For our own sakes (and others) we need to check in and make sure that we're getting the fuel we need to keep going. It's a busy life parenting so we're focussing this week on a few top tips to keep ourselves in good mental, physical and spiritual shape. 

Here's a new aspect to parenting. It might not be our parenting, but fostered children and fostering parents are in our community and at the school gates. Abuse and neglect are around every corner. It's always helpful to understand the life of another, so this is an aspect of parenting we thought would be informative for our listeners. 

Fostering information: Here

Parenting For Life book: Here 

My blog: Here

Some good tips on how to boost your relationship and some good laughs too. How to spot the danger signs and some really cool neuro insights that explain why we react the way we do sometimes.

Psychotherapist Margy Wakefield talks us through the insights: find Margy

Find the blog to match the pod and have all the salient points in text right here

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Sometimes there are hidden secrets to our children's characters. Finding out the true meaning to extrovert and introvert can be so revelatory it changes the way you parent and frees them up to be their unique selves. 

It also takes the angst out of family life. 

Find more information on this weeks subject plus a link to my book go to my website:

www.thecourageousmumma.com

Personality test: https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new

Look out for the book: Knowing Me Knowing You

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Great ways to replace conflict with our kids around our technology and restore peace. Yes it's possible!

Creating fair boundaries and managing them peacefully.

And just maybe there are some antidotes to that addictive on-line world

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A clear guide to why our kids are so in love with their tech. What they're doing on it. Why they're psychologically vulnerable. How to help them through it and avoid addiction, without falling out with them on the way. And - which sites to avoid.

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What is causing anxiety among children and young people? Why is it on the rise? And how can we help our children to process, face their fears and grow, whilst acknowledging their fears?  

Caroline Kelly is a counsellor to teens and young people and talks us through some of the challenges today's young people face.

She's also a guest blogger on thecourageousmumma.com this week, pop across and read her article on the causes of anxiety in young people. 

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https://www.teencounsellingonline.co.uk

Do you ever feel that you don't have a voice or that some of the people around you aren't feeling confident about using theirs. Or do you know someone who's voice is too dominant and doesn't leave space for others?Everyone's voice is important and when we understand what strengths different people bring and what strengths we bring - and our children bring, we can find where our voice fits and how to use it confidently.

Laura Mears of salmonswimming.com brings her wisdom and knowledge this week to help us understand how to know and use our strengths as she shares about how the 5voices not only empowers leaders in business but makes all the difference on the home front.

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There will be many wrestles for our children's attention and many groups that may seem more appealing at time than the family. But we can sow in some ways that help them to put deep roots down so that when the storms of life come in, they are deeply secure.