Tag: relationship
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Postcards From Europe: Oh wow we did it! What I’ve learned and would I do it again?
Since we’ve returned I’ve already started researching new trips. I’ve got plenty of time because it will take a few years to save up for another adventure like this, but it clearly answers the question “would I do it again?” I started this account of a trip with a blog I’d written before we left. …
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Postcards From Europe – Days 10-13 – Innsbruck to Home
Day 10 – Rest (kind of) and a bit about grief. Today’s plan was a restful day… well sort of. After a trip to the supermarket we went to visit the beautiful Hofgarten, just a short walk from where we were staying. As we enjoyed the gardens the play area and games with the tennis…
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Postcards From Europe – Days 4-6 – From Vienna through Venice to Rome
Day 4 – Vienna – New is hard. Today we’ve done very few miles – it’s been good to explore one place and know we’re sleeping in the same beds tonight. In the last few days we’ve done a lot of new. Even when it is good, new can be hard. As humans we need…
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Postcards from Europe: The warmth and kindness of strangers
Day 2 – The warmth and kindness of strangers After a lovely morning in Amsterdam we covered another 413 miles by train arriving in Nuremberg in the early evening. Navigating a new place and finding our accommodation wasn’t helped by having to walk through a loud tunnel/underpass with lots of traffic and the fact that…
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What I wish I’d known from the start: 5 reflections on overwhelmed and dysregulated children
When I first started teaching, the term “dysregulated” wasn’t even part of our vocabulary. In the early 2000s, we didn’t talk about overwhelmed children, nor did we understand the neuroscience behind intense emotions in the way we do today. Emotional distress wasn’t typically considered a valid reason for challenging behaviour and instead viewed as lack…
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Breaking Free: Unlocking Change by Overcoming Invisible Barriers
I’d been married to my husband for over 15 years before I discovered a very strange rule he holds about picnics and, as it turns out, lunch in general. What on earth does this have to do with invisible obstacles in life you might ask? Stick with this story – I promise it is connected!…