When something is ‘not right’ – Compassion is key

Or The Value of flag-ups Everyone has an unconscious physical or psychological alarm system telling them that something is not […]

How to side-step an argument

One of the most unsettling issues within families can be argumentative talk. If we have children that are really good […]

Our Kind Voice (a simple tool to give guidance to our child)

Most of our negative or what I prefer to call not-helpful thoughts derive from what our parents or the other […]

The Value of our Emotional Independence

Emotional independence is one of the core concepts in the Multilevel Emotion Regulation Theory (MERT)  developed by Simone de Hoogh. […]

I was scared of my son

I was hostage to my fear of sparking a violent emotional outburst. It’s natural to want our children to be […]

When we are lost and how to repair connections

Or all about ‘Glitching’ a concept within the Multilevel Emotion Regulation Theory – MERT “After a fight we cuddled. My […]

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 […]