Sharon Collon of The Functional Family is passionate about supporting families with special needs. She loves to share step by step, practical strategies and solutions to improve your daily life and routine, helping to reduce the stress and overwhelm that parents of special needs kids are often dealing with. Over the past ten years she has researched… Continue reading AQJ 132: Calming the Chaos – Supporting Kids with ADD, ADHD & Anxiety
The Wellness Kids are growing up! Jacko is 18 years old and 6 foot 3 and this week Brett’s little ones celebrate their 8th and 10th birthdays respectively. The boys thought it might be a good idea to talk about how they navigate both their own kids birthday parties, and also other kids birthdays The… Continue reading TWG 381: Navigating Kids Birthday Parties
This week we share stories of our own from moments in our week where we’ve been ‘tool-less’ and required to ‘up-skill’, stepping bravely where we never have before! Sometimes this journey of parenting takes us places we never thought we’d go and in reflection we have the opportunity to gain the wisdom, see the growth… Continue reading NTM 181: When your parenting toolkit is asking you for more
How do you cope when your child is going through behavioural challenges associated with a big transition? Can you ‘dig deep’ when the moment calls, or do you find yourself wanting to ‘run’? Often, there’s a bit of both at play. In this episode we explore through our recent stories, and practical tips, various ways… Continue reading NTM 178: Oh for f*ck’s sake…when transitions get hard
This week George and Brett interview Francine Bell from Additive Free Kids about all of the nasties that are creeping into our kids foods. Francine shares her experiences with her 5 boys who experienced challenges ranging from asthma to behavioural issues and inflammatory issues that she believes can be attributed to these additives. In a… Continue reading TPS 282: Additive Free Kids
Do you hear yourself saying things to your children and recognise it might be a bit unreasonable? Or ponder where you yourself ‘lose your shit’ or don’t speak respectfully, or fire up instead of play nice? In this weeks episode we get honest about all the ways in which we tend to hold our children… Continue reading NTM 168: When we hold our kids to higher standards than we hold ourselves
In this episode we chat with Jayde Robinson-Clancy Founder of the Blossom Guide which is a young women’s empowerment program delivered through a series of 5 workshops for women aged 13-24. TBG aims to develop confidence and awareness in young women when making choices around their sexuality by addressing the ‘hyper sexualisation’ of society and the… Continue reading WAW 2: Sex education and self – esteem in teens
This week Brett and Damian bring on Dr Wayne Warburton from the Department of Psychology at Macquarie University to talk about the impact of screen time and the media on our kids. An ever increasing topic of concern for all parents and everyone who has young children in their lives this is a great episode… Continue reading TWG 363: How much screen time should your kids have?
When your kids fight, how do you feel? Do you jump in? Do you let them sort it out? Who are you trying to protect? In this episode we talk openly about dynamics, triggers and how our children call us to feel our own inner child in a moment. How do we respond? Is there… Continue reading NTM 165: When siblings attack each other
What does parenting look like in a Paleo family? What about a 2 home family where both households are not Paleo? This week Brett and George talk about how they negotiate raising a family Paleo and why they don’t make their kids eat Paleo. It is a great discussion that really gets into their mindset… Continue reading TPS 276: Paleo Parenting
