Author: Julie Cresswell
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12 Quick, cheap and simple ways to boost your connection with your child.
Sometimes I worry that we’ve fallen into the trap of thinking that connection looks like the photos we see on social media. You know the ones – blue sky, bright sunshine and big smiles of togetherness whilst having an amazing experience. Yet, in my experience the quality of connection in family life is made…
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5 Things You Can Do When You’ve Shouted Before It’s Even Breakfast
We all have days where from the moment you get up it’s all seems to go downhill. Then you find the cat’s been sick, there’s no clean uniform and your child is moving at the pace of a geriatric snail whilst arguing over anything and everything. Before you’ve even managed a mouthful of cornflakes you’ve…
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What’s really holding you back? How to find and challenge the invisible obstacles to moving forward
As a child I was taught “You can relax once you’ve finished all your jobs” Learning to get the unappealing, but necessary things done and out the way was helpful when I was younger and the main things I needed to do were tidy my room, do my homework and a few chores. However, as an adult…
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Living beyond the Supermum myth
Supermum (and dad) is a myth. There is always a cost to doing it all. Scratch beneath the surface and no mum or dad is doing “everything” brilliantly and single handedly. It’s one of the privileges of listening to lots of parents – however good it looks from the outside, everyone makes compromises. HealthSelf careFriendshipsIntimacy with their…