The Parent & Teen Toolbox: Recent Episodes
Cai Graham
This podcast is for those of us who are parenting teenagers. Cai Graham’s straight-talking insights and tools & techniques are designed to equip parents (and teenagers) with the tools for navigating adolescence.
When we reach the teenage years - we often feel that we ought to have Parenting sussed! Ha! Not true … and if you do - believe me, you are setting yourself up for a BIG Fall. Here’s 7 Pointers when parenting a teenager : Don’t Expect
The Worst
Life to be Predictable
To be a Perfect Parent
To be Mind Readers
Your Teen to think the same way that you do
Your Teen to understand their own emotions
Your Teen to always do what you say!
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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- Online Resources : HUGE Discount
By way of a thank you - and a celebration for my 100th episode I am offering a HUGE saving on my Online courses :
- Beat Your Anxiety
- Breathe Through Anxiety & Your Big Emotions
- Crack Your Confidence
- Self Care : The Art of Putting Yourself First
All to be found at : 📍www.caigraham.com/courses
Just enter HUNDRED at the Checkout … that’s a potential saving of £400
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
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If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Are you sick and tired of sounding like a cracked record?
Do you feel that you are saying the same things to your kids - and yet nobody’s listening? How else are they going to remember to do stuff - if you don’t keep reminding them … and yet you feel that you are constantly on their back.
This is not how parenting is supposed to be!
In this episode I give you 12 tips - 12 things to say - so that your teenager will be more motived and inspired to think for themselves; so that you can stop “nagging” once and for all.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s track
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Technically, we only have 6570 days until our child turns 18.
How we spend those days is crucial to building a strong foundation so that our kids are best equipped to becoming fully fledged adults.
No pressure!
In this episode I chat with Nellie Harden where we discuss how best to ‘flip the coin’ and use the days that we have left more effectively.
It doesn’t have to be hard work and nose to the grindstone - in fact, it’s better if it’s not.
Nellie explains how keeping it real, and removing the power struggles is the best way to build better connection with your teen - so that together you can make the best use of the time you have left, before they ‘fly the nest’ for good.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Nellie Harden :
Nellie Harden is a wife, mom, dreamer and multi-preneur to businesses that are born from experience and serve others with BIG purpose.
Coming from a diverse background including marine science & behavior and family wellness she decided years ago that living a life designed by purpose and for freedom was how she and her husband, along with their 4 daughters, wanted to live.
Today she is a family life coach helping others build their own extraordinary story while, also, building an unshakable foundation for their children to launch into their adult lives with. She believes that a family filled with creativity, fun, laughter, challenge, adventure, problem-solving, hugs, good food and learning can not only change a person's life, but is the best chance at positively changing the world.
How to contact Nellie :
Website : www.nellieharden.com
The 6570 Family Challenge : https://www.nellieharden.com/challenge
Podcast : The 6570 Family Project Podcast
Instagram : @nellieharden
Facebook : @The6570Project
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- FREE Resource :
A Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders : 📍 www.caigraham.com/ED
- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course equipped to become provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s track
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Since COVID has been a thing - I have seen a marked increase in the number of parents seeking support for their children with eating disorders. The problems arise when the child sees the eating disorder as the solution rather than the problem. In this episode, I discuss my Parents Guide to Eating Disorders; offering insights into :
- Different types of eating disorders
- How to sport the signs
- Behavioural Symptoms
- Physical Symptoms
- Psychological Symptoms
and - 7 pointers in how parents can support their child with an eating disorder.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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- FREE Resource :
A Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders : 📍 www.caigraham.com/ED
- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s track
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
We were brought up at a different time. The world has changed - and as a result, many parents struggle to help guide their child through the myriad of decisions they are expected to make in order to find their way onto the “correct career path.”
These decisions are expected to be made earlier and earlier - which causes so much heartache. What if I told you that there are no wrong decisions?!
In this episode Oie and I discuss her 4 stage model where she addresses :
a ) Values
b ) Natural Talents
c ) Interests
d ) Work Preferences
Her model will facilitate this journey and ease the burden from such young shoulders whilst having to make these big choices.
Want to know more? Then grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Oie Dobier :
Oie based her education and career on all the wrong things. She chose a path that others expected of her which led to changing her major, jumping from job to job, and finding herself always looking for the next big challenge. Then in her early 40’s, she was passed over for a promotion which caused her to do some self-reflection. Although the pay was good, she realized she was tired, bored and unfulfilled. She had chosen a career that didn't align with her values, passions or natural talents and felt it was time to be more purposeful with her life. What if there was a way to teach young people how to figure this out earlier? A way to help them start their career in something fulfilling, interesting and enjoyable? What if she could save them from the years of struggle and unfulfillment that she and so many others have experienced? As a result, Project Who Am I was born and she’s been helping young people learn about themselves and apply this knowledge to their educational and career pursuits.
How to contact Oie :
Understanding one’s own natural talents and using them to explore possible professions is an excellent first step in finding a fulfilling, successful career.
Find out how to do this in Oie’s FREE Download : www.projectwhoami.com/career
Website:
https://www.projectwhoami.com/
Socials:
https://www.facebook.com/projWhoAmI/
https://www.instagram.com/project_who_am_i/
https://www.tiktok.com/@project_who_am_i?
- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s track
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
We berate our teens for being addicted to their screens. We complain that our kids are unable to sit still or get their homework done.
And yet, I believe that they are a product of the environment that we have created for them.
We can’t just blame smartphones here.
How we eat and our relationship with food has also conjured up the belief that time is of the essence and that we need to take life on the run. We are now a world of processed meals, TV dinners and drive-thru “dining” - allowing us to nourish our bodies - whilst we are doing something else “more important”.
How bonkers is that?
In this episode I discuss how we have ALL fallen into the trap of immediacy - and that it’s not our children’s fault.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s track
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
I’m not one for this “New Year - New You” nonsense … it puts us under so much pressure to do better and achieve more.
But what I do advocate is grabbing the learnings from the life that we live - and from that determining whether we continue as we are doing, or change our direction (if only a little bit).
As parents we need to lead by example - and show our kids that (when they grow up) life is still fun and worthwhile and to be lived to it’s fullest.
I offer some 25 pointers (give or take) that will help
- Be comfortable with the discomfort
- Slowing down is a sign of strength
- Be a beacon of light
- You are your first priority
- We are all walking different paths
- Nobody can do the pushups for you
- Trust the experts
- Friends matter greatly
- Alone and Lonely are different
- Start with Accepting yourself
- Drop the SHOULDS
- What brings you joy?
- Practice gratitude
- Be brave
- Trust your gut
- Surrender - Trust - Do not doubt
- Do new things
- Be Kind
- Happiness is a choice
- Allow time and space to heal
- “You Do You”
- Transparency is key
- Change is inevitable
- Hope Matters
- Celebrate the wins
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Presents need wrapped ( in my case some haven’t arrived yet!) - Relatives are coming home ( well, at least you hope they are ) - Turkeys need stuffed - AND Covid is still here.
Nerves are understandably frayed.
No wonder we are at the end of our tether and taking our anxieties and stresses out on those closest to us.
In this episode I discuss how to avoid ( or if not - then minimise ) the tensions that are likely to be running riot in the home right now.
I offer some pointers that will help
- Remember WHO you are
- Stay away from the flash points / people
- Remember “It takes two to tango”
- Take much needed time-out
- Set realistic boundaries
- Eliciting support can help EVERYONE
- If all else fails - BREATHE
- Practice the “Fly on the wall” exercise
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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Another Episode that might help :
EP 41 : 12 Toxic People to watch out for : 📍 https://apple.co/3q1lChm
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
10 Pointers to Create a Happier Home
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” - And yet I am seeing more young people than ever looking for for support.
Many kids are finishing school for the holidays, relieved that there is some sort of respite from the chaos in their minds ( and lives ).
On the flip side, many students are returning home for Christmas exhausted and emotionally rung out.
How can parents try to create a happier home for their kids and bring back the cheer and frivolity that Christmas ought to guarantee.
To be honest - it’s not really about tinsel and gift laden stockings … its about going back to basics.
In this episode I discuss 10 Pointers to Create a Happier Home
- Teamwork makes the dream work
- Self Care
- Family Stories ( good and bad )
- Do new things
- Be flexible
- Have some fun
- Equality wins
- Spend quality time together
- Agree consequences
- Regulate negative emotions
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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Resources Mentioned in this episode :
📍Family POW-WOW : https:www.caigraham.com/powwow
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Self Harm amongst young children has doubled in the last 6 years.
This makes for unsettling reading for any parent.
For many, this topic can be terribly scary as they themselves have little first hand experience of self-harm; resulting in many parents approaching the topic of self-harm from a place of fear.
When a parent finds out that their child has been self-harming they do very often blame themselves. Experiencing feelings of : Confusion, Helplessness and Uncertainty.
It is understandable for parents to be alarmed as reports are quoting rising statistics and also linking self-harm with increased risks of suicide.
So understanding self harm, in my opinion, is key.
In this episode I discuss
What is Self Harm
Why your child might be self harming
The signs to look out for
What to avoid doing
Alternatives to self harm
Other ways to help
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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A lot of the information I cited was from a research paper developed at Oxford University.
Resources Mentioned in this episode :
📍54321 Distraction : www.caigraham.com/54321
📍BOX Breathing : Calming Yourself Down : www.caigraham.com/boxbreathing
📍ChildLine : www.childline.org.uk
📍YoungMinds : www.youngminds.org.uk
📍Samaritans : www.samaritans.org
📍Harmless : www.harmless.org.uk
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Face-to-face bullying is on the decrease which is great news … BUT cyberbullying is rife. The worse thing is that it is usually anonymous - which is doubly unsettling.
The bullying statistics are alarming.
A while back Guardian recently reported that more than half of children aged 11 to 16 have been bullied about the way they look, with 40% targeted at least once a week, research has found.
More than half (53%) of young people who experienced bullying based on their appearance said they had become anxious as a result and 29% had become depressed. One in 10 said they had had suicidal thoughts and 9% that they had self-harmed …
and the figures are still rising.
Many parents are able to understand “in-person” bullying, from their own experiences so they are better prepared to support their children who are under fire.
However, the goalposts have changed since we were youngsters and thanks to the advancement in technology the bullies can now hide behind their anonymity … enter the new phenomenon Cyber Bullying.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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Resources Mentioned in this episode :
📍How to Cope with Bullying : www.caigraham.com/bullying
📍How to Cope with Cyber-Bullying : www.caigraham.com/cyber
📍Power Poses : Looking more confident : www.caigraham.com/superhero
📍BOX Breathing : Calming Yourself Down : www.caigraham.com/boxbreathing
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- Online Resources :
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
The world has changed. We are bringing up our children in a very different environment from that of our own childhood.
As a result, many parents are worried as to whether the advice and support that they are offering their child is in fact correct. How can they be sure they are saying the right things?
In this episode, I chat with Matt Douglas - a veteran educator - about the opportunities available to our children nowadays. We discuss how parents can better understand and communicate with their teens.
We address the common pressures that our teens are currently facing - and how parents can play a role in supporting them through these modern-day challenges; and the critical importance of mental health in the lives of our teens.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Matt :
Matt Douglas,is a veteran educator and currently works as a Life Coach and Academic Counselor for teens and young adults.
His experience in education and mentoring has given him a view into the lives of teens that is unique and important to share.
Matt has spoken at small education conferences, parent back-to-school nights, and runs his own podcast, The Educator Podcast, which discusses similar themes in education.
In his work as a Life Coach for teens and young adults Matt helps mentor and guide the young people he works with (often also including their families), through all kinds of personal struggles, life changes, academic challenges, and career goals.
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How to Contact Matt Douglas :
You can find a more detailed description of Matt's work on his website www.lifecoachingsd.com and more information about his podcast at www.theeducatorpodcast.com
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DON’T Forget : If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Use the Coupon Code : STRESS throughout November 2021 and receive a 65% discount. (You’re saving £82!)
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Anyone who is well versed in betrayal is likely to have experienced a seismic shift in not only how they start to see themselves - but also in their new vision of the world.
Perhaps you find it difficult to trust others again;
Maybe you shield yourself from entering into close relationships or
Possibly you struggle to trust yourself and your decisions.
Whatever your experience - it’s likely that left unprocessed and unaddressed, the betrayal is likely to still leave it’s mark, years or even decades later.
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Debi Silber about my own experiences and how - even though I thought I had worked through my own betrayal story - there are still issues that need to be addressed.
Dr Debi discusses Post Betrayal Syndrome and the necessary stages that we need to go through in order to ensure we are no longer jaundiced by the betrayals that might previously have haunted us.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Dr. Debi :
Dr. Debi Silber, founder of The PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute
https://PBTInstitute.com
She is a holistic psychologist, a health, mindset and personal development speaker, author and mentor who helps people heal from Post Betrayal Syndrome.
She’s the author of the Amazon #1 bestselling book: The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Life Crisis.
Debi has contributed to The Dr. Oz show, FOX, CBS, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Psychology Today, Health, Shape, WebMD, and Glamour to name a few.
Her recent PhD study on how we experience betrayal detailed : what holds us back, what helps us heal and what happens to us (physically, mentally and emotionally) when the people closest to us lie, cheat and deceive made three groundbreaking discoveries.
Her proven process, birthed from those discoveries, has helped thousands of people fully heal from betrayal; enabling them to thrive in their relationships, work, health and life.
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How to Contact Dr Debi Silber:
Dr. Debi Silber
Founder: The PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute
https://thepbtinstitute.com/
Host of The From Betrayal to Breakthrough podcast
https://thepbtinstitute.com/podcast/
Watch my Recent TEDx Talks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqOR69dHiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX30i6nC7ro
Do you have Post Betrayal Syndrome?
Take the Quiz: https://thepbtinstitute.com/quiz/
Books mentioned during this episode :
From Hardened to Healed: The Effortless Path to Release Resistance, Get Unstuck, and Create a Life You Love
Trust Again: Overcoming Betrayal and Regaining Health, Confidence, and Happiness
The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Life Crisis
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DON’T Forget : If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Use the Coupon Code : STRESS throughout November 2021 and receive a 65% discount. (You’re saving £82!)
~~~~~
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
This is a podcast first for me : chatting with two inspiring young ladies!
Many parents, when trying to monitor their child’s tech usage, do so from a place of fear. It’s not their fault, it’s just that they have not grown up in the digital age, so they are not really parenting from experience.
In this episode I am chatting to Kirsten & Aiyven Mbawa who have become published authors and also they run their own subscription box business; and they say that all of this would have been made much harder without technology.
We talk about technology, what it takes to juggle school work and all their other responsibilities & past times, and how they manage to achieve a healthy - but necessary reliance on technology.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Kirsten and Aiyven Mbawa :
Welcome! We are Kirsten and Aiyven of Mbawa Books. We live in Northampton with our parents, youngest sister Kaitlyn, pet cat Zaki and pet pigeon Gus.
It’s fair to say we are voracious readers or book addicts if you like with a bit of a thing for getting others to catch the reading bug☺.
Sagas of Anya by Kirsten & Land Of The Nurogons by Aiyven are our debut middle-grade novels.
Our books started life as entries to the 2019 BBC 500 Words writing contest. Even though we weren't successful, we turned our entries into middle-grade novels which are now on sale on Amazon & our website.
You may have watched our reviews of children, middle-grade or young adult books on YouTube, Facebook or Instagram.
Or you may have seen us on Channel 4, Steph's Packed Lunch, BBC Look East, Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Daily Express, Daily Mirror or even in The WeekJnr magazine.
Whichever way, we're sure by now, you get the idea that we are mad about books.
And that is why after having published our books, we decided to launch a book subscription box for kids 8-14 years old. The mission? The vision? To promote literacy and diversity in middle-grade literature. Happier Every Chapter, is the ideal book subscription box for tween or young teen bookworms!
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How to Contact Kirsten & Aiyven :
📍 50% OFF & BONUS Book with 1st BOX on 6/12 month plans : CODE : FIRSTBOX50
Tel: +44 (0) 7949 820 944
W : www.mbawabooks.co.uk
E: hello@mbawabooks.co.uk
Shop : https://www.mbawabooks.co.uk/collections
Facebook | Instagram | Twitter: @mbawabooks
Books mentioned during this episode :
📍Sagas of Anya : by Kirsten Mbawa
📍Land Of The Nurogons: Zest for Quest : by Aiyven Mbawa
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DON’T Forget : If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Use the Coupon Code : STRESS throughout November 2021 and receive a 65% discount. (You’re saving £82!)
~~~~~
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
This week ( November 1st - 7th 2021 ) is International Stress Awareness Week.
Somewhere along the line, we have learned to normalize the stresses that we are facing - and as a result, our minds and bodies are often running in a state of high alert.
In this episode, I discuss the different stresses that we are exposing ourselves to and why they can have a huge impact on us physically, mentally, or emotionally; as we end up compromising our health, our relationships, and our overall wellbeing.
COVID has been one of the notable stressors that we have ALL been experiencing for the best part of 18 months and now we are just beginning to witness the effects of this longer term stress.
I also offer coping strategies that will help you and your child address these issues quickly and safely..
PLUS a huge discount on one of my online courses.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening.
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If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Use the Coupon Code : STRESS throughout November 2021 and receive a 65% discount. (You’re saving £82!)
~~~
If your life feels all up in the air - why not take my Parenting Quiz?
It will help you recognise the areas that need your attention and believe me - you’ll soon realise that not everything is broken : 📍www.caigraham.com/quiz
~~~~~
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
This crazy old world can be very overwhelming sometimes - no matter what age you are; and I know from experience that we need to take care of our health (mentally and physically).
It’s too easy to forget about ourselves - whilst we continue to spin plates and react to the chaos around us. However, when we do neglect our own needs - then the cracks start to show.
In this episode, I am chatting with Sam Bernice - who is founder of The Children’s Yoga Foundation. I quickly learn that yoga is not just about sitting on a mat and testing your own flexibility. It is an entire wellbeing philosophy that will help parents and children alike, establish a better relationship with ourselves so that we can better cope with the challenges that we often face on a daily basis.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Samantha :
Hi – I’m Sam, founder of Sam B Yoga and The Children’s Yoga Foundation.
In my 20 years of teaching in schools and being a parent of three, I have noticed children developing more and more problems with their mental health. There is so much pressure put on teachers and parents to help with this, but many of us are struggling with our own mental health.
How can the practice of yoga help you or your child? Yoga is not just about the postures and getting on the mat. Following this science and philosophy offers us as parents deep contentment and wisdom that can be shared with our children.
