You are your child’s best resource. You cannot look after them if you don’t look after you. So many excuses – no time, too tired, too busy. But taking time for yourself and looking after your own mental health and wellbeing is one of life’s essentials.
Explore our resources for some self-care tips, ideas on where you can get support and more than a few reminders that this is a non-negotiable must do!
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Hitting rock bottom is horrible.
I know, because I’ve been there. I’ve spent time sitting on my bed crying my eyes out, not knowing what to do next or fearful of the future.
Sometimes these were ‘little’ blips and I managed to pick myself up quickly and carry on, but other times those feelings lasted awhile.
How do you handle a day that starts off badly? Our mindset can have a have a huge impact on how our day goes.
The blame game: I don’t know about you but I know that I’ve been blamed in the past for my son’s behaviour. The blame wasn’t always obvious, just sideways looks or slowly disappearing from our lives (to be fair, the disappearing hasn’t happened much).
I started to wonder if it was me. Maybe I wasn’t a good parent? Should I not have adopted? Perhaps I did need to do things differently, but I’d tried everything and nothing seemed to be working....
Emotional Freedom Technique (or EFT for short), in its simplest form, can be used as a self-help tool which you can use anytime and anywhere, to regulate your emotions. With an EFT Practitioner you can go to a much deeper level and clear past trauma and negative self-limiting beliefs.
Are you a parent, walking on eggshells? Never sure when the next firework will go off? We’ve had Halloween, we’ve had Bonfire Night and we’re nearing the start of silly season… and I wanted to share this little analogy with you. This time of year really gets me...
Recently, I’ve been working with a lot of parents, both in the Connective Parenting Hub and as one to one clients, who have told me they feel like their failing as a parent. I thought I would share my thoughts and feelings around this with you…Prefer to listen?...
Let’s talk button pushing. It’s a topic that I talk about so much. We all have things that trigger us and this is one of the things that comes up in so many different ways for the parents I work with inside The Connective Parenting Hub...
Struggling to fit in self-care? Self-care is one of the central aspects of NVR. It’s crucial that as parents we look after ourselves but so often when I speak to parents they are tired and exhausted. Self-care is not on the to do list. I know that the...
Self care: When you don't look after you Self care is a much used word and one that has different meanings for different people. It’s also something that historically I’ve been notoriously bad at. Whatever was happening in my life, however I felt, I pushed on...