“We learnt about positive and negative emotions at school today,” my 10-year-old told me recently. “Right,” I replied, “and what are negative emotions?” And she listed them off: anger, sadness, guilt, jealousy,…
I don’t like Mother’s Day. There, I’ve said it. You can disagree with me if you like, and in fact I’d love you to! Because even though we have this one thing…
Resilience is a hot topic, almost always in the context of our children. But what about parental resilience? It makes sense that resilient parents have a better chance of raising resilient kids.…
A massive chunk of our role as mums is to be kind. But, while we get very good at treating others well, sometimes we forget to do the same for ourselves. Self-kindness…