Modeling self-care and well-being techniques continually guide and support our children. The practice of yoga, especially off the mat, aids our children in recognising and managing their emotions, instilling healthy habits and mastering their minds in a journey of self-discovery. So as parents, it all starts with us. Ask yourself, are you ok? How can you optimise your well-being, to be a better Mum/Dad/person?
A lovely place to start is trying out family yoga together. It will strengthen your connection and help you learn about it in a fun way. Try reading some books on yoga, try some postures and give some breathing techniques a go. If you need any help or guidance, I have many years of experience in making it exciting, appealing and accessible to our younger generation. Why not give it a go!
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How to Contact Samantha Bernice:
https://sambyoga.com
https://www.facebook.com/sambyoga
https://www.youtube.com/c/SamanthaBerniceYoga
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Books mentioned during this episode :
Tiger-Tiger, Is It True?: Four Questions to Make You Smile Again : Byron Katie
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art : James Nester
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Many parents feel under so much pressure to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’.
Whether it’s the continuous cycle of after-school activities - ferrying kids from Cubs to Swimming to Piano … Or ensuring that the house is pristine and all the laundry is neatly stowed away - the need to manage these high expectations can be relentless.
In this episode, I chat with Mary Broddle who, through declining health is unable to maintain this idea of ‘perfection’ - and Mary is just fine with that, thank you very much!
We talk about how technology can be a necessary lifeline and why teaching your child to contribute to the running of the house through chores and responsibilities prepares them for independence a bit earlier...
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Mary :
Bio – Engineer, Embroidery Entrepreneur & Disabled Mum
Mary is a disabled mum to two boys, aged 11 and 8. From having to ask her midwife for an OT referral, to isolating through the pandemic, her health has affected how she parents in a big way.
We all feel we should be providing our children with opportunities and experiences, but what if you can’t?
Mary says cut yourself some slack - being loved is the main thing they need to experience. As she has become increasingly disabled Mary has realised more and more the importance of the example she sets her sons.
Mary had a successful 20 year career in Rail Engineering. But her worsening health meant she reached a point where she had to accept she couldn’t keep going as she was and she left her job.
Whilst being Housebound, Embroidery has helped her cope with chronic illness and increasing disability; addressing the challenges, many of which are beyond her control.
And so - using this passion of hers Mary has set up her own Embroidery business (a far cry from the rail industry!) and she now shares her skills to help others find the enjoyment and mental health benefits it has afforded her.
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How to Contact Mary Broddle :
www.marybroddleembroidery.com
Instagram - @marybroddle_embroidery
Facebook - @marybroddleembroidery
LinkedIn - /marybroddle
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As adults, we carry around with us many unresolved events and issues that, upon reflection, shape the way we behave as adults. Loss, betrayal, fear, trauma (to name but a few)… all take their turn in determining particular limiting beliefs and coloring our values.
Our perception of ourselves changes and we start living by the stories we create about ourselves. This is not always terribly helpful. Much of this boils down to the feelings of not being ‘good enough’ and self-judgment.
Last week I was at a retreat where I was given the opportunity to rewrite some of the stories I was holding about myself since childhood.
How brilliant it would have been if this emotional baggage was dealt with when I was younger.
How brilliant if we could teach our children how to deal with their emotions in a more healthy way.
We can!
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening.
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I Am What I Am
Gloria Gayner
I am what I am
I don't want praise, I don't want pity
I bang my own drum
Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty
And so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle?
Why not try to see things from a different angle?
Your life is a sham till you can shout out
"I am what I am”
I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces
It's one life and there's no return and no deposit
One life so it's time to open up your closet
Life's not worth a damn till you can shout out
"I am what I am”
I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces
It's one life and there's no return and no deposit
One life so it's time to open up your closet
Life's not worth a damn till you can shout out
"I am what I am”
I am, I am good
I am, I am strong
I am, I am somebody
I am, I do belong
I am, I am good
I am, I am strong
I am, I am somebody
I am, I do belong
I am, I am useful
I am, I am true
I am, I am worthy
I am as good as you
I am, I am useful
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If your life feels all up in the air - why not take my Parenting Quiz?
It will help you recognise the areas that need your attention and believe me - you’ll soon realise that not everything is broken : 📍www.caigraham.com/quiz
~~~~~
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
A month into the school term - and many parents are telling me that things are getting harder rather than easier.
Are you a parents who’s child is struggling to get into school?
Are you worried that you are being too hard on your child? Or conversely, not hard enough?
It’s a tightrope that we walk - trying to make sure that our child gets a good education, and making sure they are offered the best chances in life. But what’s the point if they are miserable and not being able to learn when they actually get into school?
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening.
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If your life feels all up in the air - why not take my Parenting Quiz?
It will help you recognise the areas that need your attention and believe me - you’ll soon realise that not everything is broken : 📍www.caigraham.com/quiz
~~~~~
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
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If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
September is a time of year where we usually feel energised and motivated into kickstarting our lives after the summer. However, for many of us at the moment, this new found enthusiasm is being rather elusive.
Are you feeling the same?
This week I was going to pack it all in and retire!
In this episode, I talk about how it’s OK not to have our shit together and that this is perfectly normal not to have life all mapped out.
Maybe you are getting to grips with an empty nest or at loggerheads with your teen; or perhaps you feel stuck and feel trapped and that there’s no way out …
Truth Bomb : You do not have to make any big decisions right now. Oprah said “When you don’t know what to do - do nothing.”
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening.
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If your life feels all up in the air - why not take my Parenting Quiz?
It will help you recognise the areas that need your attention and believe me - you’ll soon realise that not everything is broken : 📍www.caigraham.com/quiz
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
When we are in the muck of parenting it can be very easy to lose ourselves and to lose sight of what’s really important.
We can, more often than not - get lost in old programming and stories that can shadow the way we parent.
Sivanne has a framework that helps us gain perspective and avoid the traps that so often hold us back from parenting to be best of our ability.
It’s based on 4 pillars and we discuss these in this episode :
Following Your Knowing
Filling Your Own Cup First
Relinquish the HOW
Celebrating “Enoughness”
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Sivanne :
Sivanne Lieber is a parent coach, progressive educator, mama and early childhood specialist. But most of all, she is a PLAY enabler.
Following nearly two decades in the classroom she now supports children through her work as The Joyous Parent, Sivanne helps parents move from struggle, isolation, and winging it to feeling supported, confident and self compassionate so that they can model for their children who they hope for them to become.
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How to Contact Sivanne Leiber :
Free 4 Pillars Guide: https://play.thejoyousparent.com/4PBook
4 Pillars Group Class (enrollment is closed but get on the waitlist for the next opportunity!): https://play.thejoyousparent.com/4Pillars
Website: www.thejoyousparent.com
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
World Suicide Prevention Day was 10th September 2021, so this episode is very timely.
The suicide statistics are growing at an alarming rate. Worldwide, every 40 seconds another person dies by suicide.
It is probably any parent’s worst nightmare, when they suspect or learn, that their child is contemplating suicide.
So what can parents do to support their child when they feel or know that they are really struggling?
Take Care of Our Own Emotions First
Start Talking
Ask Your Child about their feelings, emotions current situation
Listen to their Responses
Agree the Next Best Course of Action for Your Child
In this episode Annessa offers some comforting and straight forward advice for parents who are confronted with the “unthinkable”.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Annessa :
Dr Annessa Rebair, Prof Doc, MSc, BSc (Hons), RMN, PG Cert Ed
Annessa is a registered mental health nurse and senior lecturer at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She has enjoyed 29 years’ working in the NHS and Higher Education. Annessa’s subject specialties and interests include suicide and loss, spirituality, and compassionate care. Annessa’s Doctoral research (Meeting Spaces: crafting conversations about suicide in nurse education) explored what was needed to have meaningful conversations about suicide. Annessa is a former Trustee and advocate of PAPYRUS, Trustee for Teen Yoga UK and Recoco, Newcastle. She is currently involved in national and regional research about suicide with veterans and the ambulance service.
Annessa is also a yoga teacher and qualified leadership coach, she is interested in yoga and healing and is the Director of Connectedness Yoga and Wellbeing Community Interest Company (not for profit).
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We mentioned PAPYRUS a lot : Prevention of Young Suicide
https://www.papyrus-uk.org/
There is so much information available for Parents and Young People.
If you need further support - either click the link or :
Call PAPYRUS HOPELINEUK on 0800 068 4141 Now.
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Following the upheaval from the past academic year, there are many young people who are trying to come to terms with changed plans.
Some changes have been thrust upon them, but also following a year of ‘isolation’ many have had the time to readjust, so their changes are self-imposed.
Perhaps they are not going to their university of choice - or maybe they wish to opt for a different career.
For the younger age group, many primary school kids are not able to attend the secondary school that they had expected to, or they need to reassess their subject choices.
Whatever the situation, when our children’s lives take a deviation from that which was expected, we often take it personally as parents and try and fix stuff.
Whilst it’s good to guide our kids - perhaps the better course of action is to support them with their own decisions.
In this episode - Stephanie explains how best to do just that.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More About Stephanie :
Stephanie Haynes, ACC is an Education Coach and Consultant providing custom educational consulting and coaching for high school students, educators, and schools that equips all stakeholders to build a pathway to a successful future teens are excited to pursue.
Specializing in post-high school pathway development, goal setting and time management, and classroom and school culture development, Stephanie’s vision is to
motivate her clients to take the time to create a compelling vision for their future, their classroom, or their school and develop actionable steps to build it into a reality.
Through structured conversations, Stephanie helps her clients identify limiting mindsets, create an awareness of their current circumstances, and develop an action plan to move forward with confidence.
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How to Contact Stephanie :
Free Resource Link: 10 Ways to Help Your Teen Build a Solid Foundation for Success in a Post Pandemic World https://www.stephaniehaynes.net/free-resource
FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/collegeisnotmandatory
FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/EdCoachStephHaynes/
Website: stephaniehaynes.net
IG: @edcoachstephhaynes
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I mentioned the Box Breathing Exercise : 📍 www.caigraham.caom/boxbreathing
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
There are so many parents worried about their child’s mental health.
Just this week, I have been contacted by parents looking for support surrounding :
Lack of confidence
Eating Disorders
Self Harm
Back to School Anxiety
Anger Management
Conflict and Arguments at home
Panic Attacks
This is our kids we are talking about. The problem is that the resources are stretched and many parents are unable to seek the support they are looking for.
Whilst there are private practitioners out there, like myself, many parents do not have the finances to go down this route.
So in this episode, in the absence of seeking external support from third parties, I am discussing what parents can do to support their children’s mental health challenges.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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I mentioned the Box Breathing Exercise : 📍 www.caigraham.caom/boxbreathing
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Parents are being encouraged more and more to talk to their children about how they are feeling. But for many of us, this is quite hard as it’s not something that comes naturally to us.
The thing is that we have to model the behavior that we wish to see - so first of all we have to be comfortable with what we are feeling as parents - before we can understand what our kids are going through.
In this episode, I talk with Joanne about how negative emotions are just as important to acknowledge as positive feelings AND how exactly we can tune into what we are feeling.
We will be using the acronym R.U.L.E.R :
✔️ Recognise
✔️ Understand
✔️ Label
✔️ Express
✔️ Regulate
This is a great reminder - and we can teach our kids this handy tip as well.
Want to know more? Then grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Joanne :
Joanne is an expert with a doctorate in counseling and education.
She is certified in coaching and emotional intelligence training.
After 30+ years in education as a teacher, counselor, and higher education administrator, Joanne decided to create a retirement career in coaching.
However, more important than any credential, life experience as a parent has truly led her to her passion for working with families like yours and mine.
Joanne fully understands firsthand - parents’ feelings of burnout, helplessness, and stress.
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How to Contact Joanne Light :
My website is : Joannehlight.com
Putting The Joy Back into Parenting Handout is:
https://joannehlightcoaching.clickfunnels.com/putting-the-joy-back
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
✔️ Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
✔️ Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
✔️ How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
When couples separate, understandably this gives way for resentment and bitterness. Many people feel unheard and slighted in some way, and as a result, families are left fractured and at loggerheads with one another.
Tony has had firsthand experience of this, yet he soon learned that there was an alternative.
Separation and/or divorce does not have to lead to constant arguments and frequent battles in court.
Tony explains that by taking responsibility and sometimes pressing the ‘pause’ button, co-parenting doesn’t have to be such a struggle.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
~~ Viktor Frankl ~~
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Tony :
Tony Winyard, is a health and habits coach for people who want to create a healthier future for themselves.
Tony grew up in an unhealthy and risky environment, spending has 20’s and 30’s working as a DJ. Tony went on to become one of the highest paid wedding DJs in the UK, winning UK Wedding DJ of the Year.
He lost two brothers at a young age as well as his parents, grandparents, uncle, and close friends. All of them died of cancer.
He wanted to discover why this trend of cancer surrounded him and took to deep study of health and the human body.
“I had thought their conditions were hereditary but have now discovered there was a powerful influence of lifestyle and habits.”
With extensive training in nutrition, fitness, breathing, sleep, meditation, behavior change, and neuroscience, Tony provides tools and guidance to help you overcome obstacles and achieve personal breakthroughs in any area of health or life.
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How to Contact Tony Winyard :
Website: https://www.tonywinyard.com
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tony.winyard/
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource: 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
For many parents, having to prepare meals for their families day-in-day-out, soon takes the enjoyment out of cooking.
Preparing food for our kids becomes a chore - and this builds resentment on all sides!
Couple this with the fact that we still want to offer our kids healthy food - it can be soul-destroying when they either refuse the meals that we provide (in favor of fast food alternatives) or smother the whole plate in ketchup - or in our family, sriracha sauce!!
In this episode Julie explains how eating a lower sugar diet has literally revolutionized her family’s lives.
And she also offers some practical advice that we can all implement now - so that those mealtime battles become a thing of the past!
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Julie :
Julie Krummenacher is a Pharmacist, Chef, and a Mother of twins, and she is passionate about empowering moms to help their family become healthier.
Julie always thought she was healthy, and was often praised for her healthy lifestyle—she was a vegetarian for many years, she exercised, and she was not overweight. But when she tried to get pregnant, she found out that she had a form of infertility related to diabetes—from eating too much sugar!
Foods that she thought were healthy actually had TONS of sugar hiding in them. She changed her diet and with the help of fertility treatments, was able to have twins! She did not want her kids’ health to limit them from achieving their dreams, and she soon realized that if she wanted her kids to eat healthy, it needed to taste good!
Julie went to culinary school when her kids were young and combined that experience with her background in research to craft healthy recipes that are bursting with flavor.
Julie shares her recipes, healthy cooking tips, and how to involve kids so that moms can take control of their family’s health by making meals EASIER, HEALTHIER, and TASTE AMAZING!
I'm not sure what image size you need for the headshot--I can resize if you need!
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How to Contact Julie Krummenacher :
facebook : https://www.facebook.com/NewHealthyFamily
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/newhealthyfamily/
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusxzgtfSwCzZKIkwhboBOg
Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/newhealthyfamily/
https://www.pinterest.com/newhealthyfamily/recipes
Website : https://newhealthyfamily.com/recipes/
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Our kids have had a really uncertain time over the past 18 months - and each of them is reading differently.
Some are wanting to escape and meet up with their friends again and others are rather reluctant to venture too far from home… better the devil you know, right?
Many parents are worried about how far behind their kids are falling with their education and are planning to use the summer as an opportunity to catch up.
In this episode I discuss :
- Why your child needs a total switch off
- Why you should allow them to sleep in
- How to cope with their attachment to technology
- Why it’s OK to ignore the mess in their bedrooms
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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Need a bit more support with the whole “Summer Holidays Thing”?
10 Ideas to Help You and Your Teenager Navigate the Summer Holidays
Grab a copy of my FREE handout : HERE : 📍 www.caigraham.com/schoolsout
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My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Our kids have been going through so much over the past 18 months, and we are seeing an increase in their stress levels. Not only that - we are seeing an increase in the numbers of children struggling with anxiety and OCD.
Interestingly, Dr. Roseann says that in many instances, our children are being misdiagnosed with anxiety - where in actual fact they might be struggling with OCD.
In this episode - she explains the differences and once we know what’s going on - how parents can better support their children.
These behaviors are learned and reassuringly they can also be ‘unlearned’ with a few simple techniques.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Dr Roseann :
Dr. Roseann is a mental health trailblazer, founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health, and media expert who is, “Changing the way we view and treat children’s mental health”.
Her work has helped thousands reverse the most challenging conditions: ADHD, anxiety, mood, Lyme, and PANS/PANDAS using PROVEN holistic therapies. She is often featured on dozens of media outlets: Fox, CBS, NBC, PARENTS, and New York Times; and FORBES magazine called her, “A thought leader in children’s mental health”.
She is the author of the first-ever book on teletherapy activities for child and adolescent therapists, “Teletherapy Toolkit™” and It’s Gonna be OK!™ book. She works with kids and families with remote neurofeedback and her Get Unstuck Program™ and Raising Successful Kids Community, which are resources for parents to improve their child’s symptoms and develop grit and resilience.
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How to Contact Dr Roseann :
Website : www.drroseann.com & www.childrensmentalhealth.com
Book: It’s Gonna Be OK™: Proven Ways to Improve Your Child’s Mental Health
www.itsgonnabeok.com
FREEMIUM: COPING STATEMENTS
www.teletherapytoolkitbonus.com
Summit: The Get Unstuck Summit
www.getunstucksummit.com
Social Media
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/DrRoseann
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DrRoseannCapannaHodge/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/drroseann/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/drroseann1
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseanncapannahodge
Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/drroseanncapannahodge
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We talked lot in the episode about Anxiety and Breath-work.
If this is an issue for you - then these resources will help.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
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If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
For many of us - we have spent so much time sitting in our “zoom uniform” or lounging about in our sweats that we have forgotten how we should dress for real life. For others, we want to make some changes to how we used to look - as this no longer represents how we want to look and feel today.
In this episode, Tessa and I discuss the importance of feeling good and being in the zone and how our appearance can help us find that inner confidence - be it having a great haircut, or (for me) freshly manicured nails - or indeed putting on an England Jersey or even The Queen’s Colours!
Tessa’s Mum ( who herself was an Olympic Skier ) said :
“If you don’t have a dream - then you can’t have a dream come true.”
So we talk about how we can encourage ourselves and our children to allow our dreams to come alive - and to dream BIG, and a lot of that stems from our own perception of ourselves and being true to who lies within.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Tessa :
Tessa Gray is a Paris trained couturiere, former amateur jump jockey with over 40 years of dressing women for special occasions, performances, and business.
Tessa uses colour, style, and design to guide her clients to look and feel younger and Amazing on and off line, because when she was a jockey, she realised the power clothes have to put any athlete in the zone.
