Children who lack confidence will be reluctant to try new or challenging things because they're scared of failing or disappointing others. This could lead to problems in functioning later in life. For this reason it is important to instil a healthy confidence in our children. Here are 7 effective ways to do this: 1. Allow your … Continue reading How to Boost Confidence in Children
How to Help Children Cope with Grief
Grief in children is often expressed differently to grief in adults - understanding the process for children will help you to help them. A child's behaviour during bereavement can be confusing. One moment they may be crying and the next playing happily. Children have their own ways of processing and expressing their pain and will … Continue reading How to Help Children Cope with Grief
How to be Humble and Why you Should
Humility is vital in living an ethical life. However, it often gets a bad rep. Celebrating your own success shows that you value yourself and it can make you seem like a confident go-getter. Whereas humility is synonymous with meekness, which often isn't praised in our society. Humbleness is often overlooked and you can't exactly … Continue reading How to be Humble and Why you Should
How to Self-Parent as an Adult
The absence of love and security in childhood can lead to difficulties in adulthood. If you have a pattern of falling into abusive relationships or fearing intimacy it is likely you learned about love, affection and intimacy from inadequate models. This means that now you have to be the nurturing voice you never received from … Continue reading How to Self-Parent as an Adult
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