Healing generational trauma
How you feel and think about your parenting is proving to be a bigger marker of how your children feel and think about themselves and...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Dec 16, 20193 min read
A second chance at childhood
Many new parents have the best intentions of improving the job their parents did, seeking a second chance of sorts. Our early...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Sep 10, 20192 min read
The need for meditation and mindfulness in our schools
I recently returned from a trip to the UK where I was delighted to see how accepted meditation, mindfulness and movement practices are in...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Jun 3, 20193 min read
The real purpose of parenting
No parent is perfect, and the harder we try to reach perfection in parenting the more stress and imbalance we create for our children and...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Mar 18, 20192 min read
Why is my child so defiant?
If you have a defiant child who pushes the boundaries, doesn’t like to be controlled, or who does not respond well to authority, it can...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Sep 6, 20183 min read
Is there any harm in a little white lie?
At some point on your parenting journey you might have to face the unnerving reality that your child has lied about something or has lied...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Jun 12, 20183 min read
Parenting as an opportunity for self-awareness
When I became a mother, I did not know that my children came in to the world with all of the past feelings, emotions and experiences of...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Mar 26, 20183 min read
The wonder of mindful parenting
Even with the best intentions, we may find ourselves parenting in ways that are not as conscious or mindful as we would like. Parenting...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Feb 28, 20184 min read
Being in the Question
I have always been interested in asking and exploring the big questions. When I was a child my questions were not always welcomed by...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Getting together on short times apart
Anxiety in children has risen significantly in the last decade. Anxiety results when a child experiences ‘big feelings’ that they are...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Jan 28, 20176 min read
Supporting the smoothest transitions back to school.
Beginning a new school year and moving into new school routines after a holiday break can be unsettling; especially if a child...
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Dr Maxine Therese
Jul 1, 20165 min read
Do you know why your children do what they do?
Trying to understand the motivations of another person and the reasons why someone might do what he or she does, can be a futile...
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