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
Wellbeing and stress
I explain how stress affects us – physically and mentally, and positively and negatively – and reveal how it can affect our brain bandwidth and performance. Once we start to see how we work, we can really start to take control and build great wellbeing. For links to research and other resources on this topic, please go to Extras. For my posts on the topic, see below. Do use the search box to find specific topics.
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
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
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
How do I deal with someone’s lack of empathy?
On Empathy Day this year I had the great pleasure of doing a talk on empathy to the staff at my main publisher, Walker Books.
Boys and men – your mental health matters
Asking for help can be difficult. For some more than others. And perhaps some people ask for help too soon, too, if they have little
Grow Your Own Wellbeing
Apparently, it’s Grow Your Own Wellbeing Week! TBH I’m not a big fan of special weeks or days because if something’s important to me I
Tips for teaching introverts
I wrote here about “labelling” people as introvert or anything else and how the only problem is with the word “label”. Identifying and understanding your
Should we “label” people as introvert (or whatever)?
In a recent INSET session for school teachers I was talking about the experience of introverted people in a school setting. As always happens, this was
The Power of Sleep – Your questions answered
Last week, I gave my third webinar, The Power of Sleep. As with my other webinars, I’m answering the questions here, whether or not I
#WorldSleepDay tomorrow – prepare to “Trick Your Brain to Sleep”
Tomorrow is World Sleep Day and I’m a delegate. Tonight, I’m giving a Power of Sleep webinar to help families and individuals sleep smoothly. (Spaces
