elainenichollsnvrAug 291 min readRudenessMy conscious thinking brain knows this. My unconscious emotional brain sometimes doesn't. When we're feeling wound up by our kids it's...
elainenichollsnvrAug 272 min readAlice'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 51 min readLetting goThere's a lot of letting go in NVR. One of the things we can let go of is the idea that we're responsible for the actions and responses...
elainenichollsnvrMay 312 min readWhere's the harm?An exercise we do in our groups (and sometimes in one to one sessions) is thinking back to a thing we did as a child that our parent/s...
elainenichollsnvrMay 251 min readI'm so sorryApologies cover a multitude of parent mistakes and parent dysregulation. We all have ‘stuff’ that drives everything from behind the...
elainenichollsnvrApr 81 min readTolerating big feelingsIf there’s one thing children provide parents with it’s the opportunity for growth. Plenty of growth. Especially if we're parenting...