Belinda - Ollie CoachOct 29, 2020Doing is not the same as Being.Shame can be very destructive. It can lead to feelings of humiliation, rejection or self-loathing and this can present as anger or rage....
Belinda - Ollie CoachOct 15, 2020Are your always correcting your children's mistakes?Isn’t it tempting to put things right to help our children? Rectify their mistakes, to save them from the feelings of failure or...
Belinda - Ollie CoachOct 8, 2020Are Your Aspirations Hindering Your Child? It is natural for us to have aspirations for our children. Even from birth we will wonder how well they will do in life, what they will...
Belinda - Ollie CoachOct 1, 2020The Funny Side of Fostering. A trip to A&E.Today I was called by school to collect a 6-year-old lad, ‘J’, with a piece of paper stuck in his ear. Yes. In his ear! “Why did you do...
Belinda - Ollie CoachSep 24, 20207 Steps to Help Children Calm Anxiety. When we are anxious it is because our anxiety or worry, emotions have become too big and are out of control. Now there are lots of things...
Belinda - Ollie CoachAug 20, 2020The Unsent Letter.Having a teenager in the house can be difficult at the best of times. And at the moment I’m sure many of you will know, it’s even worse....
Belinda - Ollie CoachJul 30, 2020Explaining why we behave as we do, to children.A couple of years ago I was fostering Ellie, a lovely but very anxious 8-year girl, who had come into foster care following neglect and...
Belinda - Ollie CoachJul 9, 2020What is the Secret Ingredient to Parenting?There are so many problems when it comes to parenting, aren’t there? The ones I hear about most are: Children’s eating habits and...
Belinda - Ollie CoachJul 3, 2020Meerkat, Elephant and MonkeyA couple of years ago I was fostering Ellie, a lovely but very anxious 8-year girl, who had come into foster care following neglect and...