Tessa’s clients are mostly Mums who would love to feel and look the way they used to, who are juggling work and family life are realising that virtual meetings are not quite the same as in-person meet-ups!
Most people, whatever age, find it hard to buy clothes that flatter, fit and give us the confidence that we are looking for; so Tessa takes the stress out of wondering what to buy, what to wear and how to create different looks without breaking the bank.
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How to Contact Tessa :
Website //www.tessagray.co.uk
Facebook Facebook Group : My Million Dollar Look
If you'd like to get started on boosting your confidence and creating your own style, you can download her free :
Click Here to Download Your Copy of Discover The New You Tessa's Tips for emerging from Lockdown with Style and Ease.
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
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If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As parents, there is so much going on for us as we navigate family life.
The teenage brain is a constant ‘work-in-progress’ - so we often need to adapt to the changes quickly, freely, and with PATIENCE. Patience for our children and also patience for ourselves.
In their bid for independence, sometimes our children are not too receptive to their parent’s “interfering” and tend to pull away. Malva addresses this by explaining the importance of PROXIMITY and how this can build stronger relationships between parents and children.
She also goes on to discuss the merits for parents to become more TEACHABLE and to be open-minded enough to learn from our children. Speaking from experience, this truly helps to enrich the parent/child relationship.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Malva :
Malva is an international business trainer, executive coach and speaker for corporate soft HR skills, and helps people achieve success in top international corporations.
Malva has created the Online Training Academy, an innovative form of training for future online trainers.
Besides her corporate focus, she is also a parenting coach and couples counselor who works with couples and parents to help them implements the positive parenting approach and build closeness within the family.
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How to Contact Malva :
Website : www.malvagasowski.com & https://www.coaching-mother-and-all.com
Amazon : amazon.com/author/malvagasowski
linkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/malva-gasowski
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/malva.gasowski.coaching & www.facebook.com/coaching.mother.and.all
Instagram : www.instagram.com/coaching.mother.and.all
If you'd like to get started with a couple of Malva’s resources Malva mentioned on the episode - you can download her free :
1. Daily Positively Responsive Parenting Affirmations. - https://www.malvagasowski.com/affirmations-in
- Access to the Strong Willed Child Summit. Please use the code CAI_GRAHAM_PODCAST for a. 100% off the Strong-Willed Child Summit for your listeners
https://www.malvagasowski.com/ips_SWC
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Last week we were talking about how parenting can be all-consuming and if we are not careful, it starts to define who we are. Mums do sometimes struggle to find their identity and this tends to keep them playing small.
In this episode I talk with Karine as she offers practical advice for mums who wish to focus on their professional goals again; whether that is restarting an old career, finding a new one, or even starting their own business.
Karine’s 6 Top Tips to Boost Your Confidence will offer the kick start that you might be waiting for :
Ditching Comparisonitis
How do you describe yourself?
What about your challenges?
What if you failed?
I Am Enough
Be kinder to yourself
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Karine :
Karine Zbinden (Ph.D.) is a Certified Life Coach and University Teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching, mentoring and training students and young graduates.
In her coaching practice, she specializes in helping women find a new purpose and boost their confidence when they want to focus on their professional goals again once their children become (more) independent.
She offers 1:1 life coaching and hosts a free, friendly and supportive Facebook community, 'Back to me: Career after kids', where she gives lots of hints and tips and hosts special training sessions, including regular training by guest experts.
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How to Contact Karine :
Email : (hello@karinezbinden.com
Website (https://www.karinezbinden.com) .
If you'd like to get started on boosting your confidence, you can download her free
'6 Top Tips to Boost Your Confidence’.
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
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If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As Mums, we very often feel that we have given all that we have to offer to parent our children - and to an extent, we lose our confidence and (dare I say it ) our own identity.
In this episode, I am chatting to Dan Reader - who knows only too well the inner turmoil that us mums are facing and how hard it is to break away from that table of being “Just a Mum”.
Dan shares with us his insights as to how women can grasp the nettle and be brave enough ( if it’s bravery they are looking for ) to find that inner resolve to re-invent themselves; whilst still being the best parent that they can be.
Truth bomb : When you take care of yourself and relight that fire - you become that person who has more to offer for yourself and those around you - so it’s a win-win.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Dan :
From Personal trainer of 8 years to behaviour change and self love coach for the past 2.
Having gone through my own rock bottom 4 years ago which left me officially homeless in £15,000 worth of debt and using drink and drugs to escape my emotions I recognised something HAD to change!
That change was me turning inward and learning to love all the parts of myself that I’d judged and shamed instead of looking for validation outside of myself.
Over the last few years I’ve invested in coaches and therapy for my own healing and 2 years ago I invested in a program to become a coach myself.
Lockdown and covid gave me the opportunity to close my personal training studio, sell all my equipment and move across the country with my girlfriend and really get clear on what it was I wanted to create in the world.
Self-love was what saved me and now my mission is helping others start giving themselves the love they crave first, so they never settle for any less than they deserve in relationships, health, and life.
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Contact Dan through Instagram : @danreader_selflovecoach
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
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If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
A quote I love : “To grow yourself - You must know yourself”
Nowadays, there’s a lot of talk about personal development and understanding what makes us tick. But if I am brutally honest - sometimes this process can make us feel a bit uncomfortable. We don’t always like what we start to uncover … BUT when we start understanding ourselves better - we are more able to work out what our best next steps are.
In this episode, I discuss with Hayley the importance of being honest with ourselves and accepting who we are (warts and all).
She goes on to discuss how filling our Emotional Vessel with happy & productive feelings & thoughts, best equips us to deal with the challenges and expectations that everyday life throws at us. There are no ‘one-size fits all’ … and the real secret is listening to your own inner voice.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Hayley :
Hayley T Wheeler is the original EmotionMind Connection Therapist, an accidental author and motivational speaker.
Since getting to the other side of depression Hayley has helped 100’s of adults, children, and families improve their mental health with her EmotionMind Dynamic program.
Hayley’s passion is to help adults, children, and families understand how emotions impact their choices to gain back control & happiness.
Her mission is to empower people to develop their superpower, self-knowledge, personal experience, and that of her clients, telling her that self-informed people make a better life, relationship, financial, business, and family decisions.
We send children to school, college, university to learn the professional skills to be productive members of society but no one teaches them how to be them. Hayley’s mission is to promote the power of self-knowledge to improve emotional and mental health.
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Contacting Hayley :
Contact Details:
W : www.hayleytwheeler.co.uk
W: www.emotionminddynamic.co.uk
T: 07966189084
E: Hayley@hayleytwheeler.co.uk
Social Media :
F: Hayley T Wheeler
T: @hayleytwheeler
I: @hayleytwheeler
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily, and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the long-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Many of my 1-2-1 young clients are unhappy because they feel that their future is not clear. For teenagers, this is a big deal. They are trying to work out where they fit in and where they are heading. For those who do not have a clear-cut view of their future, this uncertainty can be very destabilizing.
For many parents, this translates this to their kids lacking motivation and direction, which frustrates and scares them.
In this episode - Clare and I discuss the importance of allowing our children to take the lead!
You’ve heard the adage - “If you do what you love you'll never work a day in your life”.
Once our kids know where they are heading - and they are fired up about it - then they will be able to identify the inspired actions they need to follow their dreams.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Clare :
Suicide rates are on the rise and mental health issues in our young people, the “lost generation”, are now the “silent” pandemic. How do we support and raise their emotional literacy to guarantee their academic success?
Clare is an author, speaker, coach, healer, tutor, and parent passionate about ensuring that children are "switched on" learners, accessing their natural gifts, abilities, and talents to unlock their true potential and live purposefully.
As an expert educator and award-winning wellbeing entrepreneur, Clare combines her unique skill set to support families around the world.
Her passion and enthusiasm to get children and young people motivated and learning has been the catalyst for developing the Clever and Quantum Curricula in the Switched ON Academy.
Clare is going to share how you can help your child “switch on” for success, increasing their confidence, creativity, and fulfillment.
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Contacting Clare :
Website: https://www.switchedonglobal.com
Social Media
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-ford-switched-on-education-and-parenting-expert/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareFordCoach
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/switchedonmum/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/switchedoncollective
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
I read in the papers this weekend that experts were saying that
“The challenges presented by the pandemic are so complex and wide-ranging, they cannot be solved by health and social care professionals alone,” he said.
There is only so much doctors, nurses, psychologists, therapists and other healthcare professionals can do to support the estimated 10 million people needing mental health support as a direct consequence of Covid-19.”
To be brutally honest - we need to help ourselves and support one another.
As parents - we need to support or kids and give them the coping strategies that they need to navigate these uncharted waters.
In this episode I offer 6 Tips to help you do just that :
- Acknowledge Your Feelings
- Let Go of Perfectionism
- Be Prepared
- Find Support
- Change the Narrative
- Always Wear Your Invisible Crown!
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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I mentioned a number of strategies that you can share with your children :
Box Breathing : Coping with Anxiety and Panic Attacks :
📍https://www.caigraham.com/boxbreathing
Be Your Own Superhero : Building Your Confidence :
📍 https://www.caigraham.com/superhero
Beating the Negative Thinking : How to Think More Positively
📍 https://www.caigraham.com/inner-critic
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
~~~~
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
When we talk about creating new habits, many of us think about setting unrealistic goals (or new year resolutions) which, invariably result in failure.
We set such high expectations and then beat ourselves up when we don’t manage to follow through.
But in this episode - Sandra helps us recognize that Habits are just a different way of thinking.
Sandra explains that once we understand our own behavior better, we can create a M.A.P. for our own success, by creating steps for our ‘new’ behavior’s success :
M : Motivation
A : Ability
P : Prompt
We also discuss the difference between Meditation and Mindfulness, and by just being aware of our thoughts means that we don’t have to chase that allusive ZEN moment.
Sandra explains that Habit forming is as easy as A.B.C.
Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Sandra :
Sandra Chuma is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She believes that our greatest responsibility is to share our stories so we can inspire and create possibilities for others.
What’s her superpower? Helping you choose faith - in yourself, in the goodness of others, and in your power to make a difference in the world. Sandra’s passion is helping women realize they were meant for more, and to help them stop playing small!
Raised in a tiny mud hut in Zimbabwe with no running water or electricity, Sandra has never been one to let circumstances define her. Through hard work, and support from her “village”, she became a management consultant, advising major global companies.
She then went on to build two successful companies.
You can reach Sandra through the following channels :
Sandra IG - https://www.instagram.com/sandra.chuma/
Sandra Website - https://sandrachuma.com
Sandra FB - https://www.facebook.com/mssandrachuma
Worthy IG - https://www.instagram.com/iamworthy.co/
Worthy FB – https://www.facebook.com/worthybrand.co
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As our children are growing up, we often enlist the support of Piano Teachers and Swimming Teachers … experts who can teach our children the new skills that they need.
So why are parents reluctant to reach out to a Life Coach when they feel that their kids are struggling? More to the point - why aren’t they looking for the experts to help their child BEFORE they are struggling?
We want the best for our kids right?
So what’s stopping parents from asking for the help that their children need? Life is tricky enough sometimes; especially when parents feel slightly out of their depth and are struggling themselves.
In this episode, Amanda and I talk about coaching kids / young adults; and how with a few gentle tweaks the changes can be huge.
We give parents an understanding about what to expect from a coach - and that it’s not a failure on their part to look outside the family for support. After all - parents weren’t taught these techniques at school.
And to be honest - most teenagers aren’t really receptive to their parent’s well-meaning advice in the first place!
So Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Amanda :
"Amanda is a Master Certified Life & Wellness Coach specializing in coaching young adults through the stresses of transitioning to adulthood and struggling with life challenges.
She has an undeniable passion to empower every young person to understand the power of the mind, their innate wisdom, and how to build a thriving future.
Through her proven results-based coaching programs she equips her clients with essential life skills, effective goal setting tools, and stress management strategies to become confident, self- motivated, independent, and resilient adults.
She continues to commit herself to make it her life mission for every young person to have a coach."
You can reach Amanda at :
Website : https://www.hellotrueself.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/amanda.chatzikonstantinou
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Teaching your child financial literacy is one of the best life skills you can teach your child.
For some parents, money matters are not what springs to mind when they think of how best to support their children.
However, Laura Weston believes that having a healthy credit rating is even more important than the big milestones we tend to associate with growing up - like moving into your first home.
Our kids are no longer expected to have a ‘job for life. Conversely, they are now being encouraged to have a career portfolio - and a variety of income streams.
We are talking about how best to equip our children for more financially stable adult life.
In this episode, we discuss what parents can do to educate themselves and their children in understanding how to make your money work for you.
Want to hear more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Laura Weston :
“After enjoying a 20-year career with one of the World’s Largest Banks, Laura is the founder of a financial coaching business, Savvy Peacocks. Laura is also a co-parenting mother to 3 children and a 1 yr old puppy so it’s a good job she works best when she’s busy.
Savvy Peacocks supports families to break down the taboo subject of money within the home through a collaborative learning approach for both parents and children. They have a mission to increase financial literacy across the UK through our future generations working with children as young as 5 yr old up to 21 yr olds.
You can connect with Laura through :
IG @Savvy_Peacocks and/or
FB @savvypeacocks”
E : hello@savvypeacocks.co.uk
Podcast : Money Savvy Parents
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Machandria Peters is no stranger to receiving derogatory comments based on her appearance alone. She has experienced discrimination which she firmly believes is solely due to the fact that she is differently-abled.
That said, Machandria has not let that stand in her way and she strives to spread her message; which is to encourage differently-abled people to believe in themselves and to follow their dreams.
In this episode, Machandria shares her experiences and encourages all of us to say no to the negativity being directed towards us. She chooses to drown out those comments designed to hold her back, be they comments from within or without … and she encourages us to do the same.
Want to hear more? Then grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
~~~~~
More about Machandria Peters :
Machandria has been destined to do great things from the start, she began this path of greatness by sliding out of the womb two months early. At the age of two, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. She never allowed the diagnosis to deter her from achieving anything she desired.
In 2011, she graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Development and Family Studies and a minor in Spanish. She has defied odds and accomplished goals that many thought would be impossible.
She is a Cerebral Palsy Warrior who recognizes that there is a limited representation for individuals who are differently-abled; she is passionate about sharing her experiences to advocate and educate.
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Do you have a favorite child? (Ooh! That’s a scary question, isn’t it?)
Maybe you might sometimes feel that you don’t even like your child?
How can you say you are a good parent if you even entertain these feelings, if only for a second or two?
Even before you can address these ‘terrible thoughts you push them away into the depth of your being - hoping that they will never resurface; leaving yourself racked with the Mum guilt.
In this episode, Triinu explains how she has bonded with one child better than the other - and the impact this has had on all their relationships.
We discuss the ‘Mum Guilt’ - and how the first step to happier family life is forgiving yourself.
Want to know more? Then grab a cuppa - and keep listening!
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More about Triinu :
Triinu is a happiness coach from Estonia.
She’s a mom for two amazing young boys who have given her two such different experiences of motherhood.
Her coaching journey is mostly influenced by her postpartum depression and how it has affected her whole life and her relationships. Her declining mental health as a young mum led to break-ups, alienation from friends, feelings of depression, feeling unloved and guilty for not "loving" her son the "right way".
“Now I am so eager to help women, moms especially to change their perspective on mom guilt and being a mom in general.
I believe there's no such thing as a bad mom. Every mom is special and every mom needs to be valued for her efforts.
Most importantly - There's no such thing as failure, there are only lessons. You choose your attitude towards them.”
You can connect with Triinu through Instagram www.instagram.com/triinug and
you can download her free Eguide for achieving happiness from here - http://eepurl.com/hooapf
- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Are you having to deal with drug or alcohol misuse - either for yourself or someone close to you?
It’s a real challenge. I know - I have traveled that path.
In this episode, I chat with Victoria Seed who is a Family Recover Specialist. How I wish I had been able to chat with her when we were struggling as a family.
We talk about how families can get the support that they need.
We run through her 6 Key Strategies in coping with a loved one’s substance misuse.
- Help and Support
- Understanding Recovery and Setting Boundaries
- Rewarding a Sober Loved One
- Positive Communications
- Helping Without Enabling
- Withdrawing when someone is Intoxicated
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More about Victoria Seed :
Victoria is a Family Recovery Specialist and helps family members living with a loved one’s addiction to reduce stress and live a better life. She does this by supporting family members, friends, and partners to learn effective strategies to cope through one-to-one support or group work programs.
Having worked in the public sector and the third sector, including HMPrison Service, NHS, and charitable organizations, she has spent a significant amount of her career helping families as a qualified substance misuse practitioner, NLP practitioner, teacher, and safeguarding trainer, and consultant.
Victoria’s vision is to provide a range of online support and forge a community, helping women and families live their lives fully and free from addiction. The work she does ensures her client group recovers from the impact of problem drug and alcohol use. She also helps families get their loved one’s get the help they need AND guide them to encouraging their loved one into treatment!
She has done this work since 2005 and has helped hundreds of families into recovery.
10 ways
‼️https://vestaapproach.co.uk/ten-ways-family-recovery/
Family Recovery Club (free Facebook Support Group for Women) https://www.facebook.com/groups/familyrecoveryclub
The Vesta Approach Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/vestaapproach
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vestaapproach/
Twitter https://twitter.com/Vestaapproach
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-seed/
Clubhouse @victoriaseed
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This month I turn One Year Old 🎉🎂
Ok - so that's stretching it a bit ...
My Podcast: The Parent & Teen Toolbox is One Year Old!
On April 1st, 2020 I launched my new Podcast 🎉
If you cast your mind back - we were just settling down into our first lockdown - and to be honest, we were beginning to feel the pressure.
I wanted to help parents and teenagers adjust to what was becoming the "new norm" and the fastest way to do just that was through a Podcast!
Ta-Dah!
And one year later we are still going strong.
I have released an episode every Tuesday ever since and I have loved every minute.
I have spoken to some fantastic people - and we have covered many different topics.
You can get the full list of titles here: https://www.caigraham.com/podcast/
Anyway - I digress ...
By way of a THANK YOU - I am offering ALL my Courses at a 50% Discount.
All you have to do is enter the Coupon Code FIFTYFIFTY at the checkout.
That's a potential saving of £349 !! Can't be bad eh?
BEAT Your Anxiety
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
✅ Tools & Techniques to help you deal with a Panic Attack
✅ Understanding Anxiety - and why it's not a bad thing
✅ You will know how to de-stress yourself and others around you!
