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BlogSaleema Davies2020-09-22T20:29:32+01:00
  • teen exam stress
Saleema Davies2022-04-14T18:18:40+01:00

Managing stress as exam-time looms (our Top 10 tips)

April is "stress awareness" month.  Let's face it, most of us are aware of stress on a daily basis but April seems a pretty poignant [...]

  • Talking to young people about war
Saleema Davies2022-03-13T15:06:45+00:00

Talking about war – 5 ways to help you navigate the conversation

Last Saturday I had a conversation I never thought I would have with Kaia as she shared with me a heartbreaking video about a girl [...]

Saleema Davies2022-01-30T15:16:32+00:00

With self awareness, we can climb mountains

Last night my husband and I watched The Alpinist – the story of Marc-Andre LeClerc, a  Canadian rock climber known for his phenomenal free solo [...]

Saleema Davies2022-01-24T15:08:01+00:00

Parents’ Mental Health – Is balance possible??

The theme for this year’s Parents’ Mental Health Day is Balance.  It’s something we all strive to achieve, but how many of us ever even [...]

Saleema Davies2022-01-07T18:40:50+00:00

5 tips to help your teens set their resolutions

In our family, we do the “word of the year” thing – where everyone gets to choose one word or quality that they’d like to [...]

Saleema Davies2021-12-12T15:09:01+00:00

Christmas survival guide – 8 tips to help keep you sane

How do you feel about Christmas? The movies would have us believe that everyone adores it, but for many of us it brings up a plethora [...]

Saleema Davies2021-11-22T15:40:58+00:00

Be Persistent and Shout Louder

We all know that we want to be there for our kids – whether it’s turning up to their plays and sports matches, helping with [...]

Saleema Davies2021-07-11T16:39:21+01:00

School’s out – moving on during the pandemic

Tiggy finished primary school a couple of days ago.  She wasn’t prepared for it.  We knew it was coming obviously, and we had talked about [...]

Saleema Davies2021-05-30T14:10:21+01:00

Let’s stop talking about self-love …and focus on self-acceptance

Pretty much every tv ad tells us that we’re not good enough – our car isn’t nippy enough, our cleaning products don’t make our kitchens [...]

Saleema Davies2021-04-06T18:04:53+01:00

You’re just a kid – what have YOU got to be stressed about?

“I’m so stressed” is a cry that I grew used to hearing in the legal profession as countless cases and deadlines loomed at the same [...]

Saleema Davies2021-02-08T09:49:58+00:00

This Valentine’s Day: treat yourself to the gift of saying NO

My text message pings.  It’s a friend complaining about her mum “I phone her every day and she moans at me for a good hour [...]

Saleema Davies2020-12-30T15:22:52+00:00

Mindset – the key to freedom

Whilst rooting through some of the papers and books under my bed (I know, I know!) I came across some old journals that I kept [...]

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