Blog Category: Anxiety & Fear / Calming Children

Article

Making kids feel safe in 24/7 bad news cycle

This article was originally published at Essential Kids. Read full report. When I heard the[...]

14
Nov

Article

In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents

Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to[...]

27
Oct

Audio

Anxious kids, worried parents

ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and[...]

25
Aug

Audio

Go Slow Parenting Podcast

Maggie shared some audio from her 9 Things Online Course with US-based website iMothering.com.[...]

22
Aug

Article

4 Steps to Toddler Genius

Toddlers are wired to explore, investigate, question and be curious so that they may come[...]

26
Apr

Article

Healing our profound wound of human disconnectedness

The latest suicide figures from the ABS are alarming, worrying and hide a world full[...]

23
Mar

Article

Childhood stress: Why (and how) we all need to calm down

Increasingly, scientists are linking stress in infancy and childhood to the soaring numbers of people[...]

23
Feb

Video

Connecting with kids: building love bridges

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how quality time can be a rare commodity for[...]

16
Sep

Audio

Maggie talks with the Hands Free Mama herself

Few people articulate the challenges and gifts of mothering better than Rachel Macy Stafford. The[...]

10
Sep

Video

Teaching kids self-regulation

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about the challenge of self-regulation and how to help[...]

17
Jun

Video

Helping Anxious Children

In this “Maggie Moment”, we talk about anxiety in young children. Although anxiety is developmentally[...]

17
Jun

Article

Self-care in the age of 24/7 negative news cycles

So often when I tune into the news online, on the radio or on TV,[...]

26
May

Article

The silver lining to every natural disaster

Whether it be storms, earthquakes, bushfires or floods, life can hurl some unexpected hurdles our[...]

29
Apr

Article

Taming the teen stress monster

For many of our teens one thing is certain: stress levels are set to rise[...]

08
Apr

Article

Love bridges: Why micro-moments of connection matter

Most parents would never question that they love their children wholeheartedly – even when their little[...]

26
Nov

Article

Our resistance to rest

I know I am like many of you when it comes to taking some rest[...]

28
Oct

Audio

Free webinar: Living with Adolescents Q&A with Maggie

In this free webinar, Maggie took parents’ questions about living with adolescents. Maggie talked about: dealing with a[...]

25
Apr

Article

Strategies to help your child deal with big feelings

A book I’ve been reading recently is The Whole Brain Child: revolutionary strategies to nurture your[...]

19
Sep