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Power Pose for Kids
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 […]
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Be More Matilda
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 […]
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Be a Happy Confident Kids Coach
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 […]
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Become an In the Wild Leader
Your passion for nature, life experience and qualifications coupled with our training & ongoing support, through our membership, will enable you to become an In the Wild leader; where you […]
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Finding Light in the Dark
I am sharing this story because I want to share how lightness (glimmers) pulled me out from a very dark place and teaching this to children/young people is such an […]
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Children and Glimmers
Our recent post what’s a glimmer? got one of our coaches Lucia thinking about children and glimmers so we wanted to share some wise words from her… Glimmers are so […]
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Can we always be happy & confident?
One of coach Laura’s teen 1-2-1 coaching zoom clients asked her if she is always happy and confident as a coach. And the honest answer is no; which is totally […]
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Preparing for Exam Results
We recently were asked to write an article for Which School on helping young people prepare for exam results. We thought it would also be useful to share it here […]
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Happy Confident Kids’ strategies are powerful, with immediate positive impact.
“The feedback from these students has been overwhelmingly positive. The Happy Confident Kids’ strategies are powerful, with immediate positive impact. As a result of the intervention, we have seen non-attenders return to school and students return to mainstream lessons. The increase in students’ confidence is palpable.”
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Sarah Stevenson-Jennings MBE Interview
Head coach Laura interviewed Sarah Stevenson-Jennings MBE, who is a Taekwan-do mega star. They talked about mindset and confidence. Some take aways from Sarah were to Have a listen and […]
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Breath Therapy
We teach children breathing techniques in our 1-2-1 sessions and we’re huge fans of Breath Therapy Animal Breathing techniques which we use in our “In the Wild” workshops.
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Helping Children with Bullying
Bullying can take many forms and result in low self esteem and confidence, affect performance at school, withdrawal, anxiety, rage and anger. It is is hard for grownups to see children in pain or distress and this may in turn cause anger and anxiety for you. Every child has a right to be and feel…
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Creative Activity to Create Conversation – Folded Cupcake Monster
When colouring the monster cupcake together we found it was a good way to talk about feelings, including the fact that sometimes we might look happy on the outside but feel cross inside and it’s good to talk about and express these feelings so they don’t explode out.
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Supporting your Child Through Exams
As parents there are things we can do to support our children through, what for some, may bring feelings of feeling overwhelmed or anxiety when preparing for or sitting exams.
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Reasons why your relationship with your child might be a struggle.
There are three key areas of the parent-child relationship. This refers to the connection between an adult caregiver (usually a biological or adoptive parent) and their offspring. This relationship involves the physical, emotional, and social interactions that occur between a parent and a child.
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How to cope with the pressures of the cost-of-living crisis as a family
In this blog, you’ll not only find some helpful suggestions for easing the pressures with some practical life hacks but also tips on how to lower the impact of stress upon you and your children.
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Dealing with kids anxiety and overwhelm
We can all suffer from anxiety; it is a part of our survival instinct and designed to keep us alive. However, anxiety can also be over-active, unrealistic, tell us lies and falsely keep firing off; this can create a state of fear.
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How do I feel?
Recognising emotions is a key skill for children to learn as part of learning how to manage states.Some children learn to name ‘states’ quicker than others. Some children find it very difficult to know the ‘states’ that they feel.