Bad Influence Friendships: Parents & Professionals

Have you heard of the saying “what you resist persists?” The same rule applies when you attempt to dissuade a young person from forging friendships with those you disapprove of. The more you try to convince them that this friend is a bad influence, the more you will[…]

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Movement for Meaning: Parents & Professionals

In order to get a message to sink in, you need to back it up with more than just more words. You will likely need some physical movement and energy to demonstrate that you are fully engaged and committed to seeing through what you are saying.  But what[…]

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Is it ADHD or Anxiety?: Parents & Professionals

Is there an overlap between the symptoms of ADHD and anxiety? If so, what is it and how can you tell the difference? This video explores 3 ways in which ADHD and anxiety can overlap and crucially, what you need to do about it. Make sure you check[…]

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The Secret to Developing Resilience – Part 1: Parents & Professionals

In this two-part video, following an NLP4Kids event, I share half of the tips we generated for developing resilience in a child or young person. Here’s a breakdown of what’s included in part 1: Responsibility – Developing responsibility creates an internal strength and faith that challenges can be[…]

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Developing Respect: Parents & Professionals

Before requesting respect, your young people need to know that your definitions of the word are aligned. For many children, the word ‘respect’ may be used to request that they follow instructions without challenge or that they agree with someone and neither of these are good examples of[…]

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Our Resilient Family: Parents & Professionals

A covert and effective way to develop a resilient family and classroom is to use every good example from history (and there are many of them!). We do not have to look back too many generations to find great examples of resilience and creativity in problem-solving and these[…]

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Responsibility For Anxiety: Parents & Professionals

Whilst I’m an advocate for getting young people to take responsibility, I recognise how knowing a fair bit about mental health and anxiety-related issues make me want to jump in and problem-solve! I also notice (as I’m sure you have experienced yourselves in other aspects of life) that[…]

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Humiliation Does Not Work: Parents & Professionals

When dealing with an overly confident, arrogant young person, it can be tempting to humble them by taking an opportunity to humiliate them and you may even feel justified in taking this action. If you think back on your own life experiences, you will likely remember a time[…]

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Help Young People Make Decisions: Parents & Professionals

As well as sharing a decision making strategy with you, we’ll be reflecting on NLP4Kids from seven years ago. Back in the pre-covid days, I used to run an even in London where I would do a demonstration of a decision making strategy to encourage people who were[…]

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The Dangers of Too Many Choices: Parents & Professionals

We know that when someone feels overwhelmed, they may be more likely to get anxious and feel under pressure. Whilst me might see having choices as advantageous, too many choices can definitely induce overwhelm. Have you heard of choice overload? This is when there are so many choices[…]

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