Blog Category: Self-care for Parents
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Maggie’s Message for Dads
Maggie celebrates dads and father figures in the lead-up to Father’s Day in Australia. She offers ...
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Parenting hacks for a calmer home
Everywhere I go around Australia parents tell me how stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed they are. ...
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The power of words to make a difference at home or school
Name-calling, exclusion and put downs can scar anyone, especially children – that makes sense for ...
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The importance of mums finding a sisterhood
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors talks about the importance of ...
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Unconditional love poster … my gift to you this Christmas
I want to gift my community this beautiful poster, designed by my graphic designer Kat, ...
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Soothing mama stress and angst
As a parenting educator I am always monitoring and enquiring of parents what’s happening at ...
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Defusing your anger as a parent… the Parental Pause
In this video, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent, “queen of common sense”, ...
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Why you’ll never be the perfect parent … and that’s OK
Maggie was interviewed by Huffpost Australia about why perfectionism, comparison and judgement in parenting are ...
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Bringing mindfulness home: tips for parents
As a proud ambassador of meditation app Smiling Mind, Maggie wrote about how to create ...
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Finding calm amidst the holiday chaos
Let’s begin by remembering that emotional contagion is real – we are influenced by the ...
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Dealing with your anger as a parent
As a parent there are going to be days when you have run out of ...
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Fathering alone
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how fathers who are sole parenting can be ...
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The power of the parental pause
In those tough parenting moments, this secret may be your saving grace. There are many ...
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Sobering truths about being a mother
Mother’s Day in Australia is rapidly approaching and thanks to our commercial, consumer-driven world there ...
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The Moonlight Relaxation for Mums – FREE audio track
I went into the studio with the talented Chris Liddell of Digital Tao to create a ...
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Sanctuary from violence
As an ambassador for The Sanctuary women’s shelter opening soon, Maggie and her co-ambassadors got ...
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Healing our profound wound of human disconnectedness
The latest suicide figures from the ABS are alarming, worrying and hide a world full ...
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Childhood stress: Why (and how) we all need to calm down
Increasingly, scientists are linking stress in infancy and childhood to the soaring numbers of people ...