Fungi Treasure Hunt’ walk and talk in our local park, […]

Preparing for Christmas

Each year when our daughter was young, the carefully crafted balance in our family always started to go pear-shaped around […]

Dealing with acute overwhelm, including tips how to get through

Recovering from obstacles  The last few years my life has been coloured by different obstacles, some  private ones and some […]

I take with me … my ‘cool suitcase’ – How to support our child through common transitions

This post includes ‘the cool suitcase or cool box’, a tool to increase the emotional resilience of our child in […]

The art of giving heartfelt compliments to ourselves, our children and teens

This post includes a ‘heartfelt compliment script’, a tool to compliment ourselves and our child effectively and is part of […]

What to say about Ukraine to our children – Six Steps to support our child or teen (and ourselves) in those challenging times

Many of our children will experience anxiety and fear around the situation in Ukraine, which is often exacerbated by the […]

Make Your Own Origami Robin Christmas Greeting and Mini Kawaii Christmas Tree Decoration – Tutorial

In the spirit of keeping things simple this year, the children and I have put together these two short and […]

4-7-8 Alarm – Simple Tool

Tool within the Multilevel Emotion Regulation Theory – MERT When to apply Applying the 4-7-8 Alarm in challenging periods of your […]

The Awareness Mantra

It all starts with Awareness  Raising awareness is the start of the process of change, without awareness we cannot change […]