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Motherhood: what I learnt when I became a mother
Exploring motherhood lessons and the myth that to be a good mother you need to be self-sacrificing.
Motherhood, Parenting, Raising children, Self-love, Breastfeeding, Children
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Are we educating the innate wisdom out of children?
How can 98% children start school as a creative genius and only 2% of adults remain as geniuses? Is it time to ask why we ignore our children’s innate intelligence?
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What does music education In schools really teach?
From the love of playing music to the ‘fight to get it right’. A personal account of what happens to kids when musical education and competition go hand in hand.
Children, Competition, Confidence, Education, Musicians, Tension
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A true family model for the 21st century
Serge Benhayon the remarkable man showing us how family life can be of true harmony, integrity and joy.
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What exactly is the Livingness?
For our October 2015 Audio of the month, we look at what the Livingness is and what it has to do with our daily life.
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Adapting to our environment
Watch part of Jean Gamble’s presentation at the Psychological Wellbeing Conference in 2013 where she shares how men and women are encouraged to adapt to their environment from a young age.
Children, Connection, Counseling, Education, Mental health, Nurturing, Parenting, Healthy relationships
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Childhood obesity: what are we doing to our children?
With the alarming increase in childhood obesity and overweight children in the world, are we looking at the deeper causes? What can parents do differently?
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Unplanned Caesarean birth – failure or opportunity?
Feelings of failure may be present after an unplanned caesarean birth and this ‘silent suffering’ is openly addressed here with a fresh and open perspective.
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Assessments and true education
Does the way we currently assess our children in school support them to know who they truly are?
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When does sugar addiction begin?
Anyone who has gone cold turkey to give up sugar knows how difficult it can be and just how addictive sugar is. So when does our addiction to sugar begin?
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Serge Benhayon – the natural philosopher
Philosophy belongs in everyday life, to make sense of things, and this is what Serge Benhayon delivers without reservation.
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Serge Benhayon and education
Serge Benhayon's approach to education is one of deep care and love for students and teachers alike.
Education, Teachers, Children, Empowerment, Universal Medicine
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Is striving to be the good mother really what true mothering is?
Mothering can be a comforting yet uncomfortable job for many women. Although a vast library of information already exists on mothering, this article offers a fresh perspective on this subject.
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So, you want to be a man?
Growing up as men we have many choices to make about what sort of ‘man’ we want to be. Who will be our role models and what sort of effect will they have on our lives?
Acceptance, Alcohol, Behaviour, Bullying, Children, Confidence, Raising children, Tenderness, Body image
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World teachers day – October 5th
What if as teachers there was a simple and profound way to change education for every child?
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Motherhood beyond our children
A beautiful piece revealing there is more to mothering than meets the eye
Motherhood, Parenting, Raising children, Children, Healthy relationships
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Being a good mother – comfort or responsibility?
For a mother, mothering and providing comfort for our children seems a normal responsibility of life, however are we doing too much for our children and preventing them from experiencing life in full?
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The music app your child uses that could be more dangerous than you think
Do your children use music apps? – They could be more dangerous than you think.
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A meeting with me
Do you know your younger self well enough to give advice? What would it be like if you actually met?
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Opening my heart to love again
Your heart can lead the way in life . . . read this man's account of his life and how the way he lived it nearly killed him, and how his heart brought him back home
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Living with a marijuana smoker – it’s not natural
I thought marijuana was harmless and natural, until I lived with someone who smoked it.
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Education Audio
A collection of free audios looking at education in a completely different way. A way that makes a huge amount of sense and is something we all know at heart.
Education, Children, Raising children, Teachers, Essence, Clairsentience, Intelligence
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Healing childhood sexual abuse: impact on pregnancy, birth & mothering
Motherhood presents women with opportunities way beyond simply having a baby. What gifts could true empowerment offer, especially for mothers who have experienced childhood sexual abuse?
Motherhood, Self-empowerment, Abuse, Birth, Children, Pregnancy
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The mother baby bonding process – is it always automatic?
All mothers want to be ‘good mothers who love their babies’, but it doesn’t always go to plan. What happens when baby bonding doesn’t happen?
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Grandparenting from Stillness
What is it that truly supports us in being a grandparent and raising our grandchildren?
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We are all role models
What makes a true role model? Is it fame, talent, good looks or something much more? This article explores the truth about role models — how everyday people inspire others to change just by living and being themselves.
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Why do our children need to self-medicate with junk food, energy drinks and smoking?
