‘The Yes Brain’ by Dr Tina Payne Bryson & Dr Daniel Siegel

When facing challenges, unpleasant tasks, and contentious issues such as homework, screen time, food choices, and bedtime, children often act out or shut down, responding with reactivity instead of receptivity. This is what New York Times bestselling authors Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson call a No Brain response. But our kids can be taught to approach life with openness and curiosity. Parents can foster their children's ability to say yes to the world and welcome all that life has to offer, even during difficult times. This is what it means to cultivate a Yes Brain.

Check it out here.

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How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

“Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore
 
This week we are focussing on the brain…
 
Different parts of a child's brain develop at different speeds and understanding these differences can help you turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child's brain and raise calmer, happier children.
 
'The Whole Brain Child’ model features 12 key strategies, including:

Name It to Tame It: Control raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left brain's affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension.

Engage, Don't Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting. \
Move It or Lose It: Use physical activities to shift your child's emotional state.

Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go.

SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible.

Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success.

Check out this snippet from a workshop on ‘The Whole-Brain Child’ here.

​If you feel in need of support, please get in touch. 
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How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

“The person that you want to be is the person that you really are.” – Dr Steve Peters

Across HappiMe social media this week, we will be focusing on THE BRAIN!
 
As you may know, part of our HappiMe Coaching Programmes focus on the brain, how it works & how to make it work for you. We base our teachings on ‘The Chimp Paradox’, a model created by Dr Steve Peters, combined with other models taken from books such as ‘The Yes Brain’ and ‘The Whole-Brain Child’ by Dr Tina Payne Bryson & Dr Daniel Siegel.

To find out more about ‘The Chimp Paradox’, check out this short video.

If you feel in need of support, please get in touch. 
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How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

Saturday 10th October is #WorldMentalHealthDay.

If you can, please let this weekend be a time where you take extra special care of yourself and those around you. Whether it's sitting down for a coffee and a chat, or going for a walk in nature... Please find a way to take care of YOU.
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Browse the rest of our blog, which can be found here, for more tips and advice for nurturing your mental health.

Sending you lots of love,
HappiMe x