Growing Happy Families
Raising children isn't easy. When things get challenging it can leave parents feeling like they are failing at the most important job in the world. This podcast aims to help calm the chaos, respond to the rivalry and help the happy, so you can get on with growing your small people and feeling like you're a good parent, making a difference in their lives.
Episodes
16 episodes
Have you got a plan for your family?
We hear loads about resolutions, goals and outcomes around New Year. We set them for our personal life - like a fitness goal or a for business, - a certain sales turnover for example. It got me wondering if feeling alig...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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27:26
Change & Transitions: Back to School and Beyond!
September brings so many changes and transitions for the family to get used to - and not just the little ones! For them, though, it can be quite a big adjustment from the relative freedom of summer to routine in autumn. Perhaps it'...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:46
Listening - A superpower for Parents!
A very important component of communication, (Secret No. 1 of the Five Secrets to Happy Children), is listening actively. After all, communication is a two-way process and we sometimes focus on getting our message across first and foremost - an...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:26
Parents Have Needs Too (Yes You DO!)
Parenting isn't easy at the best of times. There's always something to do! If you have additional responsibilities on your to-do list as well, is it any wonder sometimes things gets missed? Trouble is, what often gets missed is loo...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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21:07
Episode 4: Helicopter or Ninja Parenting?
In this episode, Kim plays around with a creative idea, comparing 'Helicopter' parenting with 'Ninja' Parenting. Maybe you've heard the expression 'Helicopter Parenting' which describes hovering around, taking a lot of interest in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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26:56
What Would You Do? - Four little words with heart!
Many times, raising children, you will find yourself faced with things that go wrong! It might be accidents - major or minor, or a fight between siblings, homework that hasn't been done or a sports kit that hasn't been washed ready for lessons....
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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43:54
Helping Children Manage Change
Change is a constant in our lives. Whether it is going from holiday time to school time, from one school to another, moving from house to house between parents, or studying and preparing for exams, there is always some transition from one 'plac...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:06
Pushing Buttons & Fighting Battles
In this episode, Kim & Mairi talk about how sometimes our 'parent' buttons get pushed and we jump into protective mode, and come out all ready for a fight! Often this button is more related to something that was a sensitive spo...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:33
Episode 8. Encouragement: How to help grow happy children - and grown ups!
This episode was originally recorded during lockdown 3 in February 2021 but didn't get used immediately.The ideas around encouragement are still useful though, as we continue to adjust to post-lockdown life and getting back to doing all...
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27:23
The Five Secrets To Happy Children Masterclass Launch: What is it?
Often when people think about Parent Groups, they feel anxious and worried that they will be labelled as bad parents, who can't look after their children - or that their issues and worries are too trivial to take to a group.in thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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27:10
Helping children to deal with (and talk about) scary stuff.
Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, there's been a lot of news broadcasting and discussion about the situation. It's everywhere! There is often no let-up in the talk around death, dying and lots of other scary stuff.How do we handle this ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:34
Episode 5: Not Broken - Unfinished! Reframing behaviours
Sometimes we parents regard what our kids do as the problem: something broken, that needs fixing.As the poet, Amanda Gorman says, in the beautiful poem "The Hill We Climb" that she performed at President Biden's Inaugurat...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:16
Episode 4: Self-Care for busy Parents
How do we bring our children through the intensely stressful times we live in, such as lockdown and the pandemic and manage to keep our health and sanity?The answer is self-care. But how do we find the space when we are already stressed...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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22:27
Episode 3: How To Keep Your Cool At Special Occasions
Special occasions are just that! - Special! - We want things to go really well for everyone, ourselves included. How do we keep our cool and help the kids to remain calm during exciting times? The answer is planning an...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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20:14
Episode 2: Start with Strengths - Not Weakness!
As adults and parents/carers, when things aren't going as happily or as successfully as we want, we may well feel like we are failing at the most important task of our lives - bringing up our young ones. When we think we are failin...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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22:49
Episode 1: Introducing Growing Happy Families
How did the idea for Growing Happy Families come about? The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive and fundamental effect on everyone. Having to be confined to home, unable to visit family and friends, or even go to school, because of...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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22:27