Anxiety
A Note About Neurodiversity
A note to my neurodiverse friends… I had a revelation today and I wanted to share it with you. I hope it gives you some inspiration. I have been beating myself up mentally lately. Since my diagnosis, I’ve reflected on years of struggles and failures. I’ve looked back at everything I’ve been through, with a [...]
Parenting A Child With PTSD
Navigating parenting is never easy! Let me tell you, I am five years in to this now and I am still learning every single day! Navigating parenting a child with PTSD, that is a whole new board game I was not expecting! When parenting, you have the usual worries. You worry about cars too close [...]
Chase Your Dreams
I have wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. I can recall that yearning deep inside me that I ignored and quietened down, because I couldn’t believe in myself back then. I didn’t understand the process and therefore I thought it was out of my reach. I figured I would [...]
The Creative Songwriting Journal
Most of us are familiar with the words ‘mental health’, We are used to hearing them mentioned on a fairly regular basis with some understanding of what it means and that we all have mental health. It was not always like this though. It was up until fairly recently largely associated with people suffering with [...]
Depression Disrupted My Parenting
Depression Disrupted My Parenting by Hayley Wheeler My name is Hayley Wheeler and I am the original EmotionMind Connection Therapist, but it wasn’t always like this. In 2015 I hit my rock bottom, the deepest, darkest depth of depression but my battle with my mental health didn’t start there. In 2004 I hid post natal [...]
Growth Mindset
Hey, my name is Jay McKeague. I am a Growth Mindset Coach for parents and children. My personal development journey started with my own personal struggles with crippling anxiety; I wanted a way to heal without medication so I began a life coaching course. After many courses taken and books read, I am here to [...]
Panic Attacks in Children
Panic Attacks in Children – Every Parent/Carer’s Nightmare! The word ‘panic’ has its origins in Greek Mythology. The Greek deity, Pan, with the body and head of a man and the legs and feet of a goat, used to frequent the forests of Arcadia where he would rustle the leaves in trees in the forest. [...]
Explaining ‘The Thing’…
‘The Thing’ by Oscar Goffer, age 6. To the scientist, Sometimes I get ‘The Thing’ and I wanted to tell you about my discoveries so that you can help other people if they get ‘The Thing’ too. ‘The Thing’ is when I feel extremely cross and sad, all at the same time. When you get […]
Confident Kids Get Anxiety Too
Lets begin with understanding what anxiety and depression are like from the inside out. Anxiety is felt as an intense worry or fear and can be over anything old or new, things you have always been OK with can become scary or the cause of worry and new tasks, challenges or experiences can cause you […]
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