Category: Bereavement

5th March 2023
Becoming a single dad is a life changing event. Being a single parent is tough — there’s no debate there. But  understanding the challenges faced...
18th February 2023
I read with horror Katie Hopkins from ( The Apprentice) admission that she won’t let her children play with friends that she deems beneath them…...
19th September 2022
            For many children their first real experience with loss happens when a pet dies. When a well loved pet...
30th July 2022
  We’ve just come back from our hols in Spain and we all had brilliant time so here are some of my top tips for...
24th July 2022
So, families have experienced something unique. Being locked down together all day, all week & all month has created new models of family dynamics and...
2nd June 2022
  Today I was working in a school doing my Confidence Classes for Kids Workshop and a child told me he had be mauled by...
25th May 2022
  We’re all looking for ways to explain something that’s impossible to explain—because we don’t understand it and talking about terrorism/ shootings is different from...
8th May 2022
You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry go-round will wave at his parents every time around –...
7th March 2022
  I’ve recently had two children referred to me who have a fear of being shot by a terrorist after watching the news about the...
29th November 2021
  We love our pets – we have 3 dogs & 2 cats & have loved & lost other beloved dogs & cats as our...
6th October 2021
A couple of years ago, I discovered a 4-step mindfulness process that offers support for difficult days. It’s called RAIN (which is an acronym for...
29th September 2021
  My daughter lives in Clapham Common. She walks, runs, socialises & loves the buzz of living in the area where I was born &...
16th July 2021
  Whenever I begin the process of coaching parents, a mum, or a dad, or a family, they almost always say something like this after...
9th April 2021
Since I started #TheSueAtkinsBookClub I’ve been keen to offer lesser known authors a platform & also to offer a wide range of diversity so all...
16th January 2021
Children and young people grieve just as much as adults but they show it in different ways. They learn how to grieve by copying the...