elainenichollsnvrSep 212 minNVR parenting - warm and firmDeciding where to set our expectations for our children can be tricky when there's trauma, disabilities, and other things going on like...
elainenichollsnvrSep 121 minIf the only tool we have is a hammer...If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's tempting to treat every problem as though it were a nail. A quote often attributed to Abraham...
elainenichollsnvrAug 301 minBreatheWhen things are going well it's easier to be intentional in our parenting. It's much more of a challenge when we're out of our window of...
elainenichollsnvrAug 272 minAlice's UmbrellaHuman beings learn by experience - things going well and things going not so well. It’s tempting to feel as though we need to say...
elainenichollsnvrJul 31 minAchieving better connectionsLast year friend and colleague Al Coates and I wrote a parenting course for a local authority to use as their default training for...
elainenichollsnvrJul 11 minThe measure of parenting successA quote by lived experience trauma therapist Glenn Patrick Doyle - "We're not ourselves when we're triggered. We become who we think we...