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What messages are your facial expressions, body language and comments telling your children ? It’s so easy for us all to forget these things when we are sucked into the daily rat race of life so this is quick Sunday morning pause for thought to help you reflect and make some little changes that might make ALL the difference to you and the little people in your lives 👍 Happy Sunday people ☺️

GEE UP MONDAY👊 What stories are you listening to at the moment that are doing more harm than good? What stories are you telling yourself? Today, try and make a point today of flipping things around... Take control of thoughts,don’t let them control you 💪 Some quick tips: - fill your social media feed with positivity and get rid of the things and people that are not feeding that..... if you can’t do that then stay off social media! - turn off the news - when people start talking to you about covid or being generally negative ... flip the conversation to something positive - TALK! There are so many services out there that are waiting and willing to listen and support you..... if you are genuinely struggling then please please please reach out.... you are not alone so why go it alone!? If you need some guidance please drop me a message👍 Whatever you focus on you will begin to see more of..... make today a day where you make good choices on what you focus on 👍 Happy Monday people😊

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 & 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬... 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 ? A lot of money and resource is being pumped into the ‘Catch Up Programme’ and Mental Health & Wellbeing but how soon will it be before Mental Health & Wellbeing goes to the back of the line due to academic pressure?🤷‍♂️ 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, share away and get in touch 💪👍 www.jcwellbeingsupport.co.uk

So....after speaking to several parents and carers over the past few weeks i wanted to discuss the transition that year 6’s are making into year 7 in September in an attempt to help ease any worries or anxieties....so I asked my boy JJ to explain things from his point of view as he has recently experienced it first hand.👋 Its a long one but I think he makes some great points that your children going through the same experience may find useful 👍

How are you 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 to use 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚? What are you 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 to 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡? With this in mind how are you 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤...positively or negatively ? How about your 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 ? The 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥... learn to surround yourself and fill it with 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 and 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲... that way you can 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 to do the same !💪👊👍 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨!🐵

Having a 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 for you and your children is great, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬.... ALOT! But does it have to stay the same all of the time? Even if your as rigid as they come and 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞, that doesn’t mean that change isn’t good....particularly if it’s 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 themselves ! 👍 Also, what 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 are you 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 for your children ? Have you considered it? 🤷‍♂️ They are 𝐀𝐋𝗪𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠! 👀👂🏻 Here is JJ and I ( and half a tube of toothpaste around my mouth.... I clearly don’t even bother looking in the mirror during lockdown 🤷‍♂️😂) having a quick chat about 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 and 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠! 👨‍👦 Hope it’s helpful 👍

How often do you 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 and end up doing it for them, or telling/showing them a different way? Like me...have you been 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 ? 🧐 It’s in our 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞...we feel the need to do 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 to make them 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞...of course we do! ❤️ BUT....what 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 may this be having? 🤷‍♂️ To build 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞,𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐦 and 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 we must take ourselves out of our 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 and 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 ... however 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 those curves may be, however much 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 it may take. 💪 As always...I’m not 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 to be the 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 in the world, nor am I asking or expecting you to be... i’m just 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 that may strike a chord and give you an avenue you may want to go down to help you 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 👍☺️ *just want to make the point that the poo wasn’t actually mine ... it was the dogs 🐶🐶🤦‍♂️😂

Whatever you’re doing, whatever you’re going through.... and whenever you are going through it.... then the words that showed up for me today when I flipped my calendar are valuable ones to keep in mind. We all have our battles in some way, shape or form and these battles are individual to us. These battles could be ongoing, they may be fleeting or they may creep up on us... but they are there and they happen! If you keep doing the right thing, keep pushing forward, keep the faith that everything will be ok and will turn out exactly how it’s supposed to... then it will support a mindset shift that makes things feel a little bit lighter. Make this month be a month that embeds these words into your mindset and see if you notice a change. Happy hump day ❤️ #keepthefaith