Figuring out Families

Win Win Parenting. In this Majellan Parenting Session with Dr Rosina McAlpine we explore Win Win Parenting and how it supports parents to successfully navigate through the ups and downs of family life and learn practical strategies to manage parenting challenges.

Dr Rosina’s Win Win Parenting program provides parents with an effective step-by-step practical approach to managing day-to-day parenting challenges without requiring discipline, punishment and rewards. Teaching children life skills to become successful, cooperative and caring members of your family and society.

In our new podcast series, Parenting Sessions, we interview Dr Rosina McAlpine, who is an author, parenting expert and CEO of Win Win Parenting. 

Win Win Parenting supports parents to successfully navigate the ups and downs of family life. Dr Rosina believes managing home life more confidently leads to less stress and better outcomes for children and a more harmonious family life. 

Parents learn practical strategies to manage day-to-day parenting challenges such as struggles with technology, emotional outbursts and keeping calm even in the most volatile situations. 

Dr Rosina appears regularly in the media and her innovative evidence-based parenting programs support parents locally and internationally. In episodes to come in early 2021, Dr Rosina discuses Win Win Parenting and understanding the teenage brain and why teenagers can seem ‘erratic’. 

Listen to an early release session by Dr Rosina " Emotional Intelligence" here

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In this Figuring Out Families podcast we talk to Dr Rosina McAlpine, who’s an author, parenting expert and CEO of Win Win Parenting which supports parents on how best to navigate through the ups and downs of everyday family life. 

Win Win Parenting also provides practical strategies for parents on how to manage the challenges of raising their children. 

In this first episode of our new Parenting Sessions, Dr Rosina explains in simple terms what emotional intelligence is and the five aspects of emotional intelligence including empathy and managing your emotions.

Enjoy.

There is no perfect way to parent and sometimes we are going to get it wrong!

As we know children are constantly growing and developing and it is important that our parenting also needs to be open to change and development. Research tells us that healthy parent child relationships require both connectedness and flexibility and importantly parenting needs to be balanced. In a healthy parenting relationship children also need boundaries and lots of love and a wonderful sense of connection.

We’ve been entrusted to a special relationship with our children. Derek explores parenting and reminds us to stop and cherish what’s before us as parents.

At whatever stage of parenting you are this Focus session is not to be missed!

Need more?

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here  Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

The brain loves novelty but what’s novel today is boring tomorrow. Setting goals is a great way to help keep relationships fresh and continue growing.

In new or old relationships, goals help families to stay excited about the future and give a sense of purpose and direction.

Goals help us to prioritise the use of our time, money and resources. They give families a common purpose and they become milestones on the journey.

In this Focus Session Derek describes how goals work to strengthen families and explores how to set goals as a family.

Need more?

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here  Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

One of the most common challenges for couples, especially younger couples is where the extended family interferes with relationships and it can feel like you are the ‘meat in the sandwich’ dealing with conflicts between your partner and your extended family.

Derek explores the many  reasons for meddling and shares ways to deal with an extended family member who may be causing issues.

Another issue Derek covers is having to set boundaries with extended family members. He provides some great strategies on how to set boundaries which is one way of strengthening relationships between all concerned.

Need more?

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here  Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

Family finances is one of the most difficult things to talk about and less than 10% of families have a budget.  Finances can also be one of the biggest relationship breakers – especially when money gets tight or we get into difficult times.

Different ideas or –‘habitudes’ - about money can create unnecessary stress on relationships and because there is no romance in speaking about finance most of us don’t cover the topic with our loved ones.

Derek explains how to have conversations about money, how to be aware of the different views each of us may have about money and describes how we can budget in a positive way.

Regardless of your financial position this Focus Session will be of value.

By Majellan Media Because family matters most

Infidelity is more common than we think and often it is painful and hidden for couples; 25% of couples will experience infidelity and it’s a problem equally for both men and women. However, there are more ways people can be unfaithful beyond physical or emotional infidelity.

When there has been emotional or physical infidelity it can be difficult, and a big part of the challenge will be the emotional imbalance within the relationship.

In this Focus Session, Derek covers some basic principles about how to first start talking about it as couples and how they can recover and build an amazingly strong relationship, deeper than they imagined possible, even after infidelity, if they are willing to work on it.

For more great resources on relationships and family visit majellan.media 

Need more?

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here  Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

Majellan Media because family matters most

Welcome to Figuring out Families by Majellan Media where we look at the issues affecting families in the modern world.

At Majellan, because we believe family matters most, we’ve produced several resources to help all families be the best they can be.

We are very pleased to be joined by Derek Boylen, an experienced marriage and relationship counsellor and a lecturer in relationships at the University of Notre Dame. We have put together this most valuable series which we are calling the Focus Sessions.

In this short overview we highlight aspects of family relationships and how this series can help in strengthening your family relationships. We hope you’ll find the series beneficial and get some insights on issues you may face in your family.

Hosted by David Ahern, Majellan Media

Visit majellan.media for many more resources to help make your family the best it can be.

Need more?

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here  Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

Majellan Media because family matters most

In this Focus Session of Figuring out Families, marriage counsellor Derek Boylen talks about what to do when there appears to be no hope in a relationship.

The types of pressures on families today are far greater than ever before so Derek discusses what can be done to ease the pressures and puts forward a number of suggestions on how to seek professional help if the family situation is deteriorating. 

He adds that if the relationship breaks down without hope of resolution, there are things couples can do to protect themselves and their children.

If you feel the relationship is over this episode is for you.

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and Lecturer in relationships at the University of Notre Dame 

Need more?

Derek Boylen is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here  Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

Majellan Media because family matters most