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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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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TODAY IS THE DAY TO WRITE YOUR TOMORROW
Every single one of us has the opportunity to live an ideal life where we can be the best version of ourselves. Some may consciously direct every aspect of their existence, aiming for their ideal life, but mostly it is not something that we necessarily think about as we are so busy getting through the day. Many of us don’t take the time to take control of our lives. We don’t take control of what we are choosing to do with the time that we have at our disposal. This means that we are allowing life to happen to us by sitting on the side lines, r
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