Rituals, ceremonies and rites of passage
The need for ritual and ceremony is universal. We have daily rituals; that first glorious cup of coffee in the morning, or the blanket we always sleep with. One helps us start the day and…
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The Body keeps the Score
In 2023 I would like to spend a fair amount of blog-space exploring psychological trauma and the impact it has on parenting, relationships and family life. Trauma can be an event, but also a context.…
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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…
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The impossible job
“You try to be a good parent, in every way, but you never know how. It’s not a difficult job. Just impossible.” from Us Against You by Frederik Backman. This quote is from a fictional…
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Consolidation
I would like to suggest it’s the time of year for consolidation. It’s time to establish your gains. It’s time to take what you have and make it stronger by celebrating it. ~to become, or…
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Duvet Days
She got in the car and started crying. She had been “off” all week; low frustration tolerance, emotional, and tired. That was it, we decided, time for a duvet day. What is a duvet day?…
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An interview about starting High School Part 1
Starting High School is like how different people experience fireworks. Exciting, new, wonderful or scary and overwhelming. Or perhaps even a bit of both! If your child is starting High School in 2023, there may…
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An interview about starting High School Part 2
Starting High School is a bit like launching into the unknown. Especially when faced with a bunch of new people you’ve never met before. How do you know who’s good for you or not? I…
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We’re going on a bear hunt
There is the most delightful book written by genius (in my opinion) children’s author, Michael Rosen. It’s about a family going on a bear hunt. It’s full of onomatopoeia and rhyme, which we say appeals…
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Potjie Pot Poems
“I want people to identify with characters in the poems, and to laugh at themselves, to not beat themselves up about things but have a good laugh. I want people to know they’re not alone.”…
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