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Helping our children be more mindful (reblogged from June 2014)

My Favourite way of explaining the brain to children but also to parents!  Thank you Dr Dan Siegel! Mostly I am so flat out with life and trying to be more mindful myself that I must admit I don’t do enough teaching of mindfulness to my 4 children….not as much as I would like to… Continue reading Helping our children be more mindful (reblogged from June 2014)

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I am so excited to be reading Dan Siegel's 'Brainstorm: The Power & Purpose of the Teenage Brain'   Unfortunately I'm reading it very slowly in small bites and I have his No Drama Discipline Book (written with Tina Payne Bryson) waiting invitingly by my bedside too but hopefully this bite size reading means more concepts will… Continue reading Adol-essence…