Understanding Children’s Emotions – A Parent’s Toolkit
This workshop for parents will introduce or build on previous
knowledge of using Emotion Coaching techniques with children. The workshop
supports parents to consider how children’s brains develop at various stages
and explore the links between parenting styles and children’s ability to
self-regulate. Using cutting-edge theories about neuroscience, taught in a
simple and digestible way, we will focus on strategies to help children thrive
and feel confident.
The workshop aims to give practical advice and takeaway tools
which parents can immediately use at home to enhance relationships with
children of all ages. We will talk about ways to help children calm down in the
heat of the moment and how to create a peaceful family environment.
The workshop will be a mix of taught content, practical
activities and group discussion, designed to support parents to feel more able
to tune into their child’s emotional world and experiences. Parents who have
attended this workshop have reported a long-term positive change in their
child’s ability to express themselves and a permanent decrease in challenging
interactions with their children. Overall, there is a greater sense of
wellbeing for the whole family.
Areas of Focus:
- How
the brain develops in young children
- Attachment
and human instinct for connection
- How
the body and brain manage stress
- Latest
research on developing children’s emotional intelligence
- Parenting
styles - survive or thrive?
- Why
Emotion Coaching works
- Emotion
Coaching techniques
- Tools
to take away
Feedback from past
participants….
“The Emotion
Coaching course by Shana was great. Her calm and non-judgmental nature,
expertise and resources were extremely useful in understanding children’s
development and perspectives better and with that supporting parents to make
more informed and enabling choices in their parenting approach. Highly
recommend this course to anyone who is a parent. Thank you Shana!”
“Really
helpful course, the small group worked really well and it was helpful to listen
to other people's examples and questions. Would definitely recommend this
course, I learnt lots of practical tips to apply everyday, thank you!”
“Learning
about a young child's brain was fascinating and made some of our sons
behaviours so much clearer. It will help to understand his emotional response
to things.”
“Really
great course. All parents should do it to get a greater understanding of what
is happening to their kids during an emotional time as it certainly makes you
think about how you deal with emotionally too.”
*Please note as well as the taught session I
will also make 2 online modules available which will need to be viewed prior to
the in-person session to compliment the learning on the day.
Shana Laffy's Offering is on Sunday 6th November - 10am to 4.30pm
Prices
- An individual place is £80
- A couple's place is £130
If you would like to access the Women Supporting Women Fund to subsidise this session, find more details here.
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New to the New Mama Drop-in Team 🌟 Ali Masterman 🌟 Functional Nutritionist & Health Coach
You can see Ali this coming Wednesday, between 10.30am to 12pm for 15 minute sessions to support you and your nutrition in the days, weeks and month after birth.
(It’s free to access but booking is essential)
To support you, we also have:
⭕ A Women’s Health Physio (booking essential)
⭕ A Motherhood Lifeline Therapist
⭕ A Lactation & Baby Feeding Consultant
⭕ A Baby Sleep Consultant
⭕ A Postnatal Expert
If you’re a new Mama or Parent (the first 2 years counts!) then this is for you...
🗓️ Wednesday 15th July (the last session before September)
🕙 10.30am – 12.30pm
📍 Highgate Newtown Community Centre, 30 Bertram St, London N19 5DQ
In conjunction with:
@tufnellparkparents
@hncp_2025
Spread the word with your fellow parents, and we'll see you there.
Find more info and book via our bio.
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📆 New Autumn Date Added!
If you have a daughter between the ages of 8 to 12 - this is for you.
Planning for Menarche: A Workshop for Mothers and Daughters
2pm - 4.30pm
This Saturday (11th July), with new date added on 14th November.
🩷 Support your daughter in preparing for and understanding her menstrual cycle, and the highs and lows we can experience over its course.
🩷 Discover the benefit of having a facilitated space and conversation about our monthly cycle, and how this can support future conversations.
🩷 Connect with your daughter, woman to woman, and explore how this can benefit the development of your relationship.
If you'd like to know more or book, you can find the link in our bio.
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The Summer Solstice is with us - the longest day of the year, a time for light and optimism. This is an opportunity to re-engage with the natural world and take respite from the overwhelm of the modern structures of humanity, from technology to our political landscape.
By rooting ourselves back into the rhythm of the seasons, and marking the passage of the sun across the sky, we echo those who came before, taking our place as a link between the past and the future. For a short moment we can allow the daily pressures to melt away, as we glimpse the wider context of our existence.
By marking the seasonal changes we also bookmark the passage of time in our own lives. It becomes a memory touchstone, to reach out to as we remember where we’ve been (metaphorically and physically), where we are and where we’re going to.
So press pause, allow yourself to be absorbed back into the rhythms of the natural world, take note of the turning of the year. Do something different, something you’ll remember in the years to come, even if that’s a long walk on the Heath, without your phone, fitness tracking device, digital watch etc. etc. etc.… I dare you…
Much love.
Beautiful art by @tijanadraws2 weeks ago