BREATHE Through Your BIG Emotions
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
✅ Learn the correct breathing technique for any situation
✅ Understand how to remove tension from the body
✅ Learn how to calm yourself when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or confused
SELF CARE: Putting Yourself First
📍www.caigraham.com/self-care
✅ Know the importance of putting yourself first - without appearing selfish
✅ Learn how carving out me-time doesn't have to be time-consuming
✅ How, with just a few minutes a day - you can get your life back
CRACK Your Confidence
📍www.caigraham.com/confidence
✅ Understanding about Confidence & Self Esteem
✅ Learn how to feel better about yourself quickly and easily
✅ How facing your fears can help you in future tricky situations
ANY Course for 50% Discount
Just don't forget the coupon code: FIFTYFIFTY
Throughout APRIL 2021
This comes, as always with Much Love 💕
Chat soon
Cai x
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits: MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As parents in this game of life, we are pretty much able to work out those behaviors & actions that work well for us and those that do not! We have the benefit of life experience - and many of us have learned our lessons through trial and error - ‘the hard way.
However, our kids are just starting on their journey - and how wonderful would it be - if we were able to offer them some shortcuts?
Some HABITS help them to journey through life with less friction.
In this episode, Angela and I discuss her 5 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. And she shows us how we can encourage our teenagers how to be more :
Respectful
Responsible
Resilient
Robust
Radiant,
and how, by adopting these habits life can potentially, become a whole lot easier!
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More about Angela :
Angela Karanja is a child psychologist, educator, researcher, and parent of teenagers. She is the founder of Raising Remarkable Teenagers.
Angela aims to help parents find practical ways to navigate through parenting teens. The time that usually feels trying and filled with tension and turmoil. Angela offers her family help and support, allowing them to arrive at a place where both parents and teenagers can enjoy a more wholesome relationship.
There is a host of information on Angela’s Website :
https://www.raisingremarkableteenagers.com/
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This month I turn One Year Old 🎉🎂
Ok - so that's stretching it a bit ...
My Podcast: The Parent & Teen Toolbox is One Year Old!
On April 1st, 2020 I launched my new Podcast 🎉
If you cast your mind back - we were just settling down into our first lockdown - and to be honest, we were beginning to feel the pressure.
I wanted to help parents and teenagers adjust to what was becoming the "new norm" and the fastest way to do just that was through a Podcast!
Ta-Dah!
And one year later we are still going strong.
I have released an episode every Tuesday ever since and I have loved every minute.
I have spoken to some fantastic people - and we have covered many different topics.
You can get the full list of titles here: https://www.caigraham.com/podcast/
Anyway - I digress ...
By way of a THANK YOU - I am offering ALL my Courses at a 50% Discount.
All you have to do is enter the Coupon Code FIFTYFIFTY at the checkout.
That's a potential saving of £349 !! Can't be bad eh?
BEAT Your Anxiety
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
✅ Tools & Techniques to help you deal with a Panic Attack
✅ Understanding Anxiety - and why it's not a bad thing
✅ You will know how to de-stress yourself and others around you!
BREATHE Through Your BIG Emotions
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
✅ Learn the correct breathing technique for any situation
✅ Understand how to remove tension from the body
✅ Learn how to calm yourself when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or confused
SELF CARE: Putting Yourself First
📍www.caigraham.com/self-care
✅ Know the importance of putting yourself first - without appearing selfish
✅ Learn how carving out me-time doesn't have to be time-consuming
✅ How, with just a few minutes a day - you can get your life back
CRACK Your Confidence
📍www.caigraham.com/confidence
✅ Understanding about Confidence & Self Esteem
✅ Learn how to feel better about yourself quickly and easily
✅ How facing your fears can help you in future tricky situations
ANY Course for 50% Discount
Just don't forget the coupon code: FIFTYFIFTY
Throughout APRIL 2021
This comes, as always with Much Love 💕
Chat soon
Cai x
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits: MBB: https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
“Nonbinary kids are not broken by default. They are not an issue to overcome, fix or ‘deal with. Given the right environment, there is no reason they can’t thrive like anyone else.”
The most common issues trans+ people face are lack of acceptance and lack of understanding. By educating ourselves we have the power to make our interactions more considerate and empathic.
Our kids need the space to grow and be comfortable with their own choices and it is our responsibility as their parents to hold that space.
It is also super important that we do not put the responsibility onto our children to educate us and put us at ease.
In this episode, Harris explains what trans+ and nonbinary mean.
Harris also suggests 3 questions that you might ask your nonbinary child - to open up the conversation :
What name and pronouns should I use for you?
How public or private do you want this information to be?
What support do you already have and can I offer support in any way?
~~~~~
More about Harris Hill :
Mx. Harris Eddie Hill (they/them or ey/em pronouns)
Harris is a 30-something-year-old nonbinary person from Hertfordshire, UK.
Harris realized they were trans/nonbinary in their mid-twenties and have since made the commitment to becoming the advocate they needed, but never had.
To date, Harris has taught and coached over 30,000 people in their mission to educate the general population about gender identity. An entrepreneur and seasoned LGBTQ+ advocate, Harris is dedicated to making every story as familiar to us as our own.
Why Gender Identity?
Homelessness, suicide, and poor mental health affect the trans and nonbinary community at a disproportionate rate, and Harris is dedicated to improving those odds.
The biggest reason that trans and nonbinary people are at such a high risk of poor wellbeing is because of cultural transphobia, which looks like a lack of acceptance, lack of acknowledgment, exclusion, and a high occurrence of hate crimes and discrimination.
We can all help to change that problem collectively by becoming more educated and actively working together to make sure our homes, schools, and places of work are passionately inclusive of our community. Beyond that, we also need to think about the structural changes that need to take place within our societies for equality to be possible.
W: www.mxharrishill.com
E: harris@mxharrishill.com
M: (+44) 07907 455 437
FREE Download : Trans+ Gender Identity : A Guide for Beginners : http://mxharrishill.com/pdf
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This week I turn One Year Old 🎉🎂
Ok - so that's stretching it a bit ...
My Podcast : The Parent & Teen Toolbox is One Year Old!
On April 1st 2020 I launched my new Podcast 🎉
If you cast your mind back - we were just settling down into our first lockdown - and to be honest we were beginning to feel the pressure.
I wanted to help parents and teenagers adjust to what was becoming the "new norm" and the fastest way to do just that was through a Podcast!
Ta-Dah!
And One year later we are still going strong.
I have released an episode every Tuesday ever since and I have loved every minute.
I have spoken to some fantastic people - and we have covered many different topics.
You can get the full list of titles here : https://www.caigraham.com/podcast/
Anyway - I digress ...
By way of a THANK YOU - I am offering ALL my Courses at a 50% Discount.
All you have to do is enter the Coupon Code FIFTYFIFTY at the checkout.
That's a potential saving of £349 !! Can't be bad eh?
BEAT Your Anxiety
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
✅ Tools & Techniques to help you deal with a Panic Attack
✅ Understanding Anxiety - and why it's not a bad thing
✅ You will know how to de-stress yourself and others around you!
BREATHE Through Your BIG Emotions
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
✅ Learn the correct breathing technique for any situation
✅ Understand how to remove tension from the body
✅ Learn how to calm yourself when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed or confused
SELF CARE : Putting Yourself First
📍www.caigraham.com/self-care
✅ Know the importance of putting yourself first - without appearing selfish
✅ Learn how carving out me-time doesn't have to be time consuming
✅ How, with just a few minutes a day - you can get your life back
CRACK Your Confidence
📍www.caigraham.com/confidence
✅ Understanding about Confidence & Self Esteem
✅ Learn how to feel better about yourself quickly and easily
✅ How facing your fears can help you in future tricky situations
ANY Course for 50% Discount
Just don't forget the coupon code : FIFTYFIFTY
Throughout APRIL 2021
This comes, as always with Much Love 💕
Chat soon
Cai x
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
It’s hard to determine whether your child’s ‘erratic behavior’ equates to a sensory processing issue or whether it’s just plain old acting out.
Either way - trying to ascertain what’s driving these behaviors can be really hard for parents to navigate.
In this episode I talk with Dana about how she dealt with - not only the challenges that her daughter was facing - but also how she learned, as a parent, to offer the right support her daughter needed.
Dana discusses the importance of trusting your intuition as a parent - as you know your child best - and you can read through the tantrums (or the silences) and see beneath the behaviors.
Whilst the teen years are indeed a challenge - negotiating these times with either ADHD or Anxiety (or indeed both) compounds the struggles that have to be addressed.
We discuss some of the things to watch out for - though indeed every child is different - and some of the coping strategies that will make life a little bit easier to deal with.
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More about Dana Baker-Williams
As a coach, Dana takes a practical, positive approach to parenting – which means no added stress, guilt, or pressure.
Parenting is not a one-size-fits-all and Dana knows the toll that stress, anxiety, and ADHD can take on a family.
Dana offers guidance, encouragement, and practical suggestions to make connecting in the family easier and to help you parent through the challenges with confidence and a good dose of humor because…kids!
Dana’s clients feel an improvement in their relationships quickly; subtle shifts and an ability to look at the situation with curiosity and openness make an inordinate and heartwarming difference.
You can contact Dana here : dana@parentinginreallife.org
ADD & Anxiety Articles :
https://www.additudemag.com/add-symptoms-in-children-missed-diagnosis/
https://www.additudemag.com/anxiety-attack-adhd-and-anxiety/
https://www.parentinginreallife.org/single-post/2019/09/09/Help-Your-Child-Get%E2%80%94And-Stay%E2%80%94-Organized-For-School
https://www.parentinginreallife.org/single-post/2017/09/28/When-Angst-Comes-to-Visit
https://www.parentinginreallife.org/single-post/2017/07/13/Curiosityor-Anxiety
https://www.parentinginreallife.org/single-post/2017/07/13/Feeling-Safe-is-the-End-Game
My Free Parenting Downloads:
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How to Alleviate TeenSstress: https://bit.ly/3gUZY9w
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Stop Anxiety in its Tracks!: https://bit.ly/3j1AHv1
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Reduce and Resolve Family Conflicts: https://bit.ly/3iToo3y
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This week I turn One Year Old 🎉🎂
Ok - so that's stretching it a bit ...
My Podcast : The Parent & Teen Toolbox is One Year Old!
On April 1st 2020 I launched my new Podcast 🎉
If you cast your mind back - we were just settling down into our first lockdown - and to be honest we were beginning to feel the pressure.
I wanted to help parents and teenagers adjust to what was becoming the "new norm" and the fastest way to do just that was through a Podcast!
Ta-Dah!
And One year later we are still going strong.
I have released an episode every Tuesday ever since and I have loved every minute.
I have spoken to some fantastic people - and we have covered many different topics.
You can get the full list of titles here : https://www.caigraham.com/podcast/
Anyway - I digress ...
By way of a THANK YOU - I am offering ALL my Courses at a 50% Discount.
All you have to do is enter the Coupon Code FIFTYFIFTY at the checkout.
That's a potential saving of £349 !! Can't be bad eh?
BEAT Your Anxiety
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
✅ Tools & Techniques to help you deal with a Panic Attack
✅ Understanding Anxiety - and why it's not a bad thing
✅ You will know how to de-stress yourself and others around you!
BREATHE Through Your BIG Emotions
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
✅ Learn the correct breathing technique for any situation
✅ Understand how to remove tension from the body
✅ Learn how to calm yourself when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed or confused
SELF CARE : Putting Yourself First
📍www.caigraham.com/self-care
✅ Know the importance of putting yourself first - without appearing selfish
✅ Learn how carving out me-time doesn't have to be time consuming
✅ How, with just a few minutes a day - you can get your life back
CRACK Your Confidence
📍www.caigraham.com/confidence
✅ Understanding about Confidence & Self Esteem
✅ Learn how to feel better about yourself quickly and easily
✅ How facing your fears can help you in future tricky situations
ANY Course for 50% Discount
Just don't forget the coupon code : FIFTYFIFTY
Throughout APRIL 2021
This comes, as always with Much Love 💕
Chat soon
Cai x
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
When you are a struggling and worn out parent, you are often thrown the well-meaning advice.
“You can’t pour from an empty cup.”
“You’re a Mum and you’re doing a great job. You need some me-time.”
But when you are a lone parent - there is no opportunity for me-time; it’s just not an option. The cavalry just isn’t coming.
In this episode, I talk with Janis Isaman about her lone parenting journey. How in the early days, she “selfishly” had to put her needs above her son’s - just so that she could keep her own head above water.
We talk about the difference between being a single parent and a lone parent. And whilst one is not better than the other … there are indeed differences.
Being the captain of the ship means that you have to walk to the beat of your own drum - and Janis is OK with that.
Lone parents (and single parents out there) I salute you.
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Janis Isaman, the founder of My Body Couture, helps people feel better in their bodies. Like most business owners today, she sees clients online and in-person, and her specialty is helping people rid themselves of pain.
She’s highly certified in both fitness and nutrition modalities and has been quoted as a lifestyle expert in Reader’s Digest, Prevention, and Woman’s Health.
But she’s not just a textbook of knowledge with a wall full of certifications. She’s a very real person, who has lived through her own lifestyle and body challenges. Janis provides practical solutions for her clients, taking the time to get to know their lifestyle challenges and provide reasonable solutions with her lively personality and approachable manner.
This is a woman you want to listen to!
In February 2020 Janis’s article :
I’m not a Single parent—I’m a Lone parent & it’s F*cking hard.
was published on Elephant Journal. Janis’ article was labelled one of the “Best of 2020 articles” and rightly so!
Grab a cuppa and read the article here :
📍 https://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=2431270
Janis can be contacted through a number of channels :
Website: mybodycouture.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/mybodycouture
Instagram: Instagram.com/mybodycouture
Twitter: twitter.com/mybodycouture
Elephant Journal: https://www.elephantjournal.com/author/janis_isaman/
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jisaman
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/user/janisisaman
Clubhouse: @janis
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
It was only in this episode that I realized that even though I thought I had got to grips with Imposter Syndrome - that it was in fact still holding me back under the guise of procrastination!
Paul explains how Imposter Syndrome can manifest in a number of different ways - and as a result, it keeps us within our comfort zone. Which indeed might feel safe and comfortable - but life is all about taking a few risks - and if we choose to play it safe - we are also choosing on missing out!
Paul offers us 3 steps to beat imposter syndrome - so that we can build our confidence and feel happier with embracing the ups and downs that life throws at us.
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More about Paul Wilson :
Paul is the go-to Mindset Mentor for ambitions business owners.
Paul has dedicated the last 27 years to helping people, either as The Emergency Response Manager at the Channel Tunnel and the Mindset Maestro for business owners.
Paul has turned his lifelong interest in the mind and human behaviour into his new career helping poeple remove unwanted mental baggage and to step out of their own way.
Trained in the radically different hypnosis without trance method “The Control System” created by Tim Box, Paul has studied more traditional methods including those of Milton Erickson, Dr Jonathan Royle, Jonathan Chase, Richard Bandler and Scott Jansen.
Paul is also a podcaster of A Happy Head.
Website : https://www.ahappyhead.co.uk/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/paulwilsoncoaching
5 Simple Steps to Beating Imposter Syndrome & Build Rock Solid Confidence : https://www.subscribepage.com/g0s7f0
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* Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
-
Overwhelm
-
Stress
-
Anxieties
-
Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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* Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
* If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As parents, we tend to react to our child’s behavior. Sometimes an overreaction is nothing to do with the child in front of us - but more about what’s going on deep within us.
In this episode, Nicola and I discuss the importance of standing back and giving ourselves some space.
We talk about understanding what is ‘triggering’ our responses - and in fact, if there is a better way of processing our (often) highly charged emotions. Because, when we do - we are offering our children the opportunity to take our lead and learn to do the same.
As women, we have been bought up to suppress our emotions and to put our needs at the bottom go the pile.
By acknowledging our own emotional needs, we are able to unearth what’s beneath. This teaches us how to nurture the relationship that we have with ourselves and those close to us.
How magical is that?
So let’s “face the fear - and do it anyway.”
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More about Nicola :
Nicola Lucie, Shamanic Shadow Work Practitioner for Women and the Founder of The Feminine Principle
Nicola is a Shamanic Practitioner who specializes in Shadow Work for Women supporting them to navigate mid-life crises' that trigger deep anxiety and stress, making them question who they are as women, mothers, and daughters.
As a result, they get to know who they are on a deeper level, respecting their needs and boundaries with the inner confidence and self-awareness to navigate the complex dynamics of the relationship they have with themselves and others feeling more connected on the inside and living their life with a clear sense of purpose, possibility, inner power and freedom.
📍Founder @ The Feminine Principle : https://thefeminineprinciple.com
📍 Get started Mastering Your Emotional Triggers : https://thefeminineprinciple.com/master-emotional-triggers-in-your-relationships
Book a call and chat to Nicola about her 9-month Shadow Work For Women Program :
📍 Just say that Cai sent you x Here is the link :https://thefeminineprinciple.com/one-to-one-shadow-work-coaching-sessions
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
For any parent - having a child with mental health issues can be a struggle. If you have not experienced mental health challenges yourself - then you just cannot fully relate to what is going on.
I know that sometimes I find this difficult. That’s not to say that you cannot try to understand and help.
In this episode, I talk with Jack - my son - about his own personal experiences - in the hope that we can shine a light on what it feels like to live with the constant presence of mental health problems hanging over you.
We aim to get under the bonnet of Mental Health … looking out from the inside.
We offer parents the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what their child might be experiencing. But also for those struggling - to let you know that you are not alone.
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More about Jack Graham :
Jack is my favourite son. Well, to be fair, he is my only son.
Jack is a freelance journalist living in London with his partner Lindsay.
“My past work includes working in hospitality, sales, and even as a ski instructor believe it or not. And now I turn to a career in journalism, one of my true passions in life.
It is here is where I try and make sense of the world in these very bizarre times. I’ll talk politics, technology, social affairs, local news, and mental health.
I’m honing my skills, hopefully following in the footsteps of some of my favorite journalists of years gone by. I’m aiming to shine a light on the stories that aren’t always told.”
Website : www.jack-graham.com
Twitter : @itsjackgraham
Blogpost : Me and My Mental Health : https://jack-graham.com/2020/11/18/me-and-my-mental-health/
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Are you struggling? Parenting can be so hard, right?
Our lives are so stressful and chaotic. There’s so much to juggle.
Maybe the only “fun” that you seem to get is the chilled glass of sauvignon at the end of the day? Or are you a gin aficionado?
The thing is booze is not the “answer to all your problems”. That in itself is an oxymoron.
In this episode, Janey and I discuss the joys (and yes, I do mean JOYS) of ditching the booze.
This is not a preachy episode by any stretch of the imagination - but it shines a light on the life that you could enjoy without focusing on the next drink.
Janey discusses how you can successfully pave the way to upscale your sober life.
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More about Janey Lee Grace :
Janey Lee Grace is an Amazon No 1 Best-selling author, speaker, and co-presenter on the UK’s biggest radio show, BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon.
