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, 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 | Family
As a human, one of the hardest parts of “growing up” becoming an emotional adult has been learning how to surrender to what is. I am sure it’s the reason the universe sent me children who were able to support me learn how to accept that I could not...
by Leanne Wakeling | Relationships
One of the most common issues that comes up in the parenting groups I serve is the issue of discipline and how many expectation clashes happen. Chances are YOU know you want to bring your kids up differently to the way you were brought up. Did you discuss that with...
by Leanne Wakeling | Culture, Family, Perspective
It’s the festive season. One thing for sure there are going to be moments of emotional overload, even for the strongest amongst us. In order to enable harmony, it’s really useful to have perspective on what is and isn’t reasonable as we go through all the different...
by Leanne Wakeling | Culture, Family
It’s an issue that comes up a lot. My child is disrespectful, how to I MAKE my child respect their elders? I wonder, what is most important, that a child respect their elders, OR that they are allowed to be on the learning journey of what it means to give and receive...
