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Worried about going back to school?
Students and teachers often experience anxiety before the new school year starts. Even if you feel positive about your experience of school and have no
Healthy Screen Habits – Introduction
With regret and for reasons outside my control, I have had to cancel my planned webinar, Teens and Screens, which was due to happen on
Do you journal? I have a giveaway!
First, a confession. I have a bit of a problem – well, two problems – with the word “journal”. First, I grimace when people use
Resilience-building activity – great for the holidays
For the launch of Be Resilient, I created an activity perfect for people of any age, child, teenager or adult. You can adapt it to
Neurodiversity and creativity – with Maggie o’Farrell
Recently, I was bowled over to receive an invitation from The Edinburgh International Book Festival to chair Maggie o’Farrell’s event, in person. I am a
Holiday mental wellbeing reset
It’s the last day of term for everyone who hasn’t finished term already, so let your holidays begin! How will you use them well? My
Ten minute talk on resilience – (WARNING: includes football…)
At the launch of Be Resilient I talked briefly (that was hard!) about what resilience is and gave a super-fast taster of my five building
Book giveaway winners
Aaaand the winners from last week’s book giveaway to celebrate Be Resilient are: Jan Dawson Dominic Lee and Sally Well done to the lucky
Questions from you about resilience
Last week, I had the online launch for Be Resilient. There was a lovely mix of guests: parents, teachers, librarians, publishing people, actual teenagers –
Resilience and a cake cost-benefit analysis
Warning: this article talks light-heartedly about cake. It is intended as an analogy or metaphor but if you are someone for whom food isn’t a
Book giveaway! #BeResilient
Be Resilient is hitting the shelves on Thursday and I’m celebrating in a few ways: Having coffee in a chocolate shop in Stamford with my
Helping a child through distress
Parents suffer when their children suffer. You want to know how to help your distressed child or teenager. But how? And how not? Recently, I
