PACKING A HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCH BOX
Did you know that over a school year, parents will pack approximately 200 lunch boxes per child!! With a third of a child’s total daily food intake being consumed at school, it is important that what you include in your child’s lunch box provides all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals needed for energy, growth and learning. After all, packing a healthy lunchbox every day is one of the most important things you can do to help support your child’s energy levels, behaviour, focus, and ability to learn. No pressure, right?
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How to Regulate your Emotions: A Critical Skill for Parents and Children
Most would agree that there is not a parent among us who doesn’t have days where they feel overwhelmed by the pressures of being a parent or primary carer. No matter who you are, where you come from or what you do, parenting is a great equaliser and at one time or another, we all have those moments where we struggle to control our emotions during times of stress or pressure. We may end up reacting in ways we do not like and later feel overwhelmed by regret.
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7 WAYS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR CONNECTION WITH YOUR CHILD
Having a secure parent-child attachment can make all the difference to a child’s level of stress, their ability to manage emotional experiences, their capacity for learning and their social ease. Working on this attachment will help your kids to manage struggles and emotions throughout their lives.
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TAKING CARE OF YOU – FILLING YOUR OWN CUP
When you have filled your own cup, you will have the resources to give to those around you. What did I do to fill up my cup? Firstly, I started to say yes to the things that made me happy, which meant that I needed to say no to the things that were drowning me – the things that I was doing to ‘people-please’ while railroading my own happiness. I started to prioritise my needs and began to set aside time to do the things that made me happy and I focused on them, nurtured them and cared about them.
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HOW TO HIDE THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF A SLEEPLESS NIGHT
Any mother will tell you sleepless nights are commonplace, especially if you have a child under five years. Interrupted sleep can play havoc with skin’s appearance, exacerbating fine lines, under eye shadows and sallowness (Oh the joy). But before you throw in the towel, take some time to read these foolproof ‘yeah sure I had eight hours sleep’ makeup tips.
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IN BALANCE
We often hear of the importance of being “In Balance”, but what does this really mean? And why is it important to seek balance in our busy lives? Being in balance requires actively managing our professional and personal life in maintainable ways that keep ourselves happy and content. It’s having the time and commitment to serve our own interests both professionally and personally. As mothers, when our lives are so full and busy we often forget to “check in” with ourselves and determine how content we are. We are in charge of owning our own hap
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