Starting School Preparing your child for transitioning into school for the first time can be a difficult time for many. Tiredness, anxiety and meltdowns can be a common occurrence at this time of the year, so we wanted to write this blog to give you some top tips on how to best prepare your child (and yourself!) for starting school. Getting prepared before school starts The best way to prepare [...]

Child Friendly Mindfulness Before we get started, (if you haven’t already), go on over to my previous blog post ‘10 Benefits of Being Mindful’ and find out about all the amazing benefits of being mindful before you give this one a read! As a quick recap for you all, what is mindfulness? Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment with our whole body, mind and emotions. Being mindful means [...]

Mindfulness Mindfulness as a practice has become pretty popular in the last few years with thousands of people looking to become more present in their lives. But exactly what is mindfulness? Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment with our whole body, mind, and emotions. Being mindful means feeling the ground beneath your feet, the wind in your hair, feeling connected to yourself through a lens of compassion, empathy, [...]

Before we get started, if you haven’t already, go on over to my previous blog post ‘What is Play Therapy and how does it work’ and give that a read so you can get the most out of this one! Neurobiology (the physical wiring of the brain) - where do we begin? This is one of my favourite topics because it is the foundation of everything - behaviour, relationships, emotions, [...]

What is Play Therapy? What is Play Therapy? How does it work? How can play help my child? These are questions that I get asked all the time so I thought, it was time to write a blog post about it! Play Therapy is the most developmentally appropriate therapeutic approach for supporting children aged 3-12 years. In play therapy toys act as the child’s words and play is the child’s language. Play [...]