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How to support your Children following the Social Media Ban in Australia

How to Support Children Through Australia’s Social Media Ban

How to Support Children Through Australia’s Social Media Ban A Somatic Approach to Family Regulation Australia’s under 16 social media ban requires parents to regulate their own nervous systems first before helping children navigate this unprecedented change through connection, not control. I recently shared these insights on Kim Kleidon’s podcast, where we explored the real impact I’m […]

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Emotional First Aid

Uncategorized / Suzanne Butz

First: Take 3 deep breaths, holding each breath for a few seconds before breathing out Then: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – See below – simply read below and follow the instructions

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Embracing Motherly Hugs In Different Ways

Self-Care / Suzanne Butz

Mother Love Exercise :>>> Finding Comfort and Connection: Embracing Motherly Hugs in Different Ways This time of year can be particularly difficult for those who don’t have their mother in their lives. Perhaps your mother has passed away, and you miss her warm hugs and unconditional love. Maybe she struggled to express her love, usually

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Where Will You Focus

General / Suzanne Butz

An Examination of Human Focus It’s interesting to notice what captures our attention, and what we focus on. Standing on the beach recently I realised that most times there are options for where we place our focus. The pleasure/potential danger of the waves, the danger/goodness/beauty/excitement/ wonder/awe/disappointment/joy/sadness of what’s around and within us. There is no

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Stress Relief through Kitch’n Dancing

General / Suzanne Butz

Dancing in the Kitchen: A Stress-Relieving Mimicry of the Fight-or-Flight Response In today’s fast-paced world, stress has become an unwelcome companion for many people. The constant demands of work, family, and social life can take a toll on our mental and physical well-being, leaving us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. When we experience stress, our bodies

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What are the 5 Stages of Grief

Ageing, Dementia, Stress and Trauma / Suzanne Butz

Acceptance

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Stress and Forgetfulness

Ageing, Dementia, Stress and Trauma / Suzanne Butz

There are so many symptoms of stress, as you have discovered in our online awareness of stress workshop. Let’s look at this one: Forgetfulness! Have you noticed that the more stressed you are, the more forgetful you become? You can’t find your keys, and that makes you more stressed. You can’t remember simple things. You

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Ageing, Dementia, Stress and Trauma

Ageing, Dementia, Stress and Trauma / Suzanne Butz

Ageing, Dementia, Stress and Trauma Having just put our 89 year old mother in aged care with rapidly progressing dementia I get to wondering about is it inevitable that dementia happens? I know that there is lots of research that says that it doesn’t have to happen and all the rest of it but is

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How to Support Children Through Australia’s Social Media Ban

Emotional First Aid

Embracing Motherly Hugs In Different Ways

Where Will You Focus

Stress Relief through Kitch’n Dancing

What are the 5 Stages of Grief

Stress and Forgetfulness

Ageing, Dementia, Stress and Trauma

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