Like it or not, there is a continuous stream of children all over the UK heading towards life influencing exams. It is the system we currently have and no matter what we may think of it, until it changes or you decide to home educate, I believe we need to work to achieve the best […]
7+ 8+11+13+…help your child to pass exams Read More »
Anyone with a teenager (or pre-teen…) at home will be well versed in the ‘get off your phone!’ mantra. It’s an epidemic amongst these guys – whatsapp, Instagram, snapchat…words we had never even heard of just a few years ago. Contrary to what my own teen thinks, I will admit that it’s not all negative.
Teens, Screens & Sleep Read More »
Myths, by their very nature, are very hard to dispel once they’ve taken hold. Despite the core stability myth being exposed nearly ten years ago, and journalist Peta Bee writing about it in The Times in 2010, from conversations I have with people I’d say its hold is as strong as ever. The myth is that
Alexander Technique and Core Stability Read More »
Easter, like Spring, focuses our minds on birth and new beginnings. Most of us welcome the lighter and longer evenings (once we have got over losing an hour’s sleep), and who can resist the beauty of the blossoms on the trees and the fluffy ducklings and gambolling lambs? Yet last week a Government-commissioned report showed
Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top, when baby comes, will employment stop? Read More »
With Wednesday’s budget all over the news, and the continued media scrum over Brexit or Fixit, a little known change in employment law has slipped in, unnoticed by most yet, I suspect, of importance to many. Childcare vouchers are an employee benefit for all eligible working parents. They’re a Government-approved, tax-efficient way of paying for
ChildCare Vouchers Read More »
Common Myths that prevent people taking action: MYTH 1. “I’m the only one that has this.” You and millions of other people, have exactly the same fear, phobia or anxiety as you have. Do you know that 1 in 4 people suffer from some degree of anxiety ranging from the mild to the severe,
Fears, Phobia and Anxiety (part 2) Read More »
I am always thinking about the 7k members of my networking group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/laurelleafnetworking/) and, never more so, than just before an upcoming meeting and our March event is now just two weeks away. This month, Caroline Ratner of Caroline Ratner Communications (http://www.carolineratnercommunications.com) is giving a short talk on how to perfect your pitch and I
It’s probably at least a generation since we culturally believed in Descartes‘ duality of body and mind. Now it’s the accepted norm that the mind and body are connected. But don’t two things that are connected need to be separate entities? Saying the mind and body are connected is still hanging on to dualism. It’s like
The Mind-Body Myth / You Are Not Your Brain Read More »
I was not a gymnast or a dancer, for heaven’s sake I could barely touch my toes… So when I first started practising yoga, I would get frustrated. The perfectionist and Type A in me always pushed harder and strived more. My ego would surface during every class, ignoring all of my body’s signals to
Perfectly imperfect: A journey that began with a torn hamstring Read More »
Over the years, I have met many children who fail to concentrate in class and many who have poor writing skills. I have met children who don’t want to go school at all; some who ‘hate maths’ or reading; others who consistently under-perform, underachieve, daydream, or disrupt. Some parents – and teachers – think that
Why your child runs into difficulty Read More »
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