Many of our early memories come from school. My very first memory is meeting my long term best mate Sam, whilst she was playing with the scales on an introductory day at Infant School (Year 1 in today’s language). Sadly, often through school becomes disappointment, fear, bullying and negative feelings about ourselves. My big disappointment came…
I see an increasing number of youngsters in my therapy business. Often one of the reasons for this is due to the feeling of pressure to achieve certain grades at school. I appreciate that the pressure comes from a number of sources such as teachers, peers, themselves and, in some cases, parents. They may also feel pressure to…
I wonder if being a parent now is tougher than ever or has parenting just evolved? I was talking to a friend only this morning about parenting nowadays compared to when we were youngsters. Back then emotions were generally not spoken about or dealt with and emotional intelligence was more basic. I believe this is because…
Of course bullying shouldn’t happen anywhere, whether at school, work, sport or socially but the sad reality is that it does happen. Unfortunately many workplaces want to sweep it under the carpet because they do not want a reputation for bullying. If not addressed bullying can scar people for life and result in addictive behaviour,…