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 | 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 | 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...
by sihay | Aug 16, 2021 | EDUCATION, FAMILY, YOUTH
Peer Pressure and Expectation So this week is the full return of schools, how have all your young people felt this morning? I expected a struggle to get up this morning because mine did not get to sleep until 1am! To my surprise they were awake before the...
by sihay | Aug 9, 2021 | EDUCATION, FAMILY, YOUTH
a Recognising that we may be a little more on the stressed side this week with Scotland’s schools returning is really important. It can help us to regulate ourselves and, in turn, regulate our teens and tweens. This week’s announcements of how schools will...
