Tag: Parenting
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What Tree Pose Can tell You About Your Child’s Stress Levels
Have you ever noticed that some days your child can stand in Tree Pose with ease, and other days they can’t stop wobbling, fidgeting, or falling over? There’s a reason I love balancing poses in family yoga. They give us an opportunity to slow down, notice what’s happening in our bodies, and explore how we’re…
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Do you know what really annoys me about kids breathing practices being shared??
I shared about this yesterday on Instagram , but it’s SUPER ANNOYING so there is more to be said 😂 I’ve spent an obsessively long time studying the breath – understanding it physically like the anatomy of the breath, the autonomic nervous system and how breath can be used as a regulatory tool and…
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The 10‑Minute Bedtime Bridge That Transforms Chaotic Evenings into Calm
Because stressful nights don’t need to end in battles (or guilt). Real Talk: Messy Bedtimes Happen Let’s be honest… I am not the mum who has her evenings perfectly organised, where the kids calmly go to bed at 7 p.m. and I get this magical “me time” after. Nope. Sometimes it’s 9 p.m. and no one’s in…
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I don’t always want to practice Yoga with my Children
This might surprise you, especially coming from someone who talks about yoga together sooo much, but I don’t always want to practice yoga with my children. And sometimes… they don’t want to practice with me either. The other day, I rolled out my mat ready for my own practice. And like a moth to a…
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3 Cosy December Family Practices
December starts tomorrow and I feel like November was just this blur…it went by so quick. I went from feeling super prepared to feeling like everything was on top of me and I started getting really overwhelmed. Every time I made time to step onto my mat and do my self-care practices, I could feel…
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Is it actually okay not be okay?
I’ve been sitting with something big the last few days and I realised a hidden belief I had for myself….. That it’s actually not okay to not be okay….. weird after sharing “It’s okay not to be okay.” for so long. But I realised that not being okay has usually equalled rejection and abonnement for…
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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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The Missing Piece That Helped Me Actually Understand Gentle Parenting
I tried doing everything right. I’d read the books.Listened to all the experts.Saved every post about “what to say when your child is dysregulated.” I believed in gentle parenting with my whole heart.But in the heat of a moment, when my kids were arguing for the sixth time that morning, or my youngest was in…
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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…
