NLP4Kids Blog
Giving your time to the young people in your life is so incredibly important – both for them and for you. I know that you are tired, stressed and already short on time, so I feel somewhat guilty asking you to eat up another section of what little[…]
Read MoreWouldn’t it be easier to change the way you behave if you had a bit of support in doing so? The problem is to know how to ask for it. Often we get too fixed on the behaviour we want to avoid and then miss the opportunities to[…]
Read MoreWhy do we have walls on our house and fences around our gardens? Well, the answer might not be all that different to the reasons why rules, boundaries and discipline are good for the children you work with or look after. Both are designed to create a sense[…]
Read MoreLast month I talked about how parents can help improve concentration in their children and received an overwhelming response from professionals asking how they can help out too. Never fear I have some advice for you too! There are some really simple exercises we can teach children to[…]
Read MoreIf you are in need are you exempt from giving? Should you be? I believe there is value in teaching children and young people kindness, no matter what their background or circumstances. Compassion, like manors, is a skill that young people have to be taught in order to[…]
Read MoreWe often think of anger as purely a negative emotion that exists only to cause disruption and damage. However anger is a great source of power and energy. It’s only really a problem if you a) get angry too much or b) don’t know how to calm yourself[…]
Read MoreI consider concentration skills to be a slightly delicate area. Let me explain why. In my Hertfordshire therapy clinic, I see a lot of well-meaning parents who bring their children to see me because they want their children to concentrate better – particularly in the academic areas of[…]
Read MoreImagine seeing the place you once called home destroyed. Your friends and family, terrified, injured or killed and being told that the only chance you have to survive is to flee. Then you land here, in this new country with a different language, rules, history, and education system,[…]
Read MoreYour house is on fire. Do you first figure out the source of the fire and then run, or do you just run? I guess that may depend upon how bad the fire is but I see a lot of cases of diagnosing where we could instead be[…]
Read MoreThe commonly used word for accepting others is tolerance. Sometimes our tolerance is challenged when we have to share our space on the planet with others who are just like us on the inside, but who look differently, think differently and behave differently. Interestingly our brains are wired[…]
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