If you’re a parent, chances are you’ve witnessed a tantrum or two in your day.  We expect them in two-year-olds, but if your child reaches school age and meltdowns and outbursts are still frequent, it may be a sign that they have difficulty with emotional self-regulation. What is self-regulation? Self-regulation is the ability to manage your emotions and behaviour in accordance with the demands of the situation. It includes being able to resist highly emotional reactions to upsetting stimuli, to calm yourself down when you get upset, to adjust to a change in expectations, and to handle ..read more

By Melissa Farr The first step in getting to know what anxiety means is acknowledging that both stress and anxiety are a normal part of life. Anxiety may come and go depending on what our environment is like and when natural fluctuations in stressful periods occur. Anxiety has developed as a bit of a buzz word in recent years, and there are common misconceptions about what it means to be experiencing anxiety versus sustaining an anxiety disorder. We recommend that before self-diagnosing with anxiety, have a chat with your GP as well as a mental health professional in order to determine the se ..read more