She runs the popular recommendations blog www.imperfectlynatural.com
Janey has written five books on Holistic living including the number One Amazon bestseller Imperfectly Natural Woman and the latest book has just been published.
Happy Healthy Sober – Ditch the booze and take control of your life encourages everyone to look again at their relationship with alcohol.
After ditching the booze Janey launched a podcast ‘Alcohol-Free Life’ focusing on sober self-care, she gave a TEDx talk Sobriety Rocks- Who Knew! in July 2019 and launched The Sober Club a membership portal and community for people who are committed to sobriety and want to ‘upscale’ their life without the booze and focus on health and wellbeing.
Janey is passionate about encouraging people to ditch the chemicals, focus on great nutrition, self-care, and finding their purpose as she found for herself that quitting the booze was the missing link in the ‘holistic living’ picture.
The Sober Club : www.thesoberclub.com
TEDx Talk : Sobriety Rocks - Who Knew! : https://youtu.be/NktRXVUmQC8
Happy Healthy Sober : Available on Amazon
Blog : www.imperfectlynatural.com
Website : www.janeyleegrace.com
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- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Lockdown is really taking its toll on everyone.
Sometimes it’s very tempting to crawl back under the covers and have another duvet day. But Katy Hill is here to encourage you to “Say Yes to Your Life.”
Katy is best known historically for her many achievements in the public eye - notably being a “Blue Peter Girl” at the ripe old age of 24. But Katy is walking a different path today and is encouraging women to embrace the now and set their sites on a more exciting future.
In this episode, we talk about how it’s important to break the mold and reinvent yourself (if you feel that things need to change.)
So, if your energy levels are flagging and you feel that you’ve lost your mojo - have a listen - Katy will help you find that much-needed spring in your step again.
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More about Katy Hill :
Katy is a TV & Radio Host. She is a personal Development COach and Founder of Limitless by Katy Hill.
She has a BAFTA – Best Presenter Award, National Television Award, and TRIC Award to her name. Her 25-year broadcast career started when she realized a dream - defying the odds to land the most coveted presenting job of its day on the BBC’s Blue Peter. She went on to front other iconic TV shows across the UK’s major TV Networks and on radio, she’s hosted Breakfast Shows on CapitalFM and Heart and became a trailblazer as the first woman to host a network chart with Hit40UK.
Katy has always been passionate about her impact on the world around her and encouraging others to PLAY BIG. In the days before the Spice Girls and their “Girl Power” she inspired a generation with her "face the fear and do it anyway” attitude, the pinnacle of which was becoming the first civilian to fly a full display with The Red Arrows.
Now - after training as a Personal Development Coach and NLP Practitioner - she brings LIMITLESS By Katy Hill which offers 1:1 Coaching, Keynote Speaking, Workshops and, new for 2021 Online Courses. Katy announced LIMITLESS whilst delivering her Keynote alongside Erin Brockovich at the IGNITE Conference at Universal Studios, Florida in 2018.
Following a head injury in 2019 Katy is now even more passionate about encouraging clients to design and live their own LIMITLESS lives and thrives on partnering with individuals and teams to improve self-awareness, confidence, and performance.
Katy is also an award-winning Writer and Lifestyle Blogger and has won awards as a Travel Journalist, most recently Best Lifestyle Feature at the CLIA Awards for her work with Family Traveller Magazine. She has also written for Grazia, Hello, and a monthly coaching column for Fit & Well Magazine.
You can reach Katy through Instagram @imkatyhill
and her website : https://www.katyhill.com/links
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- Coping with your BIG Emotions :
Are you or your child struggling with big emotions at the minute? There’s a lot going on in our busy lives and sometimes it can be hard to process.
I have a resource that offers you tools to combat :
- Overwhelm
- Stress
- Anxieties
- Tension
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
EP 49 - Heather Rutherford - Perfectionism : Healthy Standards -v- Unrealistic Expectations
Are you struggling with your teenagers and your beating yourself up about it?
“I’ve been parenting for years … Surely I should have got my parenting under control by now?”
Parenting doesn’t work like that - and yet we get tied up with the ‘mum guilt’ that we haven’t got it right after so long.
Perhaps you are listening to this episode during the lockdown. So many of us are struggling - and yet we set such high expectations of ourselves and those around us.
In this episode, we discuss how we might avoid the Pitfalls of Perfectionism.
TRUTH-BOMB : Perfection is Unachievable - and that’s OK.
Heather and I discuss how we can manage our expectations a little better.
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More about Heather :
Heather set up The Parenting Partnership in 2016.
“I signed up for my first parenting course in 2006 when I realized that we needed support to manage our young son’s impulsive, physical and challenging behavior.
The tools and skills that I learned helped transform our young family. I saw, amongst many things, how vital it is to understand a child's temperament and behavior and to communicate more consistently, calmly, and positively.
Through the process, I've learned a lot about myself and these skills have been invaluable in helping me navigate my family through breast cancer and divorce.
I'm intrigued by the science behind parenting strategies and decided that I wanted to learn more and support and help other families. I completed my training with the fabulous team at the Parent Practice and became a licensed certified educator.
I am also a Care for the Family licensed facilitator and have recently joined the team at the school's advisory service, Talk Education, as their parenting consultant.
Website : http://www.theparentingpartnership.com
Link to Blogpost : https://www.talkeducation.com/NewsItem/95
Free Handout : Avoiding the Pitfalls of Perfectionism : https://www.theparentingpartnership.com/Downloads
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- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Many parents are concerned about their child’s escalating emotions - notably anger.
However, this does not always mean that their child is ‘angry’.
It’s like treading on eggshells the whole time - and often it feels like it’s the child who holds the balance of power.
In this episode, we discuss how parents can work towards less conflict in the home - and aim for better more successful interactions.
We talk about the importance of reaching a win-win situation with our teenagers - and what we can do to achieve this.
The secret is getting your child to collaborate - so that they will co-operate!
We discuss Ruth’s experiences as a Headteacher in an inner-city primary school - where she introduced a Philosophy for Children Programme - which encouraged the pupils to understand the power of their own minds.
Drop Ruth an email and she will send you a copy of her free report :
7 Tips to Support You in Successful Interaction with Your Teenager
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Ruth Driscoll is The Life Liberator.
She leads those living with manipulative, abusive, controlling relationships into empowerment and freedom. Ruth’s training and programs offer clients impactful and practical insights into how to regain their lives with confidence, congruence, and dignity.
Before the bullying of an abusive partner caused a complete change to her circumstances, Ruth was the successful Headteacher of a challenging inner-city primary school.
She now uses her personal and professional experiences to provide a unique perspective on how it feels to live with an abusive, controlling partner and, crucially, how sufferers can not only release themselves effectively and safely from the grip of control but can continue their lives with the confidence and freedom of knowing this can never happen to them again.
Her training offers the skills of Elegant Assertiveness. Values of integrity and compassion are integral to the successful outcomes for Ruth’s clients. This philosophy underpins every aspect of Ruth’s training.
With a long career working with young people, Ruth supports parents dealing with difficulties and challenges with their children. This deep understanding and skill have been very important when the family set-up is fractured or children present particularly bewildering challenges.
Ruth is a mentor, trainer, and an award-winning professional public speaker. She has delivered a TEDx talk - ‘Don’t Let Fear Interfere.’
She is an International No.1 Best-Selling Author.
W : www.thelifeliberator.org
E : ruth@thelifeliberator.org
Facebook: Ruth Driscoll - The Life Liberator
Twitter: The Life Liberator Ruth Driscoll
LinkedIn: Ruth Driscoll
Instagram: @The_Life_Liberator
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- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you know that your child is struggling? But the thing is, often they don’t want to talk to you about it OR they cannot verbalize what’s going on in their head - because to be honest, they have no idea how to make sense of it themselves.
Well, Kay Reeve not only has an answer but more importantly, she offers the tools that you and your child need in order to become more familiar with and manage their emotions.
It’s called The “Mood Mentor” Model.
We are often looking for the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’. But if you don’t know how that tunnel is laid out or indeed how long it is - then this offers very little reassurance.
I believe that the Mood Mentor Model is the blueprint for finding that light, faster and allows you both to move forward with more confidence.
The “Mood Mentor” Model is a method that Kay uses to teach emotional intelligence. A way to understand your emotions better. The system is based on the use of color to understand emotions.
A picture of the “Mind Mentor” Model that we discussed in this episode is shown in the thumbnail of this podcast.
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About Kay :
Kay is an author and a TEDx Speaker.
Kay always had determination but never knew the power of it until she endured seeing her teenage son go through the challenges of learning to live with Asperger’s Syndrome, and dealing with suicidal depression.
It was through her son's journey that she discovered her own emotional journey as a mum. She discovered emotions so powerful, she was driven and motivated to keep going no matter what happened.
To give up on her son was as unthinkable as the consequences.; and that’s how her solution was created.
Kay can be contacted through her website :
Website: https://www.kayreeve.co.uk/
Kay’s Book : Brain Unchained : is available on Amazon :
Amazon UK: https://bit.ly/Brain-Unchained
Amazon US: https://bit.ly/BrainUnchained-USA
Links to other countries are available on the website
View Kay’s TEDx Talk here : https://youtu.be/DiIUdXmhf-0
Kay is very active on Facebook and offers regular FREE trainings and videos.
Have a look at this : http://bit.ly/28daystocry
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- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
~~~~~
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
So many children are battling to control their BIG emotions, and I am seeing so many parents struggling to help them. Many of those parents lucky enough to avail of the support services, are saying what is offered is not sufficient; and yet many families are not being offered support at all.
Kids are often labeled as badly behaved, where in actual fact the underlying reasons for this behavior are not being unearthed by the professionals.
In this episode, I talk with Avril about her experience of “the system”, and how this battle with her daughter’s school and the authorities, which lasted many years, ended in a judicial review in favor of her fight for seeking recognition of her daughter’s challenges.
I hope that our discussion serves as a beacon of hope for many parents who are trying to seek the support that their child so desperately needs.
We also discuss Avril’s role as an Ollie COach where she now supports families with similar issues.
All About Avril
Avril is married with four grown-up children and a grandson who is 5.
She worked as a Mental Health Nurse, but due to family commitments she became a “stay at home” mum and is now an “Ollie Coach”.
Her youngest child, who is now 18, was very unhappy and extremely anxious from her first day at Primary School. She had many periods of refusing to attend school and had numerous suspensions for “bad behavior”.
Avril made the decision to home school her to protect her mental health.
Despite many requests for assessment and support, it was not until her daughter was 12 that a specialized assessment was carried out by a team from England. Her daughter received a diagnosis of “Asperger’s with Demand Avoidance, in which she is extreme”.
Avril’s knowledge and experience as a Mental Health Nurse and as a mum to a child with additional needs attracted her to the Ollie Concept. She said, “It grasped me immediately as its core beliefs really resonated with me, especially “all behavior serves a purpose” and “there are no bad children”. It was exactly the type of therapy model that could have supported my daughter with her emotions and mental health, her siblings and us as a family.”
Avril qualified as the first Ollie Coach in Northern Ireland / Ireland in May 2019.
Avril can be contacted by
Mobile: 07912390789
Email: avril.annett@ollieandhissuperpowers.com
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/olliecoachni
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/avrilannettolliecoachni
Website: www.ollieandhissuperpowers.com
General Information about Ollie Coaching
The Ollie and His Super Powers Concept is about helping children, young people, and adults understand why we feel what we feel. The Super Powers are our emotions or feelings.
At the heart of the Ollie, Concept is a passion for building the resilience and wellbeing of children and young people. Using a strengths-based approach, Ollie Coaching empowers children and young people to understand, manage and control their emotions rather than being controlled by them, it enables them to use the strengths and abilities that already exist inside them. They get to be in charge of their Super Powers, learning how to make an emotion bigger or smaller as needed.
Ollie Coaches don’t fix problems or tell you what you have to do. They empower you to problem solve for yourself and support you to find what you already have to inside you, helping you to be the best version of yourself that you can be.
Ollie Coaching can offer support with anxiety, anger, fears and phobias, “challenging behaviors” and for issues around confidence and self-esteem, to name a few.
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- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily, and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I offer 10 ways for dealing with stroppy teenagers!
“I feel like I am treading on eggshells.”
“My daughter has morphed into a teenager.”
“All I get is eye-rolling and door slamming.” Sound familiar?
Clashing heads with your teenager is a rite of passage - but is doesn’t have to be like this - day in, day out!
I share my top 10 tips for making life with a teen under your roof a bit more bearable.
- Understand the Teen Brain
2. Work out Their Emotional Needs - You are Their Role Model
- They are Wired for Independence
- Pick Your Battles
- Maintain Consistency
- Actions Have Consequences
- This Should Not Be Taken Personally
- Don’t Engage in Arguments
-
Mind Your Language
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Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I offer 22 ways to Beat the Homeschooling Blues!
“My kid’s education is way out of my league”
“I don’t even understand what they are learning - let alone being able to help them!”
Rest assured - it is not your responsibility to educate your children.
At best - but are facilitating their online learning.
Many parents are here - homeschooling their child - under sufferance. This is not a choice that they would have made willingly. So it is indeed a struggle for many of us.
I share my top 22 Pointers in how to make this task a little bit easier.
- Start Off Gradually
2. Create the Right Environment - Teach The Time Management
- An Early Start is Not Always Vital
- Empower and Support Your Teen
- Find The Work-Life Balance
- Quality NOT Quantity
- Acknowledge the Limitations
- Embrace the Opportunities
- Stay Organised
- Find a Study Buddy
- It’s OK to Ask for Help
- Ditch Perfection
- Keep Your Sense of Humour
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Working Too? Manage Your Time Together
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Be Flexible
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Work to Your Child’s Strengths
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Have 20-minute Challenges
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Be Positive
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Find a Passion Project
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Don’t Enable Quitting
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Celebrate the Wins (however small!)
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- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily, and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
The date has changed - but in many respects, we are still stuck with the same rubbish from 2020.
What can we look forward to? How can we plan for a brighter future?
2020 has taught me many things - both as a parent and an individual.
I am NOT running into 2021 with the “Up and At ‘em” approach. I am taking it slowly and seeing how this year is going to unravel.
I share my top 15 lessons that I have learned from 2020.
- Be PRESENT
- Don’t PLAN too far ahead
- Embrace CHANGE
- It’s OK to make MISTAKES
- Be the LEADER your child needs
- You are not your child’s SLAVE
- Control your TEMPER
- Stop NAGGING
- Follow through with CONSEQUENCES
- Stop WORRYING too much about their behaviour
- Avoid PERFECTION
- be STEADFAST in your approach to life
- Practice SELF-CARE
- TRUST that it will all be OK
- Be FLEXIBLE
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Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift - and this is why we call it the PRESENT.
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
For a limited time you can save £100 on my Online Course :
Breathe Through Your Big Emotions
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
* Overwhelm
* Stress
* Anxieties
* Tension
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer-term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Today’s Headline :
Covid poses 'greatest threat to mental health since the
second world war'
UK’s leading psychiatrist predicts the impact will be felt for years after the pandemic ends
(Source Guardian : 28th December 2020)
So, Christmas is done and dusted and the New Year is just around the corner - this headline doesn’t really make for cheery reading.
I have read articles and papers listing statistics and the forecasts in how the Coronavirus is going to affect us all :
As many as 10 million people, including 1.5 million children, are thought to need new or additional mental health support as a direct result of the crisis.
But very few people are offering us solutions. So I want to change that for you. I am offering a number of tools and exercises that will help support YOU and your family.
* Regain some Balance in your life :
Here is the Grounding Exercise that I mentioned : When your head is a spin and you are lost at sea - this exercise might hope you feel a bit more “balanced” :
📍https://www.caigraham.com/grounding/
* Download this Stress-Buster :
When you are feeling stressed and under pressure - this exercise is a great antidote to the pressures and challenges you are facing. It will help you calm down a bit :
📍 www.caigraham.com/stress
* Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
Here is the Breath-work Online Course that I discussed - and for a limited time you can save £100.
📍 www.caigraham.com/breathe
This course offers you tools to combat :
-
Overwhelm
-
Stress
-
Anxieties
-
Tension
This course is now discounted for the month of January 2021 : Use the discount code : JANUARYSALE
If you are looking for support at a deeper level for your child, then please book a call with me. Invariably they might only need a couple of sessions. But if we can give our kids the tools to improve their emotional wellbeing NOW - then you’re more likely to alleviate the longer term damage to their mental health.
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
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* Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
* If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
For many of us, Christmas is going to be a smaller affair this year. This might come as a relief for many of you … perhaps you now have the excuse to avoid certain toxic people in your circle.
But for others, this might pose a problem … because you are now going to be in closer proximity with someone you’ve done your level best in avoiding.
In this episode, I identify the 12 Toxic Characters and their behaviors that might cause you problems.
Better still I am offering suggestions on how to deal with these people and how to diffuse certain situations.
Toxic individuals can bring out the worst in us - but also they can have an adverse effect on our wellbeing and mental health - and that’s not OK.
12 Toxic Characters :
- The Drama Queen
- The Doom & Gloom Monger
- The Time Lord
- Mr / Mrs (Always) Right
- The Worry Wort
- The Victim
- The Drainer & Complainer
- The Naysayer & Hater
- The Petulant Child
- The Gossip Monger
- The Social Leap-Frogger
- The Judger
Here is the Reframing Exercise that I mentioned :
📍https://www.caigraham.com/reframing/
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Help strengthen your child’s resilience by showing them ways to build their self-confidence and their self-esteem with these 2 exercises:
📍http://www.caigraham.com/confidence-builder
📍https://www.caigraham.com/superhero
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily, and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
2020 hasn’t been much fun, has it?
So now Christmas is almost here, it’s understandable that we want to crack open a bottle or two and let our hair down.
BUT - how do we address the issues of alcohol with our teenagers, without sounding like a nag - or worse still a hypocrite?
In this episode, I discuss the importance of having open conversations with our kids - sooner rather than later.
Of course, our children need to understand the challenges that drinking too much involves - but when we are in conversation with our kids - it helps to :
- Display Compassion and Understanding
- Set Exceptions
- Define the Ground Rules & Boundaries
- Avoid Judgement
I also give you a handy exercise that will help your teenager take back control if they find themselves in a tricky situation with friends.
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Help strengthen your child’s resilience by showing them ways to build their self-confidence and their self-esteem with this 2 exercise:
📍http://www.caigraham.com/confidence-builder
📍https://www.caigraham.com/superhero
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
This is a topic close to my heart.
Many teen girls I speak with are struggling with unkindness from their peers - from their friends. Funnily enough, they don’t call it bullying - and yet that’s exactly what it is.
