There is nothing more important in our lives than managing our wellbeing. The health of our bodies, mindsets and our emotions will directly impact the longevity, success and fulfilment we will experience in our lives. So, how should we approach managing our wellbeing? With compassion, of course!
Read MoreOne of the things we work with our Wonderful Kids on in our programs is creating healthy routines. Healthy routines have a number of benefits for our body and mind.
One particular routine we discuss with our Wonderful Teens are healthy sleep routines. With their more active social lives, devices and the social platforms they manage plus the demands of their school work schedules, many teens can be overwhelmed and off balance in their minds and bodies! Many teens don’t get the sleep they need and are constantly wired from being online all night and stressed.
Read MoreWhat a fantastic question asked on Tuesday evening by one of our Wonderful 10 year old’s!
At this age, we find many children want to be more helpful towards their friends and family. They are learning that by being helpful towards another, they can simply:
Show their kindness,
2. Connect with another.
However, there are a few obstructions to being helpful
Read More“I can’t wait to see what good things you do for our planet!”, said my 5 year old niece to her cousin and best friend this morning. It was in response to a beautiful gesture made by her cousin/BFF . They share a strong friendship built on love, laughter and Frozen. Positive feedback is essential for our growth and our mental health. The way she structured her positive feedback, we all certainly can be just like her!
Read MoreCreating deep intentions is an art that doesn’t take a lot of time to learn, especially if you’re young! We can help our children start early by inspiring them to set an intention for their day. Here’s an example of a simple morning routine you can handover to your little one to make it their own. You can check in with them when you tuck them in at night to see if they noticed the world conspiring
Read More“I don’t want to be too confident” says a 15 year old to me in our first session. He has started with me because his mum believes he has potential he is not reaching. “Too confident makes you arrogant”, he says. At 15 years old, friendships and being socially accepted is very important for him. He holds himself back in his behaviour, attitude and opinions in an effort to fit in. He doesn’t feel great about it either but he is stuck - how can he be himself and risk being left out? Does this resonate with you right now as an adult?
Read MoreThis is how one of our Wonderful Students (8 year old) described his experience of a “bored brain” in the class room. Asides from the cutest analogy ever, it’s quite accurate in describing what we all experience when it comes to boredom, isn’t it? Here are 4 steps to shifting a bored brain back to an active one!
Read MoreThe quality of our relationships as a mother is only as good as the quality of the relationship we have with ourselves. Focusing on your relationships with yourself will help you to reflect, realise, recalibrate and refocus. This will have a tremendous impact on not just the state of your current life, but the quality and potential of your children's lives.
Read MoreAre you going through the dissolution of your relationship? How are you supporting your child through this? Here is a 6 step guide to help you plan for your child’s wellbeing as you approach and navigate your separation and divorce.
Read MoreHappy New Year! I wish you the most fabulous, wonderful and positive year to come!
This is the time that so many of us develop our New Years Resolutions. I personally avoid setting goals at this time, for myself or with my children, so that they are not driven by that “holiday mindset”. The “holiday mindset” refers to the level of consideration put into goal setting, which can be broadly described as:unrealistic
non-committed
over-indulgent
focused on short-term gain
I don’t know about you, but I love this time of the year for the generous spirit it elicits. Many families are inspired by the spirit of this season to look beyond their every day life to help those who are needing some extra assistance. But when it comes to our children and the topic of ‘generosity’, we are learning at Wonderful Me, that they are confused. They are uncertain how to be generous when they don’t have the money or the ability to buy things or volunteer their time without parental assistance. So many kids say to us “I believe I’m generous, but I don’t have that much to give!”.
Read MoreMany children identify being helpful as one of their most loved and best qualities. They believe they are their best selves when they are helping their friends, teachers and families. Many of them have beautiful memories and stories attached to this quality, it makes them feel so good about themselves. They also love the positive feedback they tend to get when they are helpful.
Read MoreTraditional Mentor/Mentee relationships are most commonly found in the workplace or are related to our careers. However, having someone to look up to is important in childhood. Many children will identify fictional characters such as super heroes as their idols or mentors. This provides very little realistic value for them and can make the child feel extremely disempowered at the inability for them to see themselves in their hero.
Read MoreMy husband showed me a list of common interview questions that was published in an article on LinkedIn. I read through these 20 questions and they made me laugh. Are they really still asking senior managers “where do you see yourself in 5 years?”
Read MoreAah, friendships. One of the most important parts of our human existence yet one of the most challenging experiences we face in our lives. Whether we are talking about our children or reflecting on our own adult relationships, they don’t come without their fair share of complexities and struggles.
Read MoreHere are some ways to empower our children to be their own heroes.
Read MoreA lack of self-awareness can give someone the illusion that they are what they feel, such as anxious. This form of belief can be formed in childhood and then carried right throughout to adulthood. It can result in a life full of turbulence and mediocre results, which is not what we want for our children.
Read MoreCoaching, is a very common, if not a necessary service accessed by the elite, successful, experts and mentors in our world. These coaches help them grow their self-confidence and their emotional awareness so that they can consciously access resilience as they grow their lives – through their careers, passions, humanitarian work, creativity and connections.
Read MoreIt’s important that when we are looking at living our best lives, that we try to make simple changes first. It is very hard to make big shifts straight away and even worse, they are hard to sustain.
Small consistent changes have the best impacts on our daily moods and offer the best progression towards our ultimate goals.
Read MoreWorking and studying at home, for many of us, is not turning out to be what we imagined.
I dreamed it would be a wonderful thing to have the entire family at home where we would breeze through our day with laughter and fun, eat healthy lunches, play a board game at night and go to bed happily.
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