Category: Mornings
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Why Your Calm Isn’t Really Calm: Understanding the Nervous System Baseline for You and Your Child
Today was a day! You know the kind I mean when everything just seems to irritate you. The biggest thing was that EVERY SINGLE TIME that I went to use the bathroom – someone was yelling mum or an argument was breaking out and I was just done. Like can’t a gal just pee in…
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If your child is struggling with back-to-school… it’s not because they’re being “dramatic”.
Let me just say it upfront:I suck at school mornings. We’re not the Pinterest family who skips into the school gates with ten minutes to spare.My son? He’s the one bolting in the opposite direction. And we’re usually the ones arriving while everyone else is already heading out. Late. Again. So no, this isn’t a…
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Summer Has Unravelled Our Routine!! Here’s How We’re Gently Stitching It Back Together
Breathing Through a Heatwave So, here I am — sitting down to write this blog post, sweating, drinking iced coffee, and feeling not at all in work mode. It’s HOT in Ireland right now, which is such a rare thing I almost didn’t want to talk about it as it will be irrelevant in a…
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🌞 Why Summer Is the Perfect Time to Build Emotional Regulation Skills with Your Kids
I was saying in one of my posts previously that summer means long days, tired kids, and big emotions. I got a comment that said “I can’t relate. Because slow mornings, slow evenings, no structure for the day. This is the life. We can actually enjoy living” I don’t think they understood what I was…
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The 2025 Morning Routine That Actually Works for Stressed Parents
Mornings are not always my favourite thing to be honest – not mornings where we have to be somewhere anyway. Between missing shoes, breakfast drama, and the mad dash out the door, it’s no wonder most of us feel frazzled before 9 a.m. If you’ve ever struggled with stressful mornings as a parent… you’re in…
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What Is EFT Tapping — And Why More Parents Are Turning to It to Regulate Their Nervous Systems
The parents I work with already know how they want to show up. They read parenting books or follow parenting accounts, they listen to parenting podcasts – they are invested. BUT no matter how much they know, for some reason they still find themselves acting in ways they don’t want to. Snapping, yelling or just…
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Your Mindset Matters When Supporting Your Child With Their Big Emotions
There’s a moment we all know well as parents, right? That moment when your child is having big feelings that come exploding out — maybe a tantrum over something seemingly small….. and it is LOUD. Your heart rate spikes, you can feel the tension in your shoulders and suddenly… you’re not the calm parent you…
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Tapping Into Calm: My Journey with Tapping
I woke up today as my Lumie Sunrise Clock started to shine. Instead of reaching straight for my phone as I often have done in the past, I sat up and tapped. Now I don’t mean the annoying tapping that my brother used to do while I was trying to watch something and he’s working…
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I Don’t Want My Slow Mornings to End! 5 Ways to Ease into The Back-to-School Transition.
Ugh the time has come… The time has come to go back to school after the Christmas break. For some this is great- a time to get back into routine and have some normality back. For others this transition is a really hard one and the thought of those rushed mornings and having to be…
Family Yoga with Natasha 