Stories and Articles
Learnings, teachings and tips & tricks for anyone to reference during difficult times, stressful work days and moments when you’re doubting yourself.
WHAT’S NON-JUDGEMENTAL?!
If you’ve never been listened to without the other person making judgements as you talk, you may not know what I mean when I say my counselling and coaching is non-judgmental.
KIND MOTIVATION
We’ve been thoroughly schooled in how to motivate ourselves to change through judging ourselves.
DETACHMENT
How to truly detach from the outcome
CAN YOU PLAY WITH ME?
Do your eyes light up at those words or do they fill your heart with dread?
THE WHY AND HOW OF LOVING BOUNDARIES
Clear, consistent, loving boundaries help our children feel safe and held. You may not have experienced these as a child; much of our parenting approach is a radical departure from what we experienced.
THE POWER OF EXPLAINING
Our explanations to our neurodivergent children are so powerful. Whatever your child's current language ability, I'd lay money on them understanding more than we sometimes give them credit for.
ENCOURAGING OUR CHILDREN TO EAT ADVENTUROUSLY
Food is one of my favourite things in the world. Sushi is one of the (few) meals all 5 of us love in our house AND the children will help me make. Win-win! And it feels like a treat, cheaper than buying sushi etc.
NAVIGATING STORMY SEAS
I’ve pondered for some time if autism is too narrow a focus for me to support people, in my counselling practice?
IDENTIFYING AS A CARER: IT’S OK NOT TO BE OK. IT’S OK TO ASK FOR HELP.
It was 2015.
I had three children under seven, my son recently diagnosed with autism.
Our son.
Our son had been to two schools he hated. Staff had found him very hard to manage. He did well with 1-1 support but couldn’t comply with the demands of a mainstream classroom aged 7. I was waiting each day for a phone call home because he frequently hit teachers….
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