by sihay | Aug 1, 2022 | EDUCATION, FAMILY, YOUTH, YOUTH PROFESSIONALS
It’s a chemical reaction The neuroscience of digital wellbeing – or – why do I keep reaching for my phone? Or sit at my laptop watching video after video on YouTube? In a word – dopamine. Dopamine has a reputation as the neurotransmitter of pleasure. As fun as...
by sihay | Feb 7, 2022 | FAMILY, LIFESTYLE
Social media is the way of our world today. We remember that chatting to friends meant we had to go to their doors, we went out on bikes or walked and talked for as long as we were allowed. Today our young people can have all of this interaction without ever leaving...
by sihay | Dec 6, 2021 | FAMILY, LIFESTYLE, PROJECTS & EVENTS
Let’s talk Collective Trauma/Stress. Christmas is a stressful/busy time We feed off of the energy and information around us but the rate at which we are absorbing this information and energy is too much overwhelm for our emotional self to process. We are not...
by sihay | Nov 8, 2021 | FAMILY, YOUTH
Let’s talk Self Harm We as parent try our best to provide our children with the safety love and knowledge that helps keep them safe when out in the world, we try to shield them as much as we can from outside harm and danger. So what happens when the harm is an...
by sihay | Oct 25, 2021 | FAMILY, LIFESTYLE, UNCATEGORISED, YOUTH
it Burnout from a parents perspective. As parents, we often say, “I am fine” when actually how often do we give ourselves permission to say how we really are?How much pressure do we put on ourselves as parents to always get it right...
