by Leanne Wakeling | Children, Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Resilience
Most people think that children can be made to listen because we want them to listen. We get focused on our own needs for them to follow instructions.The key is children, like all humans, listen when they feel there’s something in it for them, in it for them to feel...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Resilience
Definition – Self Responsibility The state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management. This is what “adulting” is about. The challenge in parenting is appreciating, we are only responsible...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Relationships
Parenting is a complex and challenging task, and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to raising children. What works for one child may not work for another. Therefore, it’s important for you as a parent to focus on your child’s individual needs,...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Resilience
Credit to Self Love Rainbow for the inspiration. https://www.instagram.com/selfloverainbow/ Raising children is a huge responsibility. It takes effort, intention, awareness and often involves lots of wanting things to be different, be further ahead, be winning “the...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Relationships
Parenting a child who is outside of standard, like those with any of the alphabet conditions of neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD, HSP, ODD, SPD, BPD and many more) can be tough. As parents amongst our biggest challenges and greatest responsibilities is how do we support...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness
At the moment I am progressing through a phase of physiotherapy after a fall earlier this year where I broke my ankle and seriously dislocated my knee. This is the first time I’ve dislocated this knee, not bad since my other knee was operated on twice for dislocation...
