family – Page 5

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020adventure, change, cold, emotions, expression, family, feelings, fun, Goal, January, New Year, Outdoors, perseverance, positivity, seasonal, winter

January Friend

I tend to find January a bit of a tough month if I’m honest. It’s cold and dark and often wet, and […]

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020anxiety, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, education, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Holiday, individuality, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, socializing, talking, tiredness, try, work

Whatever next?

I have been reminded this week of the importance of journeying through parenthood with others. It’s something I’ve mentioned before (maybe on […]

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020baking, basic need, batch cooking, birthday, busyness, community, cooking, Creativity, expression, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fruit, fun, mother, Parenting, seasonal, self-care, vegetables, winter, work, work/life balance

Our daily bread

Creativity, experimentation, an awakening of senses, connections, celebrations, enjoyment, fun, laughter, family, necessity, daily, basic need…what do all these connotations have in […]

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020adventure, busyness, change, communication, community, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Goal, individuality, January, learning, love, mental health, mother, New Year, New Year's Resolution, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, Resolution, seasonal, stress, talking, thankful, try, winter

New Year; New You?

Who gets to January and thinks yey, it’s a new year…that means a new me? Or who gets to January and thinks […]

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019Christmas, craft, Creativity, decoration, family, family time, foraging, glitter, Holiday, mother, Outdoors, painting, Parenting, presents, seasonal, winter, wrapping

Deck the halls

If you’re anything like me when your kid brings home a delightful hand-crafted decoration from school, you’ll do the classic “that’s lovely […]

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019adventure, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, change, emotions, expression, face, family, family time, feelings, learning, love, mother, Parenting, reading faces, socializing, stress, talking

The way you make me feel

Happy, sad, angry, scared, disgusted, excited, surprised, jealous, amused, bored, frustrated, embarrassed, shy, joyful, puzzled, relieved…the list goes on. Emotions are everywhere […]

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019attachment, attention, change, family, individuality, learning, love, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, rapprochement, separation, separation anxiety

Only Mummy

It can be very challenging/frustrating when you just want to get something done so you give your bundle of joy to someone […]

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019Christmas, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Father Christmas, Holiday, Magic, mother, Parenting, play, positivity, Screen time, seasonal, winter

Do you believe?

My mum informs me that when I was a little girl she had to tell me that Father Christmas wasn’t real as […]

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019attachment, attention, attention-seeking, change, communication, family, family time, guilt, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, stress, try, work, work/life balance

Mum Guilt

Earlier this year I heard someone answer the question “what would you do differently in life” as follows: “ I’d fill it […]

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019expression, family, love, love languages, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, self-care

You Can’t Hurry Love

This morning I was reminded of such a helpful tool I thought it only fair to share. As a therapist, you might […]