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An Interview with a Sandplay Facilitator: Bongekile Ngcobo
6 September 2024 Bongekile and I have crossed paths through our working and personal lives over the last decade or so. She’s a fellow professional I respect and admire and one thing I love about her is she is always willing to try new things, she’s intentional about self-awareness and personal growth. Bongekile is a…
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Mastery: the struggle towards growth and development
3o August 2024 The Brene Brown quote I used in my blog on Being Deeply Human, got me thinking about the concept of mastery and how important it is in the development of a child. I thought it might be useful to explore a bit more. First, here’s that quote: “It may seem counterintuitive, but…
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When kids lie and steal: And how adults can respond
23 August 2024 For parents who have worked hard to teach their children right from wrong, when they become aware their child has been lying and/or stealing, it’s a massive shock. Understandably, they move through a range of reactions; anger, shame, disbelief and this most often results in a punishment of the behaviour. No doubt…
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Coming up tomorrow!
24 June 2024 Just a reminder about the Journalling Taster online tomorrow night!
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What children say about their parents
17 June 2024 UNICEF recently released this very powerful video. They asked children to act like their parents and they videoed them. Their parents then watched the videos and for many it was a very confronting experience. https://fb.watch/sLwSyJDuBq/ If this was your child, how would they be imitating you? In South Africa it’s the…
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Broken things
15 March 2024 “Our hearts are broken about things that are broken…” Jennie Allen. This has been resounding in my soul ever since I read it. I have times of feeling heartbroken for people and situations who are broken, including myself, I think most of us do. None of is completely whole all of the…
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Introducing Photographer Lexi Diack
19 January 2024 I have been dying to introduce you to the person behind the photos you can find throughout my website. The photos of me, my play room in Howick and also all the stunning photos of The Journalling Workshop held in Feb 2023 which have been on my social media feeds were…
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Everything’s changing …
1 December 2023 The theme of the last month in my play therapy work has very much been around helping children of all ages prepare for and negotiate change. It is a feature of year endings that there are shifts and changes of different kinds. Moving to a new town, new school, new province or…
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Sleep, Play and Screentime
Children need the right amounts of sleep and play for growth and health. They also need plenty of active play or movement. Screentime actively takes away from quality of sleep and active play time in many, many children’s lives. Sleep and play are so important, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines in respect…
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It Is Here!
3 November 2023 Just like the Webb Ellis trophy* and Siya Kolisi* have landed home, so has my website – wooooo hoooo! This is my very first blog from my brand new site! Welcome and enjoy having a look around! New things on the website… Parenting for Connection is a brand new online process for…
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