One of the difficulties that so many of my young people are sharing with me at the moment are difficulties with sleep. Whether it is struggling to get to sleep, waking up through the night unable to fall back to sleep or just feeling constantly tired sleep problems can be incredibly frustrating. It makes sense …
After weeks and weeks of build up, Christmas is finally just around the corner. For me, I think I’ve just about got everything in place and I’m looking forward to seeing the faces on my little ones as they realise that Santa has finally been! I know though that Christmas can also bring huge amounts …
With just a couple of weeks left of the holidays, I thought it would be nice to turn to practices of thanks and gratitude. Recent research has shown that gratitude, being thankful, and compassion uses parts of the brain that are associated with socialisation, pleasure, and emotional regulation. Therefore, when we feel grateful it creates …