Why are my children so different?

A common statement I hear from parents is: “My kids are so different, it makes no sense! They share the same genes, environment, routines and parents! What makes them so different?”   My simple answer: It’s their Nature. Each child… Continue Reading >

Mother – The Keeper Of The Home

Every year in May we have the opportunity to honour the Mothers’ of our families. Gifts are wrapped and flowers are brought. On a Sunday morning the kitchen is alive, busy with whispers and scurry. A special breakfast presented in… Continue Reading >

3 Ways for Students to Build Strong and Positive Relationships with their Teachers

The new school year has started and your child may have a new teacher or may be starting high school, or perhaps your teen has a new English teacher this year. Whatever it may be, they will be spending the… Continue Reading >

The 5 Lessons I’ve Learnt as a New Dad

By Joshua Cavanagh   As a first-time parent to a daughter of 7 months, I have found parenting to be a never-ending journey filled with highs, lows, ups, and downs. But, for the most part, it has been filled with… Continue Reading >

How Parents Can Help Raise Sons Who Practice Positive Masculinity | Jessica Sanders | Ep 133

  Never has there been a time in history when gender stereotypes have been more widely acceptable to not conform to socially defined gender norms. Who is to say that a boy can’t be sensitive and a girl can’t be… Continue Reading >

AVOIDING THE WINTER KILO CREEP

(Top 4 Tips to Tame the Temptations)   The days are slowly starting to get a little bit longer, but the cold weather hasn’t completely left us yet unfortunately. For many of us, the promise of spring feels so far… Continue Reading >

Being Stronger Than Your Excuses (Simple Secrets to Support your Health and Fitness)

What is the most common excuse you make when it comes to your health and fitness? In my line of work, and with decades of my own personal experience in yo-yo dieting and riding the weight-loss-roller-coaster, I have heard (if… Continue Reading >

Salute to Single Mums

Evie Farrell In 2015 I was a solo mum to a five-year-old daughter, working full time in the city to pay a mortgage and spending much less time with Emmie than I wanted. Something had to change. I decided that the… Continue Reading >

Why Growing your Child’s Dream through Visualisation will help you!

  You know when you get an idea and ponder it, allow it to grow in your fertile mind until it slowly takes fruit… that’s hard work!  Dreams need to be very strong in your mind’s eye because they come… Continue Reading >

You Are Enough

Validation – this word came up so much this week when I was in clinic listening to the mums and dads. Parents seeking out that they are doing a great job. Sometimes it was just a matter of reassuring them… Continue Reading >