Thank you, please call again soon!
16 December 2024 Thank you I am so thankful to do what I do. I absolutely love my job, I love working with kids, I love working with parents. Yes, that is YOU! If I…
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The ability to respond
23 November 2024 David Whyte, an Irish poet says that the word responsibility means “the ability to respond”. He says that we (adults) have made responsibility a heavy burden; all the things that we have…
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Introducing a small project with mighty results.
15 November 2024 On any given weekday afternoon, you can arrive at Ethembeni’s Family Centre in Mpophomeni, the home of the Education Support programme (Ed Support) and find between 60 and 70 children ages 5…
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Good Enough
1 November It’s the first day of the second to last day of the year, how are you? Let’s all just take a deep breath. NICE! I admit to borrowing liberally from someone else’s post…
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Am I the problem?
25 October 2024 I don’t take lightly the fact that dozens of parents each year take the step to make an appointment with me and talk about the need for play therapy for their child.…
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Four Harms of a screen-based childhood: Learning from The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
18 October 2024 As promised in my post a few weeks ago, I am unpacking some of my learning from reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. In chapter 5 of the book he looks at 4…
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Spotlight on Men
11 October 2024 It is Mental Health Awareness Month in October. The Masiviwe project has produced a video highlighting men’s mental health. One of the men interviewed states: “If you’re a man, you don’t cry.…
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On Not Being Polite
4 October 2024 I have been telling my children recently when not to be polite. Don’t let people walk all over you – if sports is a metaphor for life… On the sports field, don’t…
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