Bullying is all about exerting control over someone and making them feel crap.
In this episode, I explain why we have this unkindness - especially amongst teen girls - and what we can do about it.
I was bullied as a child - and as an adult. In ALL instances - the bullies were my friends - they were the ‘Mean Girls’.
I also know first hand what it’s like when your daughter is also being bullied.
So you see, I get it.
And I want to help you understand the mechanics of the Queen Bee’s Clique and how you can rise above her unkindness and her control and break free of this manipulation.
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Help strengthen your child’s resilience by showing them ways to build their self-confidence and their self esteem with these 2 exercise :
📍http://www.caigraham.com/confidence-builder
📍https://www.caigraham.com/superhero
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Please also have a look at my YouTube channel for additional support.
📍 www.caigraham.com/youtube
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB :
In this episode we are talking about the developmental stages that our children go through on their path towards adulthood; and why the teenage years can often be so turbulent.
Invariably when we are dealing with teenagers we find ourselves being ‘triggered’ by their behavior - and Jacci explains why this is more to do with the parent rather than the child!
Jacci discusses - what she calls - “Middle of the Road Parenting” and why it’s necessary to not expect too much from ourselves or our children.
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Jacci is a psychotherapist and coach who specializes in helping families, parents, and individuals better understand how their thoughts impact their reality. She has over 30 years of experience in working with children and families, her career started as a nursery nurse working in both mainstream and EBD schools.
In 2004 Jacci began a fostering career that lasted 13 years. Fostering mainly teenagers with complex needs prompted her to go on to train in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. More recently Jacci has included coaching using ‘The 3 Principles’ in her private practice based in Coppull, Lancashire.
Jacci offers support through her Parent-Plus page on Facebook as well as having a podcast all-around mental health called Living Life Being Human.
Jacci is a mum of three, her eldest son is now 33, her daughter is 31 and her youngest is 16, she also has an amazing boisterous two and a half-year-old grandson who teaches her something new every day.
https://jaccijones.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/parentplus2015
https://www.livinglifebeinghuman.co.uk
https://www.anchor.fm/jacci
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, we are talking about how many parents are struggling with the changes we are seeing in our children’s education.
Whilst there is still a “preferred path” proposed by our education system … more and more parents are finding that this model might not be best supporting their child’s temperaments, interests, and needs.
Is the educations system fit for purpose?
And if not - how can our parents support our children better?
We talk about modeling the “right” behavior - because let’s face it - our kids learn through observation rather than being preached at! And we discuss the importance of values and helping our kids understand what makes them tick.
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Clare is an education expert with over 15 years’ teaching experience, winner of the 2019 MPower Legacy Award, best-selling author, and Founder of Switched ON!, a cutting-edge global education platform offering inspirational education and parenting solutions.
Clare has spoken on 2 radio shows, 4 international summits, and Brand Builders TV about redefining education beyond academic success with her unique methodology, to support kids, teens and parents.
https://www.facebook.com/switchedoncollective
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-ford-switched-on-education-and-parenting-expert/
https://www.instagram.com/switchedonmum/
https://twitter.com/ClareFordCoach
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
How do parents guide their children through the technology minefield?
We know the pitfalls after all! Whilst our kids (who have grown up with technology,) cannot recognize the problems involved.
Andrea is all about using technology for Creating - Communicating & Connecting rather than just Consuming.
I discuss with Andrea whether parents are “entitled” to police their children’s tech use.
We discuss the importance of frank and open conversations with our kids.
There is so much to discuss:
Pornography
Cyber Bullying
Social Media
Video Games
Time Management
Andrea suggests creating a Family Tech Plan - based on the open discussions that you have already had with your children.
We talk about how we can differentiate the use of constructive and destructive screen use (Education -v- mindless scrolling)
The Resources we discussed :
Andrea’s Discussion Guide: Creating a Tech-Healthy Family: is available on Amazon NOW!
https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Tech-Healthy-Family-Must-Have-Conversations/dp/1734885904
Colin Kartchner: Save the kids website and his TED Talk : https://youtu.be/uMb0wqTqE_4
Adam Alter - TED Talk Why screens make us unhappy : https://youtu.be/0K5OO2ybueM
and his book Irresistible
Video Gamers : Book : Glow Kids
Protect Young Minds and Protect Young Eyes - they talk a lot about Pornography and Online Safety
Pornography : Fight the New Drug - raising awareness about pornography
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Andrea Davis is the founder of Better Screen Time. She has a B.A. in secondary education. However, her greatest learning has come from being in the (tech) trenches as a stay-at-home mom. She lives in beautiful Hood River, Oregon with her husband, Tyler, and their five children.
betterscreentime.com
https://www.instagram.com/betterscreentime/
https://www.facebook.com/betterscreentime
https://betterscreentime.teachable.com/courses/
Here is Andrea’s Freebie :
https://betterscreentime.com/grab-your-free-quick-guide-to-creating-a-family-technology-plan/
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
What a year 2020 has been already!
Our children have so much to navigate at the minute, that it can be really daunting for parents to learn how to relinquish control.
It’s our responsibility to guide our children through all the challenges and obstacles that they are facing.
If you can relate to this, you’ll love this episode with Tia Fagan, who encourages us beautifully to parent from a place of curiosity rather than fear.
When we learn to let go and parent from the heart - it somehow takes the pressure away from us parents to be perfect and frees our children also from having to measure up all the time - it can be truly liberating.
Tia explains that when we release control and open up space for our children to learn, they begin to trust their own inner guidance. Our children are then better equipped to navigate the challenges they face, safe in the knowledge that they will weather their storms -with is by their sides.
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Tia Fagan is a Certified Conscious Parent Coach, certified with Dr. Shefali Tsabary in the Conscious Parenting MethodTM and with the Jai Institute for Parenting.
As a mother of twin daughters, now in college, she has experienced each developmental stage of parenting children. Tia's passion is helping parents strengthen relationships, increase connection, and improve communication within their family.
Tia helps parents understand why their child is behaving the way they are and how-to guide, connect, and support them to create thriving relationships.
Tia has a gift for showing up without judgment and guiding with support and compassion.
Website: https://tiafagan.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiafagancoach/
Masks Off Podcast :
Who are you behind the masks you wear?
Begin undoing patterns. Stop living for others. Start healing. Shift your mindset.
Tia Fagan and Kim Gross talk about the masks we have worn and those we continue to work on removing.
Tune in for a raw and real talk about awakening ourselves, life questions we ponder, wisdom teachings, and how we peel back the masks we wear while supporting and guiding others to do the same.
Remove your masks, live your life.
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/masks-off/id1513846583
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Et9BMqdFriIQ9bUxcfQeg
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Throughout this episode, I came from a place of learning - and Elena kindly fielded my clunky questions with kindness and compassion.
We dived right in, discussing the dangers of conversion therapy (there is a 57% suicide rate with this treatment); and how this comes from wanting the ‘best for our kids’ whilst parenting from fear.
75% of women (yes - us Mums) have had a negative experience in sexuality and as a result, we are parenting from a place of deep protection and trauma.
“When fear leads the show, that's when we make decisions that are regrettable.”
LGBTQ is the only marginalized communities who are not born into families who are of the same marginalized communities. The parents do not ‘get it’ and as a result need to be intentional in getting a greater understanding.
Elena suggests how parents might field these conversations; and how with greater understanding and knowledge - we will be best serving ourselves and future generations by parenting and grand-parenting better in the future.
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Elena Joy Thurston is an inspirational speaker and founder of the Pride and Joy Foundation.
She grew up in a turbulent home, joined a conservative church as a teenager, put herself through college, married and birthed 4 beautiful children, and then....
Life 2.0 brought a divorce, leaving/getting kicked out of her church, a beautiful love story, and a successful new career!
Her viral TEDx talk regarding her experience with Conversion Therapy has paved the way for speaking engagements around the country.
📍https://youtu.be/rIhPZMC4UEg
Audiences have included ABC, CBS, and Fox news stations, the First Event in Boston, the Seacoast Wellness Series in New Hampshire, the THRIVE conference in Utah, as well as multiple prints and online media and podcasts.
The Pride and Joy Foundation is dedicated to building self-awareness and safety in LGBTQ families and their allies.
📍 www.prideandjoyfoundation.com
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
2020 has been an incredible year - and for many ( it is late October at the time of recording ) it is beginning to take its toll.
We are heading into a winter of uncertainty and this is creating a huge amount of stress for many families. So how can parents parent from such a place of unreliability and confusion?
In this solo episode I discuss what parents can do :
Ditch the Guilt
Practice Self Care - which involved Self-Compassion and Setting Boundaries
Being more Deliberate and Intentional
Because, when the stress levels rise - so must the levels of support.
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
How many times a day are our brains bombarded with negativity and rubbish? It affects our behavior and mood.
My guest on this episode calls these intrusions, “brain hacks”; and Doreen has recently certified as an Unhackable Coach!
In this episode, we discuss the importance for us parents to be aware of what we are being exposed to and how, by monitoring these brain hacks, we can adopt a less reactionary approach to parenting. In turn, this awareness helps us to calmly guide our children through the myriad of daily challenges that they face throughout the adolescent years.
We talk about how our kids can take ownership of their feelings and their thoughts - thus equipping them with the emotional resilience to become more responsible in their decision making. All that, and a smattering of neuroscience, this action-packed episode will help you ‘walk the talk’ and become that shining example for your children!!
BIO: Doreen Steenland, Certified Professional Christian Life Coach:
“I empower Christian Moms to launch emotionally competent world-changers who love well. My goal is for parents to become unhackable Moms who empower unhackable teens.
The Moms I work with empower their teens to block unauthorized access (brain hack) to their thoughts and emotions! They raise teens that know what they believe, who are comfortable in their skin, and have amazing social skills that will impact influence, and lead others so they can change the world! I believe growing the next generation in emotional intelligence will be the key to making lasting changes worldwide.”
Doreen lives in the United States with her husband Richard and is the owner of Living Full Life Coaching. She’s Mom to three amazing young adults, one who has launched at 23 and she truly gets that parenting is messy! When she is not coaching parents, she is golf, walking, biking, or hiking!
Living Full Life Coaching
https://LivingFullLifeCoaching.com
FREEBIES:
https://LivingFullLifeCoaching.com/five-days-to-get-your-teen
https://LivingFullLifeCoaching.com/relevant-prayers-for-real-life
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
There is a great deal of uncertainty in the world at the minute; and our kids are bearing the brunt of this. They have been away from school for many months - and now they are entering an environment that should feel familiar - and yet it’s not; because the education system has been given a bit of an overhaul because of COVID.
Taking it one step further, our students are struggling to adjust to university & college life that doesn’t even compare to that of last year.
In this episode, we are discussing how our teenagers are adjusting - and how we can support them through this process.
JoBeth suggests trying thoughts on for size.
It’s important to acknowledge that we don’t know what’s going to happen in the future - and we need to be OK with that. To accept that outside circumstances aren’t going to make us happy and she encourages us to find joy - through a more positive mindset.
It’s not necessarily the big things - it’s the little things that bring us joy … a soft blanket and the first drink of coffee in the morning.
It’s so important for parents to watch our words. We need to give them thoughts that serve them better.
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JoBeth is a college instructor, life coach, wife, mother of two, and foster care advocate. JoBeth has been teaching Public Speaking at the University of Arkansas for 5 years. Previous to that, she was a high school teacher. JoBeth has always felt a pull towards helping others and as a high school senior all she knew is that she wanted to help others.
Today she is doing just that, helping others. JoBeth works diligently to provide quality education and coaching to her clients. From her experience as a college instructor and her personal experience as a college student, JoBeth has created a coaching platform that gives college girls everything they need to do all the things in college and still enjoy life.
W : www.jobethevans,com
E : jobethevans@outlook.com
P.S. Are you curious about what your daughter should know before her first day of college? Even if she's already started go to www.jobethevans.com/15questions to see what questions she should know the answers to - so you can set her up for success TODAY (even if she's already started!)
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode we are talking about some of the difficulties our children are experiencing whilst transitioning back to school/university after a prolonged period away from education due to the Coronavirus.
We talk about how we can help our children to redefine what education means to them - and rebuilding expectations; because things are changing so rapidly at the minute.
We also talk about the importance of LEARNING rather than education just being the grades that can be achieved at school & universities. Tertiary education is not necessarily a path that suits every child - and that’s OK. There are other options available - and equally important.
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Sonja Montiel has served more than 20 years in the college admissions profession, having extensive experience in the areas of freshman, transfer, and international admissions.
Sonja founded College Confidence in 2002 with a philosophy that college planning must be driven by the teen through reflection, transparency, and accountability, which can only be done with parents who are empathetic, knowledgeable, and patient. She believes that teens are empowered when they understand all of their options after high school through conversations that being between parents and their teens.
Website links and social media links:
https://www.collegeconfidence.net/about
https://academy.collegeconfidence.net/parent-university
https://www.facebook.com/collegeconfidentparents
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
"Our children come through us, not for us, but for the lessons they reflect to us, during their journey, in an effort to grow us up along the way."
When we were young we were told that children should be seen and not heard. Now - as parents ourselves, we are told that our children’s needs are paramount. Somewhere along the line we have missed out! We are often told to trust our gut, our intuition. But how can we trust it (or even hear it) if we have not yet discovered who we truly are ourselves? Through having years of putting other’s needs first, and not having a voice, many of us struggle to follow our own instincts; and yet Kim and I are in agreement that it is on our instinct that we must rely as parents - because we know our family’s needs the best.
In this episode Kim and I explore the importance of hearing that inner voice and sometimes, relinquishing control. As parents, it’s scary to drop the reins - but by allowing our children to lead the way in their own lives, we set ourselves up for more connection and less confrontation.
Whilst listening to our own heart we must teach our children to do the same; and with that comes the likelihood of things not always going according to plan - and that’s totally OK!
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Kim Muench (pronounced minch, like pinch with an “m”) is a Jai Institute for Parenting Certified Parent Coach who specializes in working with parents of adolescents (between 10-25 years of age). Passionate about educating, supporting and encouraging moms and dads to parent with intention and guidance rather than fear and control, Kim leads with compassion and without judgment through her one-on-one coaching, small group sessions, and local community workshops on topics such as Values & Boundaries, Open Communication, and Self-Care in Parenting.
In addition, Kim facilitates a worldwide support community through Meetup.com on Zoom for moms of tweens and teens called Moms Empowering Moms. Kim is a published author who began by writing about her own parenting journey in 2011 with a memoir entitled My Mothers Footprints: A Story of Faith, Calm, Courage, Patience and Grace, she is currently working on a second book about how she discovered who she truly is through her parenting and how this is an opportunity for all parents. You can find out more about Kim’s services as well as read her blog at www.realifeparentguide.com. Kim is also on LinkedIn and Facebook at Real Life Parent Guide.
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I am speaking with Simon Benn: The Children’s Happiness Expert.
Simon helps Parents to Inspire Their Children to be Confident, Resilient & Happy Through Fun!
“I empower parents to inspire their children to be confident, resilient & happy with a fun process that's already helped 1,600 8 to 11-year-olds.”
Simon’s expertly imparts his wisdom through metaphors - which I believe, really helps us to remember the message - long after we first heard it! Hear how we can ditch the Parental Guilt by understanding that we are all Perfect Diamonds and that focusing on the external stuff will only keep us stuck in the rut of ‘not being a good enough parent’.
By understanding that “It’s all about the YET-ness” helps parents, not only to forgive themselves for their imperfections and but to realize that every feeling is a choice.
I was a mostly happy child apart from some bullying for my buck teeth and at scout camp where an older boy made my life hell.
I started my career in the family business after leaving university in 1989.
I worked in educational publishing creating classroom materials to help children learn and be safe.
One of our largest projects was 5 million copies of Roald Dahl’s Guide To Railway Safety to stop children playing on railway lines and endangering their lives.
We also created safety posters and maths materials for Thames Water, literacy materials for Reuters, and a club for young people interested in conservation for WWF.
I took over the business in 1995 when my parents retired.
The business became my life and its performance decided my mood.
I worried about failing and even when success came it felt hollow and empty.
So I got into personal development, learned LOTS, and eventually decided to sell my business and become a coach.
I started working with kids in 2013 and found my true vocation – inspiring kids to be happy and empowering their parents to do that.
You can contact Simon through his website: 📍 https://www.simonbenn.co.uk/
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If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Parenting can be exciting and overwhelming in equal measure.
Dealing with your big emotions can be quite a struggle sometimes - especially if you aren’t quite sure what’s going on in your head and your body. Throw family life into the mix and some situations can sometimes become less easy to manage.
In the episode, I talk with Aparna Venkataraman about how sensory self-care can really help us get in touch with our emotions - and she offers suggestions on how to deal with that. Aparna explains the effectiveness of breathwork and meditation in the simplest of terms - so that even the beginner will leave this episode with calming techniques that will help parents reconnect with themselves and their families.
Having 15 years of experience connecting with families in schools, children's hospitals and non-profit organizations such as United Way, Boys & Girls Club, and her local child advocacy center, Aparna Venkataraman is the founder of Beauty In Parenting and is a parent coach, meditation teacher, motivational speaker and global wellness advocate for DoTerra Essential Oils.
With her approachable nature, strong intuition, and problem-solving skills, she guides parents of babies, toddlers, and teens to empower themselves and build healthy relationships with one another through joyful self-care, effective communication, confidence-building, and lighthearted mindfulness techniques.
She is a proud member of NAEYC, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and values authenticity, a kind nature, motivation, love, compassion, gratitude, and humor as key components of a beautiful life.
Social Links:
Website: www.beautyinparenting.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/beautyinparenting
Facebook: www.facebook.com/beautyinparenting
Free PDF Calm & Clarity Guide
(4 breath-work techniques & essential oil pairings for families):
bit.ly/ConfidentParent
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
This is a solo episode by me.
If your child is off to University / College / Leaving Home … then I want you to stop for a minute. Pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself. You are about to launch your child as a fully-fledged young adult into the big wide world.
THIS is what you have been leading up to.
THIS is Success.
They say - “If you love them - then set them free.”
And the empty nest is the price for that success.
In this episode, I talk about :
Some of the emotions skills that your child needs ro equip them for this transition,
Some of the practical skills they need that will make this transition a bit easier,
How to approach your life at home now that the dynamics have changed, whether there are still kids at home or maybe you have the empty nest.
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Have a look at my YouTube Series on this topic :
📍1 Preparing your child for College : https://youtu.be/8txIYVzmlfo (apologies for sound)
📍2. Staying Connected with your Student : https://youtu.be/sW1KLTCchlo
📍3. Advice for the Student : https://youtu.be/YenTX2VyZvI
📍4. Coping with the Empty Nest : https://youtu.be/xzAFrRb7k7k
BOOK Giveaway
I want to help out.... I am giving away 50 copies of my book.
