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Sometimes the written word can be as helpful as the spoken word. Through my blog articles I’ve brought together my personal experiences, knowledge from my work, and some longer specific and targeted guides and resources that you may find helpful. Feel free to have a look around and if there’s something that helps – or doesn’t – please let me know by dropping a comment.

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Communicating With Your Child | Are you suffering from communication problems between your child? Check out this approach to deal with these common parent problems. | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

Problems Communicating With Your Child

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: children behaviour, communicating with children, Communication problems, facebook, family, mothering, parent child communication problems, parenting, troubled children

Are you suffering from communication problems between your child? Check out this approach to deal with these common parent problems.

5 Rapid Ways to Relax | You may have noticed that stress, anxiety and worry don't wait for you to have a nice quiet space to be able to relax and meditate. It's the same for children as it is for adults, yet children are more often than not at school when these feelings can overcome them. What can they do to calm down quickly and relieve the built-up anxiety? | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

5 Rapid Ways to Relax

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: #betterparenting, #buddhism, #calm, #chilax, #mindful, #ODD, #positivethinking, #relax, #relaxation, #staypresent, #teens, #yoga, ADD, ADHD, anxiety, Autism, Buddhist, children, children behaviour, confidence, Depression, education, emotions, facebook, family, HappyParenting, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mindset, parenthood, parenting, parents, stress, tips, worry

When Unconditional Love Isn’t Enough | Do you find your child shrinks from praise? Or refuse it so strongly that they begin to misbehave? While you're authentic and genuine with your support, why aren’t they responding in the way you’d like? Isn’t unconditional love enough? | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

When Unconditional Love Isn’t Enough

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: facebook

What Every Unhappy Parent Needs to Read | We can complain about how things aren’t the way we want them to be, or we can take action and address our role and start to make some changes | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

What Every Unhappy Parent Needs to Read

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: facebook

What Lies Beneath the Behaviour. Uncertainty can be traumatic for some children and cause problematic behaviour. Consider improving communication or introduce some gentle structure | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

What Lies Beneath the Behaviour

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: Bowlby, child behaviour, facebook, secure base

8 Ways to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude | Helping a child develop an attitude of gratitude is a great way to a resilient mindset. And like any habit, it needs practise. Here are a selection of 8 different exercises that can help your child recognise and grow a sense of gratefulness. | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

8 Ways to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: appreciation, children, facebook, gratitude, growth mindset, parenting, parents, resilience, self-esteem

3 Ways to Cope When You're Feeling Alone | I’ve not met anyone who hasn't found themselves struggling to express their feelings at some point in their lives. And while there is a growing awareness and recognition around mental health, for many that space, the feeling alone, can be lonely and at times desperately unhappy | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

3 Ways to Cope When You’re Feeling Alone

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: anxiety, Depression, emotions, facebook, guidance, psychology, talk therapy, therapy

There is a way through when we can’t find the words to talk, a way to offer some light in the dark.

5 Top Tips to get Stubborn Kids to Cooperate | We all want to raise independent, confident and resilient children. The result can be children who stand their ground and exercise this confidence. These 5 methods can help you get stubborn kids to cooperate | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

5 Top Tips to get Stubborn Kids to Cooperate

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: #ConfidentKids, active listening, children behaviour, communicating with children, difficult children, facebook, HappyParenting, mothering, pare, parenting, ParentingBetter, parents, talking to children

Dropped Out and Survived | I left school at 17 and it felt like coming out of a bubble. School had painted a picture of a world that was impenetrable without good grades. With some slight surprise it turned out that getting lots of exams at a pass grade didn’t mean you couldn’t get a job | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

Dropped Out and Survived

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: children behaviour, dropping out of school, education, facebook, family

Freedom from Overthinking | Though clients often have a variety of challenges, there is a common issue that most were struggling with: overthinking | Ben Jackson | @benjacksoncoach

Freedom from Overthinking

Author: Ben Jackson
Tags: anxiety, choices, decisions, exams, facebook, options, overthinking, school leavers, stress, teenagers, worry, young adults

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