There is a scientific reason why you may be finding decision -making so difficult. Dr Roy Baumeister tells us that “decision- making is a physiological process, directly affected by how rested we are, how much glucose we have in our system and how many other decisions we have already made.” M
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Your child is going to have hundreds of questions about what you and daddy are going to do now you don’t want to live together. Full of emotion and probably feeling irrational -¬‐ them not you -¬‐ is not really going to be the best time to discuss with them the full details of the separat
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One asset of the modern world is the plentiful presence of solutions and answers. Technology, science, medicine, pharmacology, physics, just to name a few disciplines, provide people with cures and solutions to most everyday needs. Such abundance of knowledge also provides a subtle yet un-reno
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When Mum and Dad have separated, Mother’s Day can be difficult for BOTH parents. Here are my tips for Mums and Dads: Dads- Put aside your personal feelings for your ex. Help your youngsters to make a fuss of their mum on Mother’s Day. You may no longer be a couple but you can still acknowledge
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Children often have difficulties coping with change. These could be everyday minor transitions such as moving from one task to another (such as packing up toys and coming to have tea) or from one environment to another (such as home to school). Or the changes they face may be much more significant s
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Most people may have had the experience of those early morning dreams that so vividly make us experience a second life where rules are reversed, the gains have become losses and losses have become everyday presences. We then wake up and for a moment we look around to reassign things their rightfu
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Bah humbug?! It is called “the C word” amongst some people I know and I don’t think they are alone in acknowledging that Christmas is a stressful time for many people. Many of us drive ourselves insane trying to create the “perfect” Christmas and having the best time ever! Add in to the mi
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