Supporting traumatised children through Kids Life Coaching
Australia needs our prayers after the devastating fires they experienced. The children who are traumatised need support not only in the short-term for their trauma during the fires but over the long-term as they regroup. This is possible through Kids Life coaching along with psycho-social support from a multi-disciplinary team.
Some tips for you....
✅Parents may be scared and feel the need to shield their children but this isn’t good for long-term mental health of both the parent and the child. Healing needs talking...talking that is conducive to processing trapped emotions.
✅The aim is to talk openly about the facts on a need to know and age appropriate basis.
✅Give children the opportunity to ask questions and answer them without excessive shielding. Just be honest. If they don’t hear it from a responsible adult they may hear a blown up version from another child.
✅Keep children (and yourself) away from the news and repeating news cycles. They are anxiety inducing and can caus
...A big vision for Kids Life Coaching globally in 2020
This year I will officially be putting Kids Life Coaching on the map...I am not doing this alone as I have 12 of my Kids Life Studio certified coaches doing their Advanced Coach Training which involves rigorous scientific and academic research to validate our approach.
We are very excited about this as we have slowly slowly been paving the way for everybody who follows! We have been doing this by consistently striving for excellence, being professional and getting measurable and sustainable results.
Will you be joining us in our mission....
To make Kids Life Coaching mainstream? Read my Rebranding Childhood blog to find out more...
https://rebrandingchildhood.blogspot.com/…/2020-and-my-visi…
Kids Life Coaching is LOVE in action!
Every year as the clock strikes midnight on 31 December, do you think this?
This year will be my best yet...
I know I have thought that. In fact each year I strive to do just that. I work towards making better choices so that I can live a better life.
But what if I have had it all wrong?
✅What if life is about more than just living your best life?
✅What if life is more than making your dreams come true?
✅What if life is not about sugar coating the truth?
Because the truth as I have come to know it is this...
This year will not be your best year yet. Because that doesn’t exist.
Life will always throw you curve balls. It will always teach you lessons. There will always be heartache and pain. Life is messy!
When you place yourself in a vacuum and constantly strive for excellence and success and freedom...you are bound to be let down.
You stop seeing the richness that the “hard” things in life can teach you about being a better person.
Soooooo many adults fall into the trap o
...Kids Life Coaching as an evidence based approach to supporting children
How to build rapport as a Kids Life Coach
I believe that some adults have a natural flair for coaching children more than others...
Where does this come from?
Well consider this for a moment...
We know what we feel when our mirror neurons tell us what other people feel.
Our mirror neurons are located where empathy is in our brains which is in the prefrontal cortex. We aren't conscious of their messages but they tell us how in sync we are with the person we are speaking to.
When we ARE in sync, everything flows easily.
So when we coach children and we may have a similarity in our own childhood experiences or we can relate, we feel compassion.
That means that we are able to hold space for them in their pain. That connection is called building rapport.
This is why many people who become coaches or therapists have walked their own road with mental health. They are already “connected” to the cause.
In my experience you need to turn your pain into purpose and niche down in a subject area relating to children that really i
...How to build rapport with children as a Kids Life Coach
I believe that some adults have a natural flair for coaching children more than others...
Where does this come from?
Well consider this for a moment...
We know what we feel when our mirror neurons tell us what other people feel.
Our mirror neurons are located where empathy is in our brains which is in the prefrontal cortex. We aren't conscious of their messages but they tell us how in sync we are with the person we are speaking to.
When we ARE in sync, everything flows easily.
So when we coach children and we may have a similarity in our own childhood experiences or we can relate, we feel compassion.
That means that we are able to hold space for them in their pain. That connection is called building rapport.
This is why many people who become coaches or therapists have walked their own road with mental health. They are already “connected” to the cause.
In my experience you need to turn your pain into purpose and niche down in a subject area relating to children that really i
...Kids Life Coaching as an alternative to therapy
Recently I read a great article in Positive Psychology that made me feel so proud!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that Kids Life Coaching is finally being acknowledged in therapy circles...
The article spoke about the different types of therapy available to parents. Right there...at the bottom they had a specially allocated section called Child Coaching which they endorsed as another option for parents seeking therapy.
"Though not therapy, coaching can provide an additional resource to help your child. The benefits of coaching can add to a parent’s arsenal for battling behavioral distress. Coaches have special skills to support kids in developing resilience and other personal skills that will serve them throughout their life."
Whilst we are "seemingly" at the bottom of this list of interventions at first glance...Kids Life Coaching is no longer being ignored. Since 2003, I have been working hard to regulate the industry and to raise the standards and at last it is paying off.
Kids ...
Preventing Suicide & Self Harm in children through Kids Life Coaching
Yesterday, I attended a National Conference in Suicide & Self Harm in Young People at Goldsmiths University in London, UK.
I thought it was going to be sombre and depressing and to be honest I was more than a little anxious in the lead up to the conference. You see as a children's change maker since 2003...I have always struggled to face up to the reality that children as young as age 10 choose to take their own lives.
The aim of the conference was to secure pathways for minimising suicide & premature deaths and maximising hope and wellbeing. There were leading psychiatrists and researchers from around the world sharing their insights.
I should share...that I was once suicidal...in fact multiple times...nobody knew...I am lucky to be alive with the help of loved ones, doctors and medical interventions ❤️
I conquered my own depression and after being in hospital twice to heal from a “broken brain” nobody could see....
Pretending I was away on holiday...because I was too embarra
...The one thing that will ensure your success as a career Kids Life Coach
Today I had a great question from somebody that is in my Kids Life Coaching Facebook Support Network (click here to request to join)
This lovely lady is wanting to pursue her dream of leaving her current career and coaching children full-time. She says she is stuck in fear as she doesn't know if it will work.
Check out my video response to her with the one thing that you need to ensure your financial success as a Kids Life Coach.
I've done it, my global team of Kids Life Studio® Coaches are doing it and you can to!
CLICK TO FIND OUT THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO BE A FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL KIDS LIFE COACH
What choices will you make today that will impact positively on children as a Kids Life Coach?
One week ago I spoke my truth....in front of a room of prominent influencers. To say I was scared is an under statement. I felt so vulnerable but I did it because I spoke about something close to my heart.
My driver for all I do in life and my purpose.....supporting childrens well being through Kids Life Coaching.
We are all in a position to be role models to children. This doesn’t mean we need to be perfect but it does mean we need to each take responsibility for sharing love as an antidote for the problems we see in our world.
What choices will you make today that impact positively on our future generation? It starts with just one child....
Watch my speech in the Houses of Parliament in London, England on 4 June where I was hosted on International day of innocent child victims of aggression.
