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May 14
7 min

How to Best Address Undesirable Child Behaviour - A Book Review.

The blog below is a book review, of: “Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers” by Dr. Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Mat...

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A "how-to" guide for this (imperfect) lock-down life

Dr. Jenny Turner

Apr 29
3 min

A "how-to" guide for this (imperfect) lock-down life

Goodness this global pandemic has thrown our lives into a spin in many ways hasn't it? For many of us, our daily life is unrecognisable n...

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Don't worry! Imperfect parenting during the Covid lockdown is GREAT!

Dr. Jenny Turner

Apr 15
2 min

Don't worry! Imperfect parenting during the Covid lockdown is GREAT!

There is a lot of worry for parents currently, during this unprecedented time of the covid-19 lockdown, and this is so understandable - T...

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Common misconceptions and myths about mindfulness

Dr. Jenny Turner

Jan 16
1 min

Common misconceptions and myths about mindfulness

I can’t seem to go a day anymore without hearing the term ‘mindfulness’ - It’s in our newspapers, news reports on TV, magazines, Instagra...

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Using the superpower of empathy to best support your child with their anxiety.

Dr. Jenny Turner

Jan 7
3 min

Using the superpower of empathy to best support your child with their anxiety.

Every child, and adult, experiences anxiety, regularly. For some it is a fleeting experience, felt relatively rarely. But for most of us,...

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Burnout: What is to Blame? How we can regain control when the stress is building.

Dr. Jenny Turner

Aug 24, 2019
9 min

Burnout: What is to Blame? How we can regain control when the stress is building.

If you’ve read my previous blog post, then you’ll know that I was no stranger to anxiety and stress growing up. But I was 33 years old be...

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“I’m (not really) fine” … and that’s ok.

Dr. Jenny Turner

Jul 15, 2019
10 min

“I’m (not really) fine” … and that’s ok.

When I was growing up, and well into my twenties, I believed that a good life shouldn’t really lead to feeling the trickier feelings like...

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