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In this episode Joanna answers the most common questions that arise when someone is living within a blended family unit. She covers everything from minding yourself, each other, the kids, the ex and the in-laws with practical clear advice
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In this episode Joanna responds to a listeners question about how to better understand their child's feelings about climate change. She explains what Eco-Anxiety is and why we have to approach the scary reality of climate change through the lens of hope rather than fear
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In this episode Joanna talks us through the impact of the trauma on war on those who are arriving into our Country. It can be hard to understand why our offers of help may not be received in the way we hoped they would or to understand the perspective of someone who is fleeing their Country in fear of their safety. Joanna talks us though the invisible scars of war.
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Joanna speaks a lot about self-esteem and our young people but also parental-esteem. We know that self-esteem is something all children, regardless of gender, struggle with but now we have some deeper insights into our boys challenges with self-esteem. This episode explores boys struggles with self-esteem
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In this episode Joanna is referring to a question posed to her by a parent concerned that their child withholds affection as they do not like hugs. Joanna explores how affection can be shared and shown in a multitude of ways and why it is important to respect our children's preferences in this regard as a way of modelling respect for body boundaries and consent. Joanna includes some playful ways to do this
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What do you do when your child tells you that their friend in school said they can't be friends anymore or if your child declares that someone is not allowed to be their friend anymore? In this episode Joanna breaks down what is relational aggression even in very young children and how we should respond to this in these early years as it will shape how this relational aggression plays out in their older years too
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Joanna is answering a question from a listener who is in a stand-off with their partner over what they should name their baby. Joanna explores how our names form part of our identities and how the story of our name, and the story of how our name was chosen for us, shapes (in part) the stories we live by. What's in a name? Quite a lot!
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Are you raising a perfectionist child? Were you a perfectionist child? Perhaps you are a perfectionist parent or you were raised by one? If any or all of these ring a bell for you then this episode will help you to explore where these perfectionistic tendencies come from, the impact perfectionism has on our lives and what we can do to change this
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This is the second part of our sensory discussion and this week Joanna is speaking about the lesser discussed senses of proprioception, Vestibular and Introception and offering playful ways to upward and downward regulate within each of these
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In this episode Joanna talks us through 5 of our senses, the ones that we will all be most familiar with Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight, Hearing and will include some practical ways to use each sense to either calm or arouse ourselves/our children
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This week Joanna is talking about how we parents can be our children's influencer in a sea of social media influencers. This involves that all too fine a line between being interested in what interests our children versus being intrusive and being open to receive and respond to any questions and curiosity they might have
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Joanna responds to recent tragic news events with some practical suggestions and guidance as to how we can find the words and means to explain difficult news stories to our children and how to support them (and ourselves) through it.
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Joanna responds to a parents question about how much time their 1-year-old should be able to play alone by talking us through the phases of play in those very early years...this is one of those times a parental want (that our children play alone) clashes with our children's need (to check in with us)
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Joanna responds to a number of questions she has received about how best to encourage our children to share and why does it matter? She emphasises that fine line between encouraging sharing but never forcing it and talks us through why this matters
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Joanna tables the touchy subject of self-touch in young children. She talks us through how body curiosity in children is both normal and healthy and how we might best respond to such behaviour in our children in a non-shaming way
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Joanna takes 2 questions from parents to explore creative ways to slow down or structure the Christmas hype for children and also how to manage those endless Santa lists
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Joanna is taking a short break from recording so this episode is an excerpt from her 15-Minute Parenting series of books. Today's excerpt is from her Teenager Years book and Joanna is reading to us about the transition into adulthood and being the adult child of aged parents. She also reads from some letters from parents on the advice they would give to their teenage selves and she invites you to bring to mind what advice you would whisper into the ear of your teenage self as you listen
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Joanna is taking a short break from recording so this episode is an excerpt from her 15-Minute Parenting series of books. Today's excerpt is from her 8-12 years book and Joanna is reading to us about homework and how to creatively and playfully support our children's learning
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Joanna is taking a short break from recording so this episode is an excerpt from her 15-Minute Parenting series of books. Today's excerpt is from her 0-7 years book and Joanna is reading to us about building our children's capacity for independence through chores and pocket money and of course, play
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Joanna talks about why joy and the experience of shared joy isn't just a nice experience but is an essential one as we grow and develop throughout our lives. She distinguishes between happiness and joy and helps us to understand why we must invest in joy and gives us suggestions of ways to find joy in the everyday stuff
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