How to Talk About Problems: Children and Young People

Tips for talking about your problems include: Start with the facts. Don’t worry about getting into your emotions if you feel uncomfortable. Utilise the NLP strategy of ‘submodalities’ – this is fully explained in the video. Do some research on other people’s embarrassing stories – chances are they’re[…]

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The Beetle in Your Shoe: Parents and Professionals

Sometimes we know what the problem is but are just too tired or distracted by other things to be able to do anything much about it. The problem with putting things off (and hoping eventually they’ll just sort themselves out) is that it is costing you more energy[…]

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How to Stop Hatin’: Children and Young People

Do you have an enemy, a frenemy or a sibling you constantly compete with? If so this video is for you! Whilst I can’t teach you how to become best buddies, I have got some helpful tactic to reduce the amount of tension between you and prevent the[…]

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Stop Being So “Pink”!: Children & Young People

I have a theory about anxiety and worry and it relates to the colour pink. NOTE: This video isn’t just for little girls. There are plenty of teenagers, boys and young men who also have a ‘pink’ attitude.  Being pink means that you can’t solve your own problems[…]

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Why You Should Self-Reflect: Children and Young People

Self-reflection is the process of looking at how you are showing up in the world and how you are perceived by others. It gives you an opportunity to correct mistakes and to plan better ways of behaving in the future. However, if you are an over-thinker or serial[…]

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Encouraging Children to Invest

I’m talking to you today about investment and I don’t necessarily mean of the financial perspective. I was listening to a podcast recently with ‘Tony Robbins’. He’s very big in the personal development world. He is a quite tall American man who is very loud but very good[…]

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The Fastest Way to Get Rid of Mental Health Issues: Children and Young People

When it comes to anxiety, depression and OCD we’re all keen to help children to get better as quickly as possible. CAMHS is often a long wait and young people are looking for speedier solutions.  Often a combination of prescribed medication and a CBT type of therapy is[…]

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The Benefits of Scheduling: Children and Young People

If you are (or know of) a young person who is feeling: Overwhelmed Is struggling to prioritise Forgets important things Sets unrealistic expectations on their time Procrastinates Then they require a schedule! Particularly when young people begin to juggle their time between revision, exams, a more active social[…]

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Getting Annoyed (and how to avoid it) – Children and Young People

Feelings of annoyance can really zap your energy and positivity. Worst of all, it’s a massive waste of time to feel that way! In this video I share with you 3 tips for overcoming the feelings of being annoyed, The most important, in my opinion, is that the[…]

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