by Vanessa Lewis | Oct 24, 2013 | Parenting, Reslience, Stress & Anxiety
Let’s address here was the importance of raising our next generation without the body image issues that we are currently cultivating in today’s mindset. What I’m not going to get into here is a lengthy explanation of what’s wrong in...
by Vanessa Lewis | Aug 28, 2013 | Parenting, Reslience, Stress & Anxiety, Uncategorized
It’s one of the most common questions I get when running a parenting workshop… “How do I deal with my hormonal teenager?!” … generally this comes from a very frazzled parent who’s at their wits end with their teenager not listening,...
by Vanessa Lewis | Mar 5, 2013 | Parenting, Reslience, Stress & Anxiety
There is nothing more agonising for a parent than hearing your child is experiencing some form of bullying. Immediately it brings on a sense of hopelessness, anger, frustration, fear and disbelief in ourselves. Sometimes we don’t realise what’s going on...
by Vanessa Lewis | Jan 17, 2013 | Parenting, Reslience, Stress & Anxiety
Sibling rivalry is normal and essential! Fighting with your parents is also a normal developmental process. It’s through our close family relationships that we first begin to learn and understand how to manage conflict. Some of us are naturals and others are...
by Vanessa Lewis | Nov 20, 2012 | Parenting, Reslience, Stress & Anxiety
Labeling and shaming a child into behaving better doesn’t produce a positive result for the child or the parent. Even if the behaviour is modified, the damage to the self esteem of a child is hard to repair and can long term effects right into adulthood. So...
by Vanessa Lewis | Nov 13, 2012 | Parenting, Reslience, Stress & Anxiety
So you’ve just flipped your lid at your partner in front of the kids or you’ve lost your patience with your teenager or your teenagers have just had a major brawl and the little ones are scared and crying… Chaos has come into the family home. How do...
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