Manage MembershipBlog Category: Building Resilience
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Why our teens need to learn about failure
Every caring parent wants to protect their children from any form of suffering. This ...
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Raising caring humans in an uncaring world
Our world seems to be in quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. ...
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Avoiding ‘safetyism’ and allowing our kids to stretch and grow
Let’s begin with an honest truth – every parent is biologically wired to want to ...
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We need more lighthouses for our kids and teens
From the earliest civilisation in traditional kinship communities, the role of significant safe, adult guidance ...
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Why laughter & lightness really matter right now
The past five years have been incredibly stressful. Not only did we have a worldwide ...
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Raising sensitive lambs in our stressful world
Let’s start at the very beginning – the birth of a child. While we gaze ...
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Why face-to-face, human communication still really matters
The ability to communicate is a profoundly important skill for human beings because we are ...
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Raising resilient, capable girls
Social and cultural norms can be deceptively powerful in conditioning both our girls and boys ...
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Navigating difficult times with grit, glimmers and hope
How are you doing at the moment? No, really, how are you doing? Are you ...
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ABC Compass: Sacred Space with Maggie Dent
Maggie spent the day with Geraldine Doogue where she shares her sacred place, an ocean ...
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Helping your Young Daughter Find her Sense of Self
Every child is born as a one-off, unique human being. Given genetic gifts or challenges, ...
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Why fairness really matters in families
“Character is shaped by life experience and cannot be seen from the outside or from ...
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The downside of big dreams and what can help
It is considered a positive and even noble thing to encourage our children and teens ...
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Nurturing the inner world of our children and teens
Many years ago, a 16-year-old student shared with me a story that left an indelible ...
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The importance of being heard
I have spent some time recently reflecting and pondering on the last 44 years. Since ...
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Helping our kids master disappointment
Hasn’t 2020 been a year full of disappointment?! From loss of job opportunities, travel opportunities, ...
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Schools key to our kids’ recovery: Why the 3 Cs count before grades
I am writing this blog not in my usual role as a parenting author and ...
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Gentle Steps to Recovery
There are so many things that can make it harder to recover from a collective ...