Get a copy of my book by just paying the shipping
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📍 www.caigraham.com/uk
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📍 www.caigraham.com/notuk
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
( DISCOUNT CODE : REWARD15)
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
This is a solo episode by me. I am having many parents contact me about coping with back to school anxieties.
Our kids are returning to school following 5 months of social distancing and homeschooling.
It is an uncertain time for many families; and many of our children are struggling.
I offer 10 Tips for Parents - to better deal with the Transition of Returning Back to School.
Notice the Changes in Your Child Behaviour
Focus on the relationship with your child - and not their grades
Understand the role of Anxiety
Make Regular check-ins (see the 3 Questions exercise below)
Your response to events is crucial to your child’s emotional resilience (E+R+O)
Tech is no longer the villain and destroyer it was once purported to be
Routine is King
Validate their feelings
Offer them problem-solving & coping strategies (see Breathing Strategies below)
Maintain Balance within the home.
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- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
( DISCOUNT CODE : REWARD15)
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
If you are a parent of a TEEN or TWEEN - then you will be no stranger to arguments in the home - I’m afraid to say that it’s a rite of passage!
But my guest on this episode, Parent Coach Claire Cetti, has developed a 5 step process that helps parents to move from Conflict & Anger to Calm & Connection within the family.
We talk about her CARES System.
C : CATCH IT! : Stop what you are doing and acknowledge what’s happening right now.
A : ASSESS : what’s going on - for you and your child. Look at the bigger picture.
R : REMEMBER the Relationship : It’s not always about winning the argument.
E : ENGAGE : Open up the conversation with your child.
S : SEEK a Resolution : This is about co-operation and collaboration … helping you both come out with a solution that works for everyone.
This is GOLD!
📍If you are looking for the handout of Claire’s CARES System that we talked about in the broadcast - then please email her at claire@ccparentcoach.com
Claire Cetti, PCI Certified Parent Coach®
Claire's own journey of pursuing a strong, close-knit, deeply connected family is what brought her to parent coaching today. Using her experiences as a mom of 4, her work for over 10 years at a College Health and Counselling Center and her master level parent coaching certification, Claire helps moms, and couples, feel more in control and connected with their kids, creating the family culture they truly desire.
Claire is intuitive, listens deeply and is passionate about helping her clients using a strength based, positive psychology and positive parenting model in her work with parents.
Website: www.ccparentcoach.com
FB: www.facebook.com/ccparentcoach/
IG: www.instagram.com/clairecettiparentcoach/
If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
If we aren’t careful, we get wrapped up in the chaos of family life - taking our eyes off the bigger ‘prize’, notably the wellbeing of our family.
Whilst it is all too easy to get caught up in the chaos of school runs, the chauffeuring from practices & competitions and the myriad of other ‘responsibilities’ that family life can throw at us … we can indeed be distracted by these trivialities rather than focus on the bigger picture.
In this episode, I talk with Becca Cornford about just that. Her family was hit by a ‘curve-ball’, not once but THREE times. Here she discusses how she and her family found the time to thrive and properly connect.
And through all this, she started a business; which helped both her and her family to find some levity in an already serious situation.
Becca is a Mum of three kids - all riding the waves of the teenage years.
She is founder of Locker Days (www.lockerdays.com)
“Creating uplifting accessories for the inside of a school locker - to improve positivity with tween & teen girls - to support wellbeing both mentally and physically.” Have a listen.
Becca has given all you Lovely Listeners a 15% DISCOUNT CODE : LOCKER15
📍 www.lockerdays.com
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If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
We all know the importance of talking more with our kids - and how getting them to open up can not only help their mental health - but also start building stronger relationships within the family.
But it can be really hard to know what to say for the best, or even where to start.
“Change comes from the parents,” says Piers.
Here he shows us how to break the habitual cycles of communication (or lack of it) that often keep us stuck in our relationships
This episode is jam-packed with practical tools to help parents open up conversations with even the most reluctant teenager.
Piers details a number of exercises :
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Perfect Affirmation : Helping kids to concentrate on what they want. How to switch perspective from negative thinking to something more positive.
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The Round Room : Helping us to release the emotions, so that we don’t need to carry grudges into our conversations.
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3 Chairs : Helping us to understand a situation - from a different perspective.Often leading to more sympathetic connections. (It’s not all about us!)
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The Letter Technique : Releasing the feelings and the pent up emotions - giving us the freedom to move forward again.
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Piers Day is a Therapist, coach trainer - 20 years in Hypnosis and NLP - specialising in anxiety and depression. He has worked in schools with children.
LightbulbNLP is his training company
He runs his practice from Suffolk Hypnotherapy.
Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic Piers has been working solely online with over 100 sessions to NHS staff to help them cope with the pressure and anxieties in there work.
Piers was brought into schools to help with eating disorders, panic attacks and vulnerable pupils and staff. He also gave advice for staff and parents in how to communicate better with their pupils/children.
Contact info :
contact - info@suffolkhypnotherapy.co.uk or info@lightbulbnlp.com - mob 07716008836 - work face to face or online. Free 15 minute Consultation Discovery Call online to answer questions and plan.
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If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Our childhood experiences stem from the old Parenting Paradigm - that one of “Children should be seen and not heard.” Much has shifted since then.
Natalie says “Kids’ temperaments are more robust now and this often makes parents quite uncomfortable.”
We have never been taught how to parent – so on the back of that - how can we ensure that our kids flourish? Natalie says that unconditional love is the answer.
Listen to this episode where we discuss Natalie’s 5 Step Process to More Evolved Parenting “
- Awareness: we are our child’s frontal lobe, so we need to be aware of how we are parenting.
- Acceptance: acknowledging, without judgment that whilst we are where we are right now, there is still an opportunity for change. This involves displaying compassion and forgiveness, not only for our child but for ourselves.
- Practice: things won't fall into place immediately, but whilst we are adapting, we can celebrate the little wins as and when we notice them. Crucially, feeling those positive emotions makes it easier for the brain to remember what to do next time!
- Believe: Tricking the brain doesn’t work - we need to believe that we are capable of change.
- Seek Support: when you are having a wobble - find the right people who will help you and support you along the way.
Natalie is an entrepreneur, co-author, and coach with a background in psychology, business, and education. She is the founder and curator for the Evolving Summit Series, an online symposium geared to help people live their fullest potential.
As a mom of two young kids, Natalie strives to guide the next generation to Evolve, while aiming to support your journey.
Website and Media links:
Website: www.evolvingwithnatalie.com
Facebook link: @evolvingsummitseries or @evolvingnatalie
Instagram: @evolvinghumanitysummit
Gifts for your audience:
FREE digital copy of Ignite Love: a book in which Natalie has recently collaborated
📍URL: https://evolvingwithnatalie.com/about-us/#lovelife
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If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by:
* Recognising the triggers
* Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
* Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
* How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
The teenage years are a real struggle for many. Parents and children alike.
In the previous episode, I wrote a letter to “A Struggling Parent” - so, it’s only fair I write a letter to “A Struggling Teenager.” If you are parent listing to this - invite you to share this episode with your child. It might help them understand what’s going on in their heads.
Dear Struggling Teen,
It's not just you
I want you to know this
And I also want you to know that what you are feeling is temporary. That speaks to good feelings as well as bad feelings. But it's all just temporary.
Our mental health is like a bright blue sky. Every so often clouds come along.
They could be the white fluffy ones that aren't too bad – that gently float away without too much effort.
Sometimes we get the grey clouds that might bring along some wind or rain. They stay for a bit longer – but still, they move on after a little while.
And then there are the black clouds or sometimes a total coverage – that totally obliterates the blue sky behind. But rest assured, that the blue sky is still there – waiting to reveal itself again. It might just take a bit of time.
Thing is with being a teenager – everyone tells you about hormones and how your body changes.
Bits get bigger
Your voice changes
Hairs start sprouting
But not many people talk about how your mind is affected
And for some kids – it just becomes a hot mess.
One lad said that it's like a five-lane motorway going on in his head – but all the cars are going in different directions.
Another child said “It feels like having a brain full of porridge - I just can't think straight"
And if you don't know what to expect – it's bloody scary
So here's the sciences-bit.
During childhood, the brain develops at an alarming rate – and by the time you approach puberty, the brain has the power of a supercomputer – or even like the Internet.
But here's the problem – the software that is currently installed in your brain is still going through its upgrades.
It's only really got the power of a microwave.
Impressive enough – but not as sophisticated as it needs to be. As I said – it's still upgrading.
But all this takes time – and it's totally worth it.
So be patient, please.
I need you to be kind to yourself.
I need you to treat yourself with compassion and some understanding (a bit like when your Gran is learning to use text for the first time – there is a learning curve).
It takes a huge amount of brainpower and energy to make these adjustments – and it is – to be fair – bloody knackering!
This is why you get angry quicker
This is why you say random things without thinking
This is why you need your sleep
This is why you mess up
You are not lazy. It's biology.
Your mind and body are doing exactly what they are designed to do.
You see – as your brain is developing and trying to get its shit together - the amygdala – which is the bit in charge of your safety and well-being – it's often set to “ON” for too long.
That's why your anxiety levels are often heightened.
The amygdala was programmed to help us (when we were cavemen) to look out for danger – like the sabretooth tiger. It is programmed to keep us safe.
Sometimes, whilst our brains are going through such a massive transformation, it gets its knickers in a twist – and the amygdala is “ON” all the time.
Again this is exhausting.
Anxiety is exhausting.
And it is important to find ways to teach your brain that there are in fact no sabretooth tigers around at the minute!
Right, up until now, I've been talking about emotions because that's the first bit in your brain to develop.
The last bit of the brain to develop is the front bit – they call it the pre-frontal cortex.
That's the bit that's in charge of :
Decision-making & rational thinking
Focus & concentration
And all the bits about understanding consequences.
So whilst your pre-frontal cortex is upgrading – it's going to be messy.
So like I said:
Your body is doing one thing and your mind is playing catch up.
Now before you get ahead of yourself and think that this gives you a "get out of jail free card" it doesn't!
Life doesn't work like that.
But by understanding all this, it will help you cope with the mess going on in your head.
Now, I always say there is no such thing as failure, only feedback.
So when you mess up – learn from it.
When things go wrong – understand why – and do things differently next time.
That's how we improve.
That's how our brains rewire properly to help us in the future
So you don't get a carte blanche for bad behavior – but what you do get is a bit more understanding whilst you are going through this whole process.
And How do I get this understanding from others, Cai?
Well, it is by talking
I know! I know! Sometimes that's really hard - But believe me, you will need it - it’s important.
You see - if your mum or dad doesn't know what's going on in your head how can they help?
If your colleagues, mates, teachers don't know if you are struggling – how do they know to adapt?
They are not mind readers!
Those adults in your life have all been through this process. Some will have struggled more than others.
But what I do know is that it won't have been plain sailing for anyone.
So you see - we get it.
You see I get it.
I was you
I see you: trying to be accepted by the “in crowd” – but deep down knowing in your heart that you’re secretly not like them.
I see you: holed up in your room, clueless of how to tackle the mountain of studies – yet knowing if you stop – your grades will suffer.
I see you: unsure of where you fit in in the world – whilst having no idea where your life is heading.
I see you: sleeping around, just so you can block out the emptiness and the need to feel loved.
I see you: sitting in fear of judgment and scared you will make a fool of yourself – again.
I see you: trying to control your eating, as your mind is full of confusion and dislike at the image you see in the mirror.
I see you: being so insecure that you'd rather be drunk, loud, and annoying – rather than transparent enough to let the mask down and let people see the real you.
Terrified you’ll stand out.
Terrified you'll be invisible.
Terrified of being judged.
And that you are in fact seriously messed up.
You see I get it.
Wondering if it is safe to listen to the whisper in the back of your mind – saying that you are indeed “enough".
But what the heck does that mean anyway?
Enough means that even though you make the inevitable screw ups – it will be okay.
But the thing is, that's how we all feel.
Deep down we all have these insecurities.
Some of us hide it better than others.
Some of us no longer listen to those negative mutterings in our head.
Tucking the thoughts away – safely out of sight out of mind.
But that my friend is how anxieties start.
That's how insecurities snowball into what they call ‘mental health issues’
I invite you to stand tall and say “Sod it!”
And to embrace the delightful messiness of you!
As Dr. Seuss “Why spend your whole life trying to fit in - when you were born to stand out?”
You might be wired differently.
Embrace it.
You might love differently.
Embrace it.
You might feel differently.
Embrace it.
You might think differently.
Embrace it.
You are doing the best you can and that’s bloody brilliant.
Maya Angelou said :
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
God made you for a reason and whilst I am not a religious person - I know that each and every one of us is here with a purpose. And to fulfill that purpose we need to be different.
A goalie has a different job to do as the center half.
An artist has a different purpose for the guitar player.
The coder is achieving different objectives for the FX trader.
The zoologist is seeking different answers to the cancer research scientist.
Catch my drift?
Everyone’s purpose is different - but this world needs us all. And you, are a part of this beautiful messed up world of ours.
And I invite you to step into your spotlight and take your part.
We are waiting to welcome you.
So what is the answer?
How do I do all this Cai?
First – you need to open up the conversations
In your head and then with others
But here's the secret – when we look at those uncomfortable feelings they become less scary.
They drift away – like those rain clouds in an otherwise bright blue sky.
And what's left is the realization that everything will, in fact, Be okay.
So with that in mind -
Find someone who will listen.
Find someone to help.
And if you can't find that someone just yet – book a call with me :
📍 www.caigraham.com/teencall
This comes, as always with Much Love 💕
The Progressive Parenting Club is now open
I’d love you to join us.
It’s a community of like minded parents who are wanting the very best for their kids.
The Progressive Parenting Club : Families Thriving from the Inside Out
Register here : 📍www.caigraham.com/club
✔️ Reconnect with your teens
✔️Start spending more time together
✔️Learn to parent with more confidence
Come and join us and see how other Progressive Parents are tapping onto this support network and achieving the results they truly deserve.
Register here :📍www.caigraham.com/club
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
EP 19 - Dear Parent of a Struggling Child
They do say : “You are only as happy as your saddest child”
When your child is struggling, as their parent, it can occupy your every waking thought.
I get it.
I was that Mum.
So, I have written you a letter.
Dear Parent of a Struggling Child,
It’s hard isn’t it?
Watching your “baby” struggle.
It’s hard isn’t it?
Seeing your once, happy go lucky child, morph into a confused and anxious teenager; lashing out at any of your efforts to look after them.
I know that you too struggle, bewildered and unsure of what to do for the best.
It’s hard isn’t it?
All you want to do is wrap them up in your arms and protect them from ‘the big wide world’ – and yet they resist any of your attempts to bring them close.
Parenting a teenager is hard – It’s damn hard.
“But Mum! You just don’t get it!”
As their parents, we feel that it is our responsibility to keep them happy and safe – we are supposed to have the answers – and yet we continue to feel powerless in this fast-paced world. A world of school league tables, cyber-bullying, gun & knife crime, climate change, and gender fluidity…
Much of this is alien to us – and it is hard to keep up.
So you see – I get it.
I was You.
I see You: Tiptoeing around the house – treading on eggshells trying desperately not to upset the temporary peace that has finally settled.
I see You: Looking at your daughter as she slopes out of the door - hoping she won’t be treated as cruelly today by her mean-girl “friends”.
I see You: Driving around the block again - clutching at the conversation - as your son slowly opens up to you.
I see You: Witnessing their anxieties - terrified that if it gets too bad they might think of doing something stupid.
I see You: Worrying perhaps, that they think you don’t love them because all you seem to be saying is NO.
I see You: Sneaking into your daughter’s room - hoping that late-night hot chocolate will alleviate her anxieties as she struggles with the mountain of schoolwork she is tackling.
I see You: Deflecting the verbal abuse as you try and reassure your son that you want to understand his struggles - all the while watching him withdraw further and further into his own tormented mind.
I see You: As your child collapses into the car, appearing to have the weight of the world on their shoulders? And all you can think of to say is “How was your day?” Desperate for connection, desperate for confirmation that this time, today was perhaps a good day.
I see You: Lying in bed in the wee small hours - beating yourself up that another attempt at support was misconstrued, ending with shouting and tears.
“Mum! You just don’t get me!”
I see You: Collapse in a heap at the kitchen table wondering where on earth you went wrong - and how on earth you can drag you and your family out of this mess; desperate for the laughter and calm to return to the home again.
You see, I understand your fake smiles when someone asks you how you are; pretending that everything is perfectly fine. The alternative would be confessing that you feel you are letting your child down. You and your child are both struggling, but what’s even more upsetting is that you are suffering separately. Alone.
I know that feeling of despondency when you look into the mirror and catch a glimpse of the truth behind your own eyes.
Every day there is sadness and hopelessness. You see that your child is in anguish - but it feels like there is fuck all you can do about it.
And then there’s the guilt - oh my goodness - the GUILT. Because you have absolutely no idea how to mend your fractured family.
How can you share these feelings with anyone else?
Speaking your fears and worries out loud would be admitting that you cannot cope and that things are out of control. You are terrified of being judged. Not only will someone think badly of you, but worse still, your already vulnerable child will be scrutinized even further.
As our children move towards adulthood, they need us more, not less.
But adolescence brings isolation and confusion; because now the problems are so much bigger, there are consequences.
In their bid for independence, our children unwittingly shut us out - just when they need us the most. But how can we support them - if we have no idea ourselves?
The problem is that nobody ever taught us how to communicate properly - we were never really shown how to address our own feelings - let alone those of our confused and recalcitrant children.
That said, I need you to understand that it can get better.
We knew that parenting teenagers was going to be different - but not like this. Blimey - we’ve been parenting long enough to have learned something - surely? This is exhausting.
However, this is not a struggle where we can just give up and admit defeat.
Having a teenager is a game of Tug-of-War. Each of you needs to hang on to your end of the rope. Your child needs to see - that however bad life gets - that you will always be there for them. Hanging on - together.
Whilst you are wrestling with your own anxieties and scrambling for the right words to say, your child is struggling even more.
They have yet to develop the emotional intelligence to rationalize what is going on. They reject you because they cannot voice what’s going on in their head, too busy summoning all their energy to desperately hold it together. They are seeking to deal with the tsunami of emotions that plague them on a daily basis. All too often they have no idea what is going on in their heads either - and it is scaring the shit out of them.
They have so many demands from school, their friends, and society, that they feel like they are suffocating.
One young man said to me “It’s that feeling of drowning - but there is no water.”
Your child is terrified that you will lose faith in them.
