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.
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.
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
Questions from Bedford Girls’ School – answered!
Recently I did a Live Online Q&A with some delightful, clever, hard-working Y9 girls from Bedford Girls’ School. I always feel bad when I don’t
The Power of Sleep: webinar coming
Sleep, nature’s medicine. Essential, mysterious, healing, restoring, life-giving and so often elusive. Would you like more control over your sleep? Would you like to understand
Anxiety: a Parent Guide
Following my post about supporting Teenagers in a Pandemic, let me share something I’ve just written on anxiety for HappySelf Journal. (HappySelf Journals are beautifully-designed
Support your teenagers in a pandemic
A teacher asked me recently, “What’s your top tip for supporting teenagers in this pandemic?” I don’t have a top tip – they’re all important!
Who’s feeling hyper-stimulated and yet unmotivated? Alert and yet low?
“I am finding that my life is going at a zillion miles an hour in this remote learning/working/teaching existence. Not sure how good it is.
