Co-regulation
Tiggers!
23 February 2024 Movement matters, and it especially matters to those who are “tiggers”. (If you’re not acquainted with the Winnie-the-Pooh stories by AA Milne, well, maybe it’s time.) Tigger is one of Winnie-the-Pooh’s best friends, a very loveable, energetic and positive character. Tigger bounces everywhere. He’s enthusiastic and motivated. He’s always looking for the…
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Process is Messy
12 January 2024 Process is messy I was reminded once again during the holidays that process is messy. It just is. We put up some shelves in our living space and standing there in the middle of putting them up, it felt once again like we’d just moved in. The chaotic mess in…
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Reassurance Seeking: The Quest for Belonging
This blog is for you if you have a child back at school this week who is struggling to settle and is constantly looking to you to reassure them. The human need for love and belonging are so primal and foundational to who we are, when it comes to not having these needs met, we…
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Holding space
This is what holding space looks like. This is where kids store their special, ongoing Lego projects in my office. On a shelf out of sight to most others who come and visit me. This is an illustration of how we can hold space for children while they’re still in the middle of their process,…
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From co-regulation to self-regulation: a journey in connection
Co-regulation is when a parent or caregiver uses their voice, facial expression and bodily posture to communicate love, acceptance and understanding to a child in a moment of need or when they are experiencing “big feelings”. Self-regulation is defined in the APA dictionary of psychology as n. the control of one’s behavior through the use…
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