anxiety

Words and Anxiety

April 12, 2012

I like words. Written. Spoken. Sung. Typed. I talk a lot about words too. Below are posts I’ve written about them. Speak aloud when things are happy Just one magic word and all my kids come running (TRUE!) Using words as concepts in parenting Motivating my kids to clean up when things are chaotic around [...]

The New Normal

June 6, 2011

It became the new “normal” for me. The feeling of fear. Like a heavy weight on my chest that would squeeze so tight, I found it hard to breathe. From the moment I opened my eyes of a morning, I was frightened. Properly scared. There was no rationale behind it, it was just there. And [...]

Parenting and Personality

September 23, 2010

This is a guest post from Eleanor Formaggio from Parent with Potential in response to this question: How do you raise a child according to their personality? Wow, what a great question, and to put this in words was incredibly difficult. I do know raising my children according to personality has made parenting more enjoyable and rewarding. Parenting is [...]

The Anxious Child: Red Brain, Green Brain

June 24, 2010

One of the advantages of parenting special needs children is the opportunity to learn parenting strategies I wouldn’t have otherwise. I’ve learnt so many wonderful parenting skills to use with all four of my children. The paraphrased conversation I had with my Developmental Specialist Pediatrician went something like this: DSP: Developmental Specialist Pediatrician FM:FunMum DSP: Intelligent parents often attack problems in [...]

What is Love?

February 15, 2010

I’m not into Valentine’s Day (a quality my husband really loves, hehe). However, it’s prompted me to ask this questions: what is love? In my opinion, the media has done love no favours. In fact, I would go as far to say the concept of love has been butchered. The media often promotes the love ‘highs’ [...]