Curious not Furious

Can you actually change your mind without loosing your child's respect?

When your child has asked you for a snack and you've said no - but you realise that your child might be more hungry than you thought or you just don't have it in you that day to tow the line

or 

When you cancelled the birthday party your child was looking forward to going to - in a fit of frustration 

Can you actually change your mind without being seen as permissive? 

Many of us WANT to - but feel bad about doing so. 
Consistency is key after all. 

I'm here to tell you - you can!
But HOW you do so matters greatly. 

In this episode I walk you through the do's and don'ts - and a powerful question to ask yourself before you change your no to a yes. 

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Have you ever felt that everyone else's feelings and needs take precedence over your own? 
That you are so quick to tune into the needs of those around you, that you figure you'll come back to you when you have enough time.. only that time never comes? 

That's called parenting. 

But it need not be this way. Because it benefits no one. 

It is when we start our day on the backfoot in this way, that a morning tantrum, lateness or a forgotten bag throws us and sees us reacting in ways that we spend hours forgiving ourselves for once we've parted ways with our family. 


In this episode I'm sharing with you my most powerful morning ritual - one that you can refer to anytime of day - but is particularly useful to practice before you lean into your day. 

It takes less than 10 minutes but you reap the benefits throughout the day. 

This episode is one you might want to save and come back to time and time again 

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Few things can feel more upsetting than to part ways with our child at the school/ nursery gate, following a morning of chaos, tears and tantrums. 

How do we get children to cooperate with us in the morning without the use of threats, yelling and defiance? 

My wonderful guest in this episode is Angeliki, mum of 2 and a mum I have had the pleasure of working with over the past 3 years. 

Angeliki's biggest frustration at the moment, is instilling independence in her 8 year old daughter - who currently only gets herself ready in the morning if her parents physically dress her. 

Angeliki wonders if there is an alternative that she hasn't yet discovered? 
Whether independence will ever be achieved if they add as much help as she seems to need right now? 


This conversation is for you if you recognise some of these thoughts and you can be sure you to walk away much clearer on what fosters cooperation and what promotes independence in children. 

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Nothing like a little sprinkle of doomsday picture to motivate our child, right?!

In this episode we dive into 5 common ways that we drain our own energy as parents and inspire fear, limiting beliefs and insecurity in our children. 

We also look at our obsessive focus on the British weather and using our child's difficult moment as a teachable situation - rarely feels effective. 

Finish the year a little clearer on what you might unintentionally pass on - so that you can show up more intentional. 


I can't wait to connect with you again in 2024
Thank you so much for listening 

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What is it actually like to be a teen? 

Of course we can ask ourselves what it felt like. 
But then again - it's a while ago AND we didn't live in the age of social media, mobile phones and a global pandemic. 

I have had the privilege of sitting down with three young women, - 19, 20 and 22 - to explore 

• What it FELT like being that age
• How their change in mood, hormones and interests impacted on their relationships to their parents
• What they felt about their parents boundaries 
• What they wish their parents had trusted about them
• What parents can do to stay connected during the tween/ teen phase. 

This is SUCH a brilliant listen because these three girls are so good at reflecting and communicating their experiences. 

If you are a parent in this season of life - this one is for you 

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Adolescence doesn't have a good rep. 

When your children approach this age, well-meaning parents who've been through this period themselves, will 'wish you luck' - and your parents might have jokingly prophesied that your karmic lesson will be taught during this time. 

Rather than softening our critical gaze, and embracing the word 'grace' these ways of talking about raising teens and tweens - make us want to amour up - ready for battle. 


Oscar van Rooij is back, this time talking about a topic that is close to home for the both of us. The gear that we are having to change in our parenting, when raising tweens and teens. 

We talk about: 

• need for privacy
• rude and sassy attitude
• embarrassment 
• laziness 

And.. perhaps most importantly - what we can do to support our children AND our own future - during this time. 

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As if parenting wasn't hard enough. 

The way we show up in relation to our partner and the role we inhabit in our family's dynamic - can be really tricky. 

Oscar Van Rooij is back - and we are exploring how the feminine and masculine energy that exists inside all of us, often take on new forms when we become parents and the to-do lists pile up and the mental load increases. 

This episode is for all mums and dads who sometimes feel stuck in roles that they didn't feel they signed up for in the family, and who wish to understand better the differences between the male and female mind. 


Oscar Van Rooij is a Dutch motivational speaker and coach, residing in the UK. Oscar runs online courses, offers free master classes and shares his brilliant work through 1:1 sessions online. 

You can get in touch with him here: 
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SHOW NOTES: 

The YouTube clip referred to in this episode can be found here:

https://youtu.be/29JPnJSmDs0?si=GO-SAT5n1r_N2hFN

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What does it mean to be a good parent? 
In most other areas of life we are able to rate our progress, score ourselves and determine whether we are good, below average or whether we are acing it. 

And then there's parenting. 
If we look at our children's behaviours to tell us whether we're good parents - we're most likely going to get a different score every day. 

No - we need to often look at other things that BEHAVIOUR. 

I share, in this episode, 3 things that might surprise you - that reassure me as a mum and maybe after listening to this, you feel a little better about yourself as a parent.

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Before I became a parent I looked at other parents and thought; 

Parenting is all about getting good at the practical stuff; 

• Cooking
• Planning
• Organising

And of course, setting boundaries so that the children can be tolerable for other people. 

Some of us become so well versed at the practical sides of parenting, never missing an appointment, never sending our children out into the world with dirty hands, unkempt hair or creased clothes - that we overlook - possibly THE most important parenting skill of all. 

In this episode I share what I see as the most important parenting quality - and ways that we can begin to grow that muscle WHILE taking care of the million practical things that relate to being a mum or dad. 

To learn more about the wonderful 
WALK AND TALK - parenting program - please visit: 
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Why do we feel so hard done by when our children don't comply or when our partner fails to meet our needs? 
In this episode, Oscar van Rooij shares: 

• The reason we feel life or other people are against us
• What meeting our own needs has to do with our ability to feel differently
• How we can become more okay with 'what is' - even if it is not what we prefer.

Oscar van Rooij is a passionate coach, speaker and facilitator and committed to sharing the brilliant work of Tony Robbins. Oscar is Dutch, a dad of 2 and lives in the UK where he coaches in person and remotely. And if you'd like to get in touch with him, you can find him on:

www.oscarvanrooij.com

Instagram:
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