Explore how early relationships shape our reactions to modern life, and learn ways to navigate anxiety with awareness and new strategies.
There is no perfect parent and everyone will make mistakes along the way. Parents who are in tune with the accepted developmental stages of cognitive growth their children might go through, might be best placed to coach them through.
This week is about Recovering from Narcissistic Parenting.
These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.
Parenting is crucial in a child’s development and while it is not the only factor in the acquisition of anxiety and depression, good parenting can make a big difference.
We all know that our perceptions of maturity and the people in our lives are heavily influenced by our upbringing. This is where we obtain our information and the pattern for how we will spend our lives. The result of this is instinctive, automatic and comes from a very deep place. It governs our behaviour and it appears to be so engrained at times that it may feel impossible to do things any other way. That is certainly the message I often hear…
Here in the UK, there has been an uproar (quite rightly) concerning the kidnap, rape and murder of a young woman by a serving police officer in London. Promises of police enquiries, government inquests and pledges to make the streets safer for women generally have failed to materialize despite increased awareness…
Divorce is an ugly business. Anyone who has been through it will testify to the emotional turmoil associated with it. Even the one who instigated the proceedings can be very badly affected by the process…
Our children and the way they grow up is usually precious to us and mostly as parents, we try to do the right thing…
For a child who grows up in a dysfunctional environment where shame and possible abandonment issues are present, the feelings that are associated with this are worse than death…
What is it to be a good father? Much emphasis is placed on the bond a child has with its mother and the role of the father is often pushed into the background. Important as it is that the interpersonal bond with the mother is established…
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