Energy ups and downs for parents

Kathy White describes her life changing journey working with Chakras and how she balanced her energy and stopped the parenting rollercoaster by enrolling in Belinda Davidson’s School for the Modern Mystic [read more]

7 opportunities for experiential learning activities for kids

Why is experiential learning for children is so important ?  Here are the 3 top reasons that I believe they are,  followed by a list of 7 opportunities or examples for experiential learning… Firstly, children need exposure to many activities – to physically, emotionally, mentally get to try things out. You can read about any of these activities, but cycling through… [read more]

10 ways to fire up your child’s imagination

Your child’s imagination is a precious tool. A skill that helps them develop new ideas, creative solutions for whatever life might throw at them. Today’s world might be encroaching on their imagination.  How?  By spoon feeding them.  By not letting them go through their own creative struggle.  By not letting them get their hands dirty. So it’s… [read more]

10 Principles of Aware Parenting

1. Aware parents fill their children’s needs for physical contact (holding, cuddling, etc.). They do not worry about “spoiling” their children. 2. Aware parents accept the entire range of emotions and listen non-judgmentally to children’s expressions of feelings. They realize that they cannot prevent all sadness, anger, or frustration, and they do not attempt to… [read more]

Parent Power

The following article was sent out by a wonderful mother I know called Maira who lives in Australia. We knew each other when she and her family lived in Findhorn, and she has recently been publishing her story of parenting.  She has two children and is amazingly honest and real in the discoveries of how to become… [read more]

Parenting teenagers

A couple of weeks ago I  spent a week with my daughter’s class from the local Steiner School.  We had a class trip to the Isle of Erraid.    Although none of the children were officially teenagers at the time of the trip, a few of them will be thirteen by the end of the summer, and all of them will… [read more]

Family Values

When you think about your own Family Values, do you assume you know what they are?  Are you sure that how you are living your life in in line with those values? The family values that you are raising your children with today,  may well be the same values that you were raised with as a child.… [read more]

Is your child a fussy eater?

Are you concerned about what your child is eating?   I know I am. I’ve not grown long in the tooth without learning some basic nutrtional code that comes into our kitchen, larder and fridge. I want to raise my children with a sense of good healthy eating. So  Sugar, white flour and fried food… [read more]

Storytelling for kids

Storytelling for kids, can be really creative when you tell your own story let the words somehow describe the journey you are on, or the challenge you face as a parent… here’s my story of Mama Bear… [read more]

Parent Coach

What does a Parent Coach do ? When you think about coaching, your mind probably first lands on the idea of soccer, tennis or other sporting activities. It is quite normal to have a coach when you want to play a better game. Nowadays, there are a huge amount of personal trainers available to you… [read more]

Playful Parenting

You know those moments when you want to be really serious with your children?   You want to give them a stern look.  You need to let them know who’s boss.  You’ve had enough and you have to lay down the law… Why not get yourself someone who will back you up?  Some help from… [read more]

Greek Family Fortnight Photos

Holiday snapshots of our Joyful Parents Greek Adventure – 

Summer Holidays…

As the holiday season is now in full swing it’s a busy travelling, and slightly unsettled time of year.  Lots of fun, and potentially lots of stress as rhythms are interuppted, sleep schedules disturbed and meeting lots of friends and family can have its effect on how much fun and joy we manage to maintain in… [read more]

Leaving Erraid

I can’t believe that we are in our last week of living on Erraid.  We only have a few more days left before we shall be packing up our stuff and moving on.   And today the sun is shining, it’s beautiful and another wave of visitors just left  – friends old and new who… [read more]

Children Learn What They Live

CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE Dorothy Law Nolte If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive. If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for himself. If a child… [read more]