Child Author Project

Resilience

A Note About Neurodiversity

ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Neurodiversity, Resilience, Self Esteem, Self-Love by jessadmin

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

Anxiety, Behaviours, Children's Mental Health, Children's Mindset, Domestic Abuse, Family, Parent, Parenting, PTSD, Resilience by jessadmin

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

Anxiety, Confidence, Resilience, Self Esteem by jessadmin

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 [...]

Depression Disrupted My Parenting

Anxiety, Children's Mental Health, Depression, Family, Parent, Resilience, Siblings by jessadmin

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 [...]

Panic Attacks in Children

Anxiety, Behaviours, Children's Mental Health, Children's Mindset, Resilience by jessadmin

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. [...]

Influencing a Child’s Mindset

Children's Mindset, Parent, Resilience by jessadmin

To me, but maybe not others, a child’s mindset is set by influence. They are not born with all the knowledge, power or understanding of this world. They must see positive influences, be encouraged and most of all be loved. Some children will be confident, some won’t. Some will run into school on the first […]