This book is both a best seller and considered a classic particularly amongst those interested in spirituality. As a starting point I have to say that as an introduction, that along with the descriptions you might read on Amazon etc. could possibly put me off this book, but bear with me. Whilst I do like… Read more
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The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
This book was a real eye opener. As with most things, you may read some things and think “Oh yeah, that’s obvious.” The basic concept is that we all have different ways of communicating love and different preferences – different ways we show it and want to receive it. So, if you are a person… Read more
Listen Without Prejudice
Whilst this title may give away my age to some people others may find it misleading. So to clarify I mean; listen without pre-judging. There is a saying that most people listen in order to respond rather than listening to understanding and it quite neatly sums up what I mean here. There is often a… Read more
Don’t Give Up – Learn to Practice and Practice to Learn
One of the things I like most about yoga is that yogi’s, seemingly no matter how experienced, call it practice; it’s their yoga practice – it’s on-going rather than an end. If you approach things with the mindset of continually learning you accept that it may take years to learn, get better or “master” whatever… Read more
How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
Whilst I am not suggesting you entirely change your approach to parenting this book highlights how much of the current focus on cognitive stimulation provides an initial advantage which is not sustained. The author shows that other aspects of the child’s upbringing and skillset are just as important; that teaching perseverance and conscientiousness can be… Read more
You Can Be Happy No Matter What by Richard Carlson
I must confess I love this book. I re-read it often and also have it as an audio book and sometimes listen to it on long car journeys if I’m on my own. So many of us link happiness to things and situations – if I had X I’d be happy, if I achieve Y… Read more
Write from the Start by Ion Teodorescu
My six year struggled with his hand writing; it was messy and put him off doing his homework. I bought this set and introduced it as some fun activity books (which they are) After the first time he tried it he said “thanks for getting me the activity book dad, even though I know its… Read more
Did You Get Distracted?
There’s no point in arguing about it, children and for that matter many adults have short attention spans. When you ask a child to do something and come back to find them doing something completely different having not finished what you asked can be frustrating and, when repeated often, exasperating. I had a break… Read more
Drive by Daniel H Pink
This book comes with a lot of hype, it was a New York Times top 10 bestseller and has been described as a “bucket list” book for everyone from managers to parents. The book begins by examining traditional motivational tools – mainly carrot and stick type approaches. It goes on to give an overview of… Read more
Put an End to Annoying Interruptions
Whether it is children, a spouse/partner or work colleague we all know about interruptions and how annoyed we get about them. So here it is, take a deep breath, step back and accept it may be more your issue than theirs. A typical situation goes like this. I’m at home with the children,… Read more