Shawn Achor (An American happiness researcher, author, and speaker known for his advocacy of positive psychology) reports that only 25% of success in a job is based on your ability to do the job. The other 75% that contributes to success at work is down to your optimism,[…]

How do you get the balance right between being a parent/professional working with children when it comes to friendship vs boundary setting? Does it cause any harm if you negotiate with children at their request instead of laying down the rules? Does it cause harm if you favour[…]

One of our NLP4Kids Practitioners, Debbie K has recently returned to her home county of Derbyshire and we’re so pleased to have her flying the NLP4Kids flag across the East Midlands. Debbie has been with NLP4Kids for over 4 years. After spending time in the corporate world training[…]

For me, the art of decent book writing comes down to three main things: Attention to sensory detail Apprehension/uncertainty Relief/humour Last year I had an article published about effective story telling and ultimately how if you can tell a story well, it really can bring even a poor[…]

Every child is made by two parents, whether they come to know and like those people or not. Within this two parent rule, implies that every child has access to a family, yet that is sadly not the case for all children. Due to a multitude of differing[…]

This is a tricky subject to write about, as it is an area where I have no direct experience. So this article is indented to reach all of the children who would most benefit from reading it, and perhaps too for the parents of unwell children who want[…]

Imagine you could chose your family. That you could custom pick each individual member for their personal qualities and traits that you would most like to have around you in your life. Just consider that you get to have the kind of brother or sister you would have[…]

I love my teenage son but, boy, he can be really moody and completely non-communicative (when he feels like it!). He comes home from school and goes straight upstairs to talk to his friends on skype. At best, I get a “can I have something to eat and[…]