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Ever watched kids struggling to wait their turn or getting frustrated so quickly they scream or hit, ending in a meltdown. This is not just a test of patience for us; it’s a glimpse into the world of a kid developing self-control. Self-control is like a muscle🏋‍♂ the more we use it, the stronger it…

Recent feedback from a family who did our online meltdown workshop, giving us all the feels. Both mum, dad and then grandparents did the workshop. “The take home messages we got as a family were huge… My partner started to come on board with naming the emotions and realising ‘monkey see monkey do’. It helped…

We recently wrote an article for ANLP International “Be More Batman” In 2016 a scientific experiment referred to as the Batman effect was carried out by a professor and director of research at the Institute of Child Development, Dr Stephanie Carlson, this research made a big impression on me.   Dr Carlson studies the management systems…

Recently I went to @yvconcerts where my daughter was performing with thousands of other children, it was an amazing evening on so many levels listening to children singing is such a lovely experience and the children will have memories for a lifetime; including being inspired by their new hero @nandi_bushell The first thing Emily said to me when…

Congratulations Steve Orton on becoming a Happy Confident Kids Sports Coach, after he completed our Sports Coach Master Class. Steve is a health and wellness leader. He is passionate about coaching kids in sport in a way that brings the best out of each player and making rugby more accessible to kids. Alongside running his…

Congratulations to Zack George on becoming our first official Happy Confident Kids Sports Coach, after he completed our Sports Coach Master Class. Zack is hugely passionate about helping kids to have a positive mindset and to move more. Zack George Stats: Born and raised in Leicestershire, Zack saw as a teen what a change in…

We recently received an email from one of our clients grown-ups after a trip to the dentist, which they have allowed us to share (anonymised), so that we can help other children that might also find the dentist challenging. “Dear Happy Confident Kids I am hoping you can help me with a situation that arose…

Nature is amazing and last week both Laura and I independently visited Stratford Butterfly Farm with our families, it was amazing to see all the beautiful butterflies and also so inspiring seeing this army of ants at work. Ants have incredible speed and they carry objects bigger than their own weight, they are incredibly hard…

Create your own Glimmer Tree. Think of things that make you glimmer; glimmers are the good things in everyday life for example: snuggled on the sofa watching a movie, jumping in muddy puddle or just being outside – see what’s a glimmer? Give the glimmer a colour in the key and colour a bauble in…

Join us this December to hunt out some Glimmers (the good things in everyday life – what’s a glimmer?). See what you can find and how they make you feel inside. You can also colour in your Gimmer Hunt sheet. Send a copy of your sheet to hello@happyconfidentkids.com or tag us on social media for…

Over the weekend I got absorbed in social media; pictures of amazing Christmas parties, family outings and incredible elf on the shelf creations. It’s so easy to get wrapped up (boom boom) in looking at other peoples lives and making comparisons to our own, so much so that it’s easy to overlook the simplest glimmers…

Yesterday was Walt Disney Day and a great reminder to keep dreaming big; let our minds feel free and imagine. Walt Disney had a creative thinking strategy he used with all his teams, that involved having a “Dreamer Room”, where people could freely express creative ideas, unjudged by others. This later lead to the term…

I Heart Me is a lovely coaching tool that we teach our coaches and one they then use to help children and young people to take time to love themselves. We use this tool as part of our teenage 1-2-1 coaching program and group workshops. So we thought we would spread the love a little…

In this video we talk about what confidence is and how the way we present our bodies can help us to look and feel confident – fake it until we make it. The Power Pose is any amazing tool our coaches regularly teach their young clients age 5-18 and its a core part of our…

Every month we run coaching clinics to support all our wonderful coaches. During our session we were chatting about power poses and coach Sally was talking about how her young clients are often inspired by Matilda and also what a great power pose she has. It got me thinking how we could all be a…

Here goes everyone we are super excited to launch our new dates for training to become one of our amazing Happy Confident Kids coaches. Dates for our next intake for Happy Confident Kids Coach training: Become part of an amazing support network where you will be trained and have support to win new work? Our awesome…