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Glimmers - micro moments of joy
Glimmers are those tiny, magical moments that make us feel peace, joy, safety, and connection. They make us feel alive. We often don't...

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Nov 11, 20241 min read


Rudeness
My conscious thinking brain knows this. My unconscious emotional brain sometimes doesn't. When we're feeling wound up by our kids it's...

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Aug 29, 20241 min read


Things I manage not to say
Children’s brains are wired differently to adult brains. The bits of the brain that help us manage our emotions and impulses, reflect on...

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Aug 21, 20242 min read


Coregulation
Therapeutic parents are encouraged to share their calm to coregulate their dysregulated child. They might be very distressed. They might...

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Aug 8, 20242 min read


The measure of parenting success
A quote by lived experience trauma therapist Glenn Patrick Doyle - "We're not ourselves when we're triggered. We become who we think we...

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Jul 1, 20241 min read


I'm so sorry
Apologies cover a multitude of parent mistakes and parent dysregulation. We all have ‘stuff’ that drives everything from behind the...

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May 26, 20241 min read


Triggers and glimmers
Sometimes we know how we want to deal with things as parents. We know what we need to do and what we should avoid doing. We can picture...

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Apr 26, 20242 min read


Change starts with us
In NVR parenting, change starts with us - the adults. When you hear that, what does it bring up in you? It's easy to conclude that if...

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Apr 11, 20242 min read
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