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“I was just trying to help” – Five Tips that will actually work
Let me tell you a little something about me. I bet you’ll recognise a piece of you too. When I was 18 I moved back home. I had been a Big Independent Adult for 12 months, but my parents had … Continue reading
Tips to Successfully Manage Kids’ Screen Time
Most of Australia is just past two weeks (or more, for private school families) into our long summer break, and now is around the time that parents often start evaluating how much time their kids are spending on their screens. … Continue reading
Posted in Frequently Asked Questions, Parenting, Teens, Tweens
Tagged parenting, Screen time, Teens, Tweens
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Understanding Family Therapy for Separated Families
Parenting Orders can have blunt statements directing that parents “be restrained and an injunction granted restraining the parties from denigrating the other party”; and “use their best endeavors to reach agreements” – but how do you actually do that? That’s a skill-development process, and belongs in the therapy room, not the court room. Continue reading
Tasting Freedom – and why this is my last Blog Post ever.
There’s this moment when I’m flying down the hill, wind in my face, blue sky above me, and I notice this thought passing by – that this is it, THIS is tasting freedom. It’s exhilarating, and not just because I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mental Health, Parenting
Tagged Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, children, defusion, Happiness Trap, Healthy Eating, Hiccup, Kids, Mental Health, mindfulness, parenting, perspective taking, PN OCD, Thinking, values
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Stuff that Definitely Doesn’t Suck – a review of Ben Sedley’s “Stuff that Sucks”
I don’t know what your reading list is like – maybe it’s a little like mine. Last year, I was super excited to hear a colleague of mine had his book published. What a magnificent achievement. Then I looked at … Continue reading
Kids starting school? How to Survive School Mum Anxiety
* This one’s for the ladies – School Dads are a different kettle of fish all together * “So I was watching this show, and there’s this psychologist – no psychiatrist -,” “Or clairvoyant, whatever,” I interject. We all laugh. It’s … Continue reading
Thriving through the School Holidays
It’s nearly here – that gorgeous six-week break at the end of the school year. It’s a time I look forward to SOOO MUCH!! I LOVE the extra time with my little people… oh, and that break from the school-day routine!! … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Parenting
Tagged Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, children, Holidays, Kids, parenting, school holidays, values
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Why TV could be making you – and your children – unhappy
At the recent Australia/New Zealand Association of Contextual Behaviour Science conference, I was enthralled by guest speaker Dr Tim Kasser (Professor of Psychology at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois), who spoke on the contradiction of what society tells us will improve well-being, … Continue reading