So please don’t give up on them - even though you are bone tired and you feel that you have nothing else to give.
Yes, it’s scary - but I have your back.
The statistics are so alarming. They say that 75% of mental health issues start at the age of 14. But what the heck can you do - if you don’t understand their struggles?
The trouble starts when you do nothing and just try and convince yourself that it’s just a phase. I truly don’t believe that is an option.
If ignored, these feelings of inadequacy and distress snowball into panic and anxiety attacks. If left unchecked these are likely to develop into something more sinister - self-harm, depression, or even suicidal thoughts.
The Answer.
The thing is when we are struggling, we tend to pull up the drawbridge and hideaway.
This is not always the best solution. Whilst it is scary to reach out for support - it really helps to ask for help from those who have been through similar situations.
I can help you.
It's time to get in touch: 📍 www.caigraham.com/call
Because - Parents - when your child knows that you have their back - rather than being on their back - that’s when the magic happens.
Much Love
Cai xx
P.S. I said that I had your back
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
“I’m bored” “There’s nothing to do.”
Do the holidays fill you with dread? Or are you thrilled that there are no rules to have to follow?
Summer might be a little different this year - as there are still travel restrictions due to the Coronavirus. As a result, many of us are staying closer to home and might have more time on our hands. Now is an ideal opportunity to help your child to use their time wisely. Perhaps you can show them how to cook a basic spaghetti bolognese - or how to do the laundry without turning everything pink.
The trick is to make these learning skills fun. We don’t want to lecture our kids - but we do want to equip them with the tools they need to cope in the outside world.
In this episode, I give you ideas on how to support your child develop their kitchen skills; how to look after themselves, and the importance of managing their own finances for example.
They will thank you in the long run.
If you have younger kids I also talk about how having daily themes can also remove the overwhelm of how to keep your child occupied over one the holidays.
- Three Questions to Ask Your Uncommunicative Child :
All too often parents say to me :
“My child won’t speak to me”
or
“I know something’s not quite right - but they won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Well, I have a resource for you.
Download this FREE Resource : 📍www.caigraham.com/threequestions
It will help you reconnect with your child quickly and easily; and in a way that will not drive them to their bedroom to avoid you!
- Breathing Through BIG Emotions :
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
- If you need to get in touch - Please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
You have tried to support your child by helping them develop good study habits and showing them the importance of a well balanced daily routine.
But their grades are dropping and they just seem disinterested.
“What’s the point?”
“Schoolwork is boring.”
In this episode, I discuss the difference between Under-Achieving and Not Performing.
I explain why, more often than not - your child’s lack of interest in their studies and schoolwork is more a result of Fear rather than Laziness.
This is not about making sure your child gets straight A’s all the time - it is about helping your child reach their full potential ( inside and outside the classroom ) whatever that means for them
I leave you with 4 pointers to ensure your child feels properly supported :
- What’s their MOTIVATION
- PRAISE the Effort
- Avoid Using Labels
- Set Realistic Expectations
If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
- Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
- Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
- How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
As our children approach adulthood, they are so desperate to gain and develop their newfound independence - so the last thing they want is parental restrictions being thrust upon them to cramp their style!
BUT - in this fast-paced world - Boundaries are EXACTLY what our children need.
In this episode, I discuss the importance of sticking to your guns and having healthy boundaries for your child to adhere to.
Boundaries are often be greeted by teenagers with repeated objections - but our children do indeed thrive when there are clearly defined parameters to live by (just like motorists adhering to the Highway Code) - without specific rules, family life would be chaotic.
Boundaries bring clarity.
I explain why boundaries need to be child-centered and not an attempt for parents to maintain the upper hand!
Children feel safer with boundaries in place - though teenagers are highly likely to admit to this. Without particular ‘standards’ being put into place, each decision and course of action turns into a negotiable tug-of-war. This just builds resentment as each power struggle escalates.
I talk about what parents can do to ease the friction in the home so that healthy boundaries can be put in place and give way to a calmer atmosphere in the home.
If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
- Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
- Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
- How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits: MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
Why it’s OK to let your child sleep in!
In this episode, I talk about the importance of sleep.
How teenagers have a different sleep cycle than parents and why it’s important for us to adjust to this.
16 million adults say that they have sleep problems - so I offer some suggestions on how to reduce the stress of trying to get a good night’s sleep
I explain :
✔️ Why sleep is important.
✔️ What to do if you cannot get to sleep
✔️ What to do if you wake in the night
In this episode I give you 3 practical exercises that will help you :
✔️ 4-7-8 Method
✔️ Chalkboard Exercise
✔️ 5-4-3-2-1 Happy Place
I also give you my own Sleep Routine: LASTS:
L - Learnings
A - Actions
S - Set the Scene
T - Thankfulness
S - Socks
Sleep well x
If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
✔️ Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
✔️ Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
✔️ How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
“There’s nothing to look forward to.”
“ There’s no end in sight.”
“I’m stuck in a rut.”
Does any of this sound familiar?
When we don’t have anything to look forward to we can feel discouraged and despondent. Every day feels like Groundhog Day.
In this episode, I talk about the importance of taking responsibility and planning your own future.
It might feel as though the future looks dreary - but only if you let it!
The trick is convincing your monkey mind that you’ve got something great on the horizon. It could be a new job or moving house. Perhaps you want to take up a new hobby or get on with something that you have been putting off for too long.
Whatever it is - planning really helps.
So grab a pen and a notebook and start writing.
✔️ Decide what you DON’T want.
✔️ Decide what you DO want.
✔️ What are the pros and cons of each option?
✔️ Who can help you?
✔️ How much time do you have?
✔️ How will you feel when you achieve what you want?
Your Unconscious Mind needs to have things to focus on. Things to look forward to. Things to work towards. These pointers will help.
If you need to get in touch - please email me at toolbox@caigraham.com
If Anxiety Levels are running high in your home - then I have a couple of resources for you:
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognising the triggers
✔️ Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it all together
✔️ Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in it’s tracks
✔️ How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
There is so much unrest at the moment following the death of George Floyd - a black man who died from asphyxiation whilst in police custody because a white police officer knelt on his neck for 9 minutes.
Understandably there is anger and protests are appearing across the globe.
In this episode, I give guidance to Parents in how best to talk to their children about racism and how the deep-rooted bigotry within many of our societies has to change. There is no going back to the “status quo.”
As parents, we are our child’s first role model. We help them shape their values and their beliefs - we can, therefore, shape how we heal systemic and historic racism. The change starts with us, parents.
What can we do as parents?
- Practice Self Care and Self Awareness
- Educate Yourselves - Understand White Privilege
- Have Age-Appropriate Conversations
- Acknowledge Your Child’s Curiosity
- Mind Your Language - What to Say
- Validate Everyone’s Feelings
- Address Past Mistakes
- Nurture Respect
- Develop a Growth Mindset
- Be the Voice of Change The internet is full of suggestions on how to learn more and how to make a difference. Here are a few suggestions which are only the tip of the iceberg :
MOVIES to Watch :
13th
The Innocence File
The Help
Dear White People
When They See Us
Hidden Figures
12 Years a Slave
The Butler
American Son
Books to Read :
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
White Fragility – Robin Diangelo
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
I Am Not Your Baby Mother - Candice Brathwaite
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
Petitions to sign: Justice for George Floyd on change.org
Social Accounts :
@blklivesmatter
@stop_hate_uk : www.stophateuk.org/donations
@showracismthecard
@colorofchange
@theconsciouskid
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I talk about how to communicate with a teenager who doesn’t really want to talk to you.
When teenagers are in the home - communication suddenly takes on a different form!
Perhaps the only communication going on at the moment is yelling and door slamming. It’s not unusual.
Maybe there is silence - as everyone appears to be trying to avoid one another.
Let’s face it - teenagers often become less keen to share what’s going on in their heads - and they tend to retreat to their room for peace and quiet. That’s normal.
But despite all this - it is important for parents to keep the lines of communication open - so that you can help them and support them when they need you.
The key points to remember are :
✔️ Building Rapport :
More about this here: https://www.caigraham.com/rapport/
✔️ Developing Your Listening Skills :
More about this here: https://www.caigraham.com/listeningskills/
✔️ Minding Your Language: More about this here: https://www.caigraham.com/mind-your-language/
I have a fantastic exercise that will help you with this :
📍www.caigraham.com/3questions
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits:
MBB: https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode I explain why it’s important to stop Managing your Teenager and start Mentoring them.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website: 📍www.caigraham.com/understanding
Teenagers’ brains are under construction - and with this comes chaos and overwhelm.
It’s a scary time for them - when their minds are a melting pot or hormones and invariably they don’t know which way is up.
It’s our responsibility as parents to hold a space for our teenagers as they get to grips with what’s going on in their heads.
This maturation carries well on into their twenties - so it’s going to save a lot of heartaches if we start adapting as soon as possible.
Whilst they are traveling through adolescence they will indeed:
✔️ Start questioning our authority
✔️Pushing our buttons
✔️Making questionable decisions
✔️Struggle with their emotions and feelings
this is what independence looks like. So (like it or not) we are stuck with it!
Our children are learning how to become a young adult.
It’s what they are programmed to do - so there’s no point in trying to resist. What I suggest we do is :
- Be Patient
- Validate their Feelings
- Respect this Independence
- Consult and Collaborate
- Allow for Mistakes
- Understand that your child is an EXPERT in their own lives.
- LISTEN to their opinions and thoughts.
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits: MBB: https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I give you 5 techniques that will help you to start to think more positively.
This current pandemic has created some very worrying times for many of us.
The media is spewing out so much negativity, which if unchecked can really affect our mental wellbeing.
I offer 5 pointers that will help you develop a more positive mindset :
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Practice GRATITUDE
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CHALLENGE the Negativity
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WHO are you paying attention to?
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Just BECAUSE
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Hit NEUTRAL
Remember that: Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start having positive results.
We find ourselves in strange times at the minute. Parenting is very different.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series where I support parents throughout this time. This episode helps you if you are raising teenagers.
Here, I offer you support and suggestions, helping you to cope with family life at home.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website: 📍www.caigraham.com
Anxiety levels are understandable, heightened in this current climate.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by: ✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in its tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
For a 25% saving : Please use the code : MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
For a 25% saving: Please use the code: MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I am giving you some pointers on how to Combat Sibling Rivalry. You’ll never be able to stop the quarrels and the arguments between the kids - and nor should you. Sibling Rivalry is a natural way for your child to learn what is acceptable behavior (and what’s not) - and how best to connect with people.
Home is a safe environment for your child to learn the unwritten rules of relationships.
My 12 Pointers are :
- Remove Your Own Emotions & Ego - Your feelings don’t come into this!
- No Favourites - This upsets the already fragile balance.
- Be Fair - You don’t have to be equal.
- Avoid Comparisons & Labels - These can have a lasting effect.
- Spot the Triggers - To help diffuse explosive situations before they happen.
- Group Family Fun - Make time to be Together.
- Spend 1-2-1 time with each child - They NEED your attention.
- Observe the Conflict - Pick Your Battles.
- Have a Family Pow-Wow - Where everyone has a voice.
- Manage Expectations - So everyone understands the boundaries.
- Intervene if Necessary - This goes without saying.
- Act as a Team - Be one another’s role models.
We find ourselves in strange times at the minute. Parenting is very different.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series where I support parents throughout this time. This episode helps you if you are raising teenagers.
Here, I offer you support and suggestions, helping you to cope with family life at home.
I have some handouts that accompany this series and it can be downloaded from my website: 📍www.caigraham.com
Anxiety levels are understandable, heightened in this current climate.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by
✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in its tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
For a 25% saving: Please use the code: MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
For a 25% saving: Please use the code: MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits: MBB: https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
We find ourselves in strange times at the minute. Parenting is very different.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series where I support parents throughout this time. This episode helps you if you are raising teenagers.
Many parents are telling me that their anxiety levels are heightened during this time of uncertainty of Coronavirus.
In this episode, I explain why this is totally normal - and to be expected.
I also explain why we only want to MANAGE our anxiety and not get rid of it altogether.
The problems only arise when our Anxiety gets out of hand and starts to impact our daily lives.
Here I run you through 2 scientifically proven and evidence-based techniques that help manage your anxiety effectively. They are both children friendly.
Younger kids prefer the ROLLERCOASTER Method
Teenagers often use the TAPPING Approach.
Should you require more support then I have a couple of fo online resources that will also help.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by:
✔️ Recognizing the triggers, understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in its tracks
How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
For a 25% saving: Please use the code: MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
For a 25% saving : Please use the code : MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits : MBB : https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I am providing pointers for those parents who are needing to work from home.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series, where I support parents throughout this time.
This episode helps you if you are juggling family life at home, whilst also needing to fulfill your work commitments.
Work-life is invading the home and many parents are finding it hard to switch off from work.
I am offering 10 pointers that will guide to a calmer and more productive home environment.
1. Create a separate workspace.
2. Break the day into bite-sized chunks.
3. Accept a different working timetable is possible.
4. Enlist support from others.
5. Plan & schedule - to get stuff done.
6. Prioritize self-care.
7. Lower expectations.
8. Be available to what you are doing 100%.
9. Practice patience - for others and yourself.
10. Be flexible.
Details of all further podcasts can be found on my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/podcast
Music Credits: MBB: https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial/happy
In this episode, I am going back to basics.
I am reminding you of the importance of self-care whilst parenting through The Coronavirus.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series, where I support parents throughout this time.
This episode helps you if you are juggling family life at home and you need some guidance during this pandemic, but your energy levels are low and you are finding parenting hard.
This is an extraordinary time in our journey through parenthood; and to some extent, we are making up the rules as we go along.
Sometimes as parents we get our knickers in a twist and worry that we aren’t ‘doing it right’ or that our children are behaving badly and are ‘going off the rails’.
Whilst you are lying awake at 3 am and worrying, things do indeed appear a lot more serious - but with a few tweaks, you can easily get your family life back on track.
Follow my rules and it’ll help you get a better nights sleep x
- There is always a positive intention.
- We will see the world differently.
- The magic of small things.
- There is no such thing as failure.
- Our three basic needs within the family.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/goldenrules
In this episode, I am going back to basics.
I am reminding you of the importance of self-care whilst parenting through The Coronavirus.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series, where I support parents throughout this time.
This episode helps you if you are juggling family life at home and you need some guidance during this pandemic, but your energy levels are low and you are finding parenting hard.
This is an extraordinary time in our journey through parenthood, and to some extent, we are making up the rules as we go along.
Sometimes as parents we get our knickers in a twist and worry that we aren’t ‘doing it right’ or that our children are behaving badly and are ‘going off the rails’.
Whilst you are lying awake at 3 am and worrying, things do indeed appear a lot more serious - but with a few tweaks, you can easily get your family life back on track.
Follow my rules and it’ll help you get a better nights sleep x
- The old ways of thinking have to go.
- With change come opportunities.
- What do you focus on you attract?
- Suspend your critical mind.
- You cannot change another person.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website :
📍www.caigraham.com/goldenrules
This episode is reminding you of the importance of self care whilst parenting through The Coronavirus.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series, where I support parents throughout this time.
This episode helps you if you are juggling family life at home and you need some guidance during this pandemic.
This is an extraordinary time in our journey through parenthood; and to some extent we are making up the rules as we go along.
If you are a parent, the likelihood is that you aren’t finding the time to look after yourself. You probably feel that you have 101 other things to do that are ‘more urgent’.
They say that “You can’t pour from an empty cup.”
This is an extraordinary time in our journey through parenthood; and to some extent we are making up the rules as we go along.
If you aren’t prioritising yourself - how can you look after your nearest and dearest when the going gets tough? If you are running on empty, you will start feeling the struggle
Self care is a necessity - not a luxury xx
If you’d like a bit more support and motivation - then my Self-Care Course : The Art of Putting Yourself First is an absolute must.
📍 www.caigraham.com/self-care
For a 25% saving : Please use the code : MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
This episode is for those of us who are Supporting Elderly Relatives during The Coronavirus.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series where I support parents throughout this time.
This episode helps you if you are juggling family life at home and you need some guidance during this pandemic. This is an extraordinary time in our journey through parenthood, and to some extent, we are making up the rules as we go along.
If you are part of the sandwich generation like me, not only do you have kids ( be they tweens or teens ) but you will also have elderly parents or relatives who might need attention too.
In this episode, I discuss some of the practicalities that might help you and your loved ones cope with the coronavirus disruptions.
Parenting teenagers and younger children have their own challenges - and now, to some extent, you might feel you are having to parent the older generation as well.
I’m glad you’re here.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website :
📍www.caigraham.com
Anxiety levels are understandable, heightened in this current climate.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognizing the triggers
- Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
- Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in its tracks
✔️ How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
For a 25% saving : Please use the code : MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
For a 25% saving : Please use the code : MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
This episode is for those of us who are ‘stuck’ at home with the kids. Parenting is very different at the moment.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series where I support parents throughout this time. This episode helps you if you are struggling with your child and need to reassure them during this pandemic.
Many of us are now in the groove with the Coronavirus and might be dealing OK with the initial disruption.
However, for our children, this adventure is now turning into stark reality and it is just as important now, as before to make sure that they too are coping and adjusting to the changes.
Our parenting roles are changing. Family life has changed remarkably in just a few weeks - and still, the goalpost keeps changing.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website :
📍www.caigraham.com
Anxiety levels are understandable, heightened in this current climate.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by :
✔️ Recognizing the triggers
- Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
- Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in its tracks
- How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
📍www.caigraham.com/anxiety
For a 25% saving: Please use the code: MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe
For a 25% saving: Please use the code: MYSAVING25 at checkout. (Valid till end of May 2020)
We find ourselves in strange times at the minute. Parenting is very different.
Globally, many countries are in lockdown, in a bid to ‘Beat The Coronavirus’.
I have decided to start this podcast with a COVID-19 Series where I support parents throughout this time. This episode helps you if you are raising teenagers.
Here, I offer you support and suggestions, helping you to cope with family life at home. Living in such close proximity with our teenagers; and with the current restrictions offering little respite, it can indeed be a strain for all us! Parenting teenagers can be a struggle at the best of times - social distancing is likely to make that struggle more real.
I have a handout that accompanies this episode and it can be downloaded from my website: 📍www.caigraham.com
Anxiety levels are understandable, heightened in this current climate.
My Anxiety course provides you with support by ✔️ Recognising the triggers
Understanding Anxiety - and why we don’t want to get rid of it altogether
Learning a couple of techniques to help you stop a panic attack in its tracks
✔️ How as a parent, you can support your anxious child
If you or your child are struggling with your emotions at the minute - then I have a great online course that introduces you to 7 different breathing exercises that a can get you out of many sticky situations :
📍www.caigraham.com/breathe