This article explores why our children are prone to self-medicating with harming activities: the answer lies very close to home…
Addiction, Raising children, Role models, Parenting, Children
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'I am beauty-full just for being me' – a collation of testimonials
There is more to these books than meets the eye. Here is why ....
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A book that stops adults in their tracks too
A testimonial from a childcare worker about being beautiful for who we are and not what we do.
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This is a beauty-full book, literally!
I am deeply appreciative that I am Beauty-full just for Being Me has been published as I have experienced the beauty that it brings out in all who read it.
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What if we gave children the space to develop at their own pace?
It can be easy for parents to become anxious about their child’s early development, but what if we gave children the space to learn in their own time?
Education, Parenting, Children, Acceptance, Anxiety, Raising children, School
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‘Out of the mouths of babes’ – the wisdom inherent in all children
What is our responsibility in a child’s education? In this illuminating article, Liane Mandalis shares the beauty inherent in all children when we allow our children’s innate wisdom to shine through.
Children, Connection, Education, Nurturing, Raising children, Intelligence
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Examining rewards in the classroom: Do they truly support the student?
Do classroom rewards truly support children or do they set in motion ill patterns that they will carry with them throughout life . . . a forever seeking outside themselves for reinforcement and gratification?
Children, Education, Raising children, Relationships, Teachers
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Toddler Tantrums: Is my tantrumming child naughty … or could it be anxiety?
Tantrums, unwanted behaviours and anxiety. Could they be linked? Could anxiety be a contributor to my child’s unwanted behaviour or are they just naughty?
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My number 1 job – a message from the author
A message from the author about the importance of looking after our body from a young age, our ‘Number 1 Job’.
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Motherhood: why am I not enjoying it more?
Is motherhood actually lessening in quality under the assumption a mother has to go it alone, and is there a call for the return to community mothering and support?
Motherhood, Parenting, Raising children, Children, Healthy relationships, Role models
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Girls mistake budding breasts for cancerous lumps… what is going on?
Research shows that 30% of girls are worrying that the normal development and budding of their breasts could be cancerous lumps. Why?
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Book 1: Introducing The Body Life Skills Program – 3 Steps to Understanding & Changing Behaviour
Is lasting behaviour change possible? The ground-breaking Body Life Skills program offers just that, and Tanya Curtis has become known as the one practitioner people turn to when they have all but given up, tried everything and been everywhere.
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I Am Beauty-full Just for Being Me – and a child named Blessing
How do three books, published in Australia, end up in a remote village in PNG? It took four – two developed and published them, one started Books4PNGkids, and one connected the dots.
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Motherless mothers – finding our way back to wholeness and love
Explores the deep grief women carry when they don’t have a mother and how mothering from within can heal this.
Motherhood, Love, Parenting, Raising children, Family, Children
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Just wait ‘til your father gets home!
"Just wait ‘til your father gets home", a perfect illustration of the model of man we have created, but in being a father is there more of our tenderness we can let out?
Family, Children, Connection, Healthy relationships, Intimacy, Parenting
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Breastfeeding or bottle feeding – what is truly on offer?
Do we take breastfeeding and bottle feeding for granted as a mere functional part of caring for a child – or is there an opportunity for much more when we place a baby onto our breast or give them a bottle?
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Defining the extent of disengagement in education and its many forms
Disengagement among students is presenting in many different ways, in a variety of behaviours and symptoms. Are we truly seeing how widespread this is or only noting the most disruptive examples?
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OMG… I got it wrong again!
Imagine if Fleming, the person who discovered penicillin, had thrown out his mouldy petri dish, thinking he had done his experiment wrong!
Children, Education, Intelligence, Performance anxiety, School
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Turning poor student behaviour around may be easier than you think
There is a way overturning “bad behaviour” in the classroom… read more to find out how.
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Kids with Sticks
Learning music and especially the drums should be fun and not a tedious exercise in music notation. There is so much that can be done with two simple rhythms on the drums and this is what Kids with Sticks is all about.
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Living with a teenager
How do we support our teenagers in a world that is overwhelming and constantly ‘parenting’ them from social media and outside influences?
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Practice makes perfect?
It is said that ‘practice makes perfect’ but what is this perfection, if it even exists, that takes away joy, fun and our lightness of being?
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Power and Authority in Parenting: Whose Responsibility is It?
We all want our parenting to have a powerful and positive impact on our child yet often find ourselves holding back out of anxiety and fear or giving up in defeat. But at what cost?
Children, Empowerment, Parenting, Raising children, Responsibility
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Parenting from beyond the usual boundaries
Parents often feel overwhelmed with the endless array of parenting information available, yet the answers provided never seem to fully fill the gaps. So, what is missing?
