Joanna helps us to better understand the healthy (albeit challenging) role that ego-centrism plays in our pre-adolescents behaviour and how we can reflect and respond to these behaviour patterns rather than getting pulled into the dynamic in a reactive way.   ..read more

Joanna explains what it is like to feel the world in such a deep way and how emotional sensitivity can amplify our emotional states.  She provides us with practical ways to parent our emotionally sensitive children in an attuned way that values sensitivity for the emotional super-power it can be ..read more

Following on from a past episode where Joanna advised how to avoid jumping in with a fix/change agenda today she responds to a question from a listener who asked how we ensure our children have practical problem solving skills to work such situations out.  She addresses this through a 6-step problem solving formula that you can put into practice at home ..read more

Joanna reflects on the findings of recent research that highlights the role of emotional connections between teachers and students to enhance learning outcomes.  She talks us through how emotion is not the opposite to reasoning but is actually essential to reasoning.  She raises the question as to how we can better support our teachers to support our children and offers playful activities that can be done at home and in the classroom ..read more

Friendships are very important in adolescence.  In this episode Joanna talks us through how the patterns of friendship change during adolescence and the role of ego in that.  She spotlights a situation of a teenager who struggles to make friends and what their worried parent can do about this ..read more

You are used to hearing Joanna speak about the importance of play in children's lives, well in this episode she is spotlighting the value of play in adult lives too.  This episode is for any adult, not just parents! Joanna promotes growing the opportunities for playfulness in line with our own growing adult responsibilities and highlights how healthy a playful state of mind is in adult relationships ..read more

In this episode Joanna talks about eating disorders and disordered thinking around food. She focuses in this episode on the impact an eating disorder can have, not only on the person living with the disorder but on relationships, especially the parent-child relationship ..read more

Joanna responds to a question from a grossed out parent of a dedicated nose picker while reflecting on the pro-social benefits of habit formation and how we can support our children in moving from some less desirable habits to more positive ones ..read more

In this episode Joanna answers the most common questions that arise when someone is living within a blended family unit. She covers everything from minding yourself, each other, the kids, the ex and the in-laws with practical clear advice ..read more

In this episode Joanna answers a question from a parent who is struggling to stay calm in the face of their whining child. Joanna explains what whining is about and what it is seeking to communicate to us. By deepening our understanding of this common childhood behaviour we can better and more creatively respond to it in our children ..read more