How to handle your child’s anxiety and insecurity around their hearing aid

Having a child with a hearing aid can bring unique challenges, especially when it comes to their emotional well-being. It’s essential for parents to address their child’s anxiety and insecurity surrounding their hearing aid to ensure their overall development and… Continue Reading >

Thought Management

Believe it or not, there is an explanation for our thought patterns and ways to manage them.  We are going to answer three questions that will help us to understand thoughts and how to control them. What causes negative thoughts… Continue Reading >

Riding the Emotional Waves of a Chronic Condition

By Simone Albert   Wading through the waves of emotions that can crash over anyone receiving a new diagnosis of a chronic condition is nothing short of confronting and overwhelming. Adding to this the element of a life-threatening diagnosis such… Continue Reading >

Dealing with big emotions from little people: strategies to help your child harness their emotions

Media kindly brought to you by Jellystone Designs   Picture this: your toddler is attending a friend’s birthday party, and as the afternoon winds up, you tell them to say their goodbyes, because “it’s time to go”. These four simple… Continue Reading >

How to Meet the Challenges of Special Needs Parenting

It can be hard to manage the needs of a child with a disability or diagnosis. Regardless of your situation, the condition(s) you’re managing and the support available to you, being a special needs parent is one tough gig. As… Continue Reading >

Strategies that People can Incorporate into their Daily Routines to Support their Emotional Wellbeing

Jaimie Bloch, Australian Clinical Psychologist When approaching wellbeing, it is important to focus on the mind, body and soul all together. Here are my top tips to help you approach each of these this spring: Routine is your best friend:… Continue Reading >

Battling Lockdown Fatigue: Three Strategies to Bolster our Resilience

by Dr Tom Brunzell, Director of Education,  Berry Street Victoria   All parents have come to know the feeling well—the nervous stomach and in-take of breath each morning when checking the news. One day it’s relief that no news is… Continue Reading >

5 tips to make homeschooling easier

Whether you have chosen to homeschool or have had this lifestyle thrust upon you there are strategies that will help you along the way. As a parent who has homeschooled since day 1 (and ran a family daycare before that)… Continue Reading >

Support services new parents actually need!

You’re a first-time parent. You’ve gone through nine months of pregnancy, hours of labour and delivered your beautiful, healthy baby. Congratulations! Now it’s time to go home and start this crazy parenting journey, and you might feel like you’re not… Continue Reading >

How to Keep Pre-Schoolers Entertained & Engaged In & Around The Home | Bree Hansen | Ep 34

Lucky for us we are joined by Bree from B Minor Music who is here to help. Bree is going to share some fresh ideas and strategies that you can try out at home that will help break up the… Continue Reading >