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Understanding the Child brain – Queen got it right, “I want it all, I want it NOW”

When it comes to understanding the Child brain Queen got it right.  Their hit song I want it all – I want it NOW sums up the governing ethos of the child brain [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pm4fQRl72k] The limbic (child) brain deals with the realm of emotion and physical sensory experience.  This part of the brain primarily develops […]

It’s not about the nail or Why men always try to fix things – Part 2

This is part 2 in this post, last post I talked about how men and women tend to be socialised to use two different empathy networks (the mirror neuron network and the TPJ (or lets fix it) network). But the big question is what do you do about it. There is a handy technique that […]

Can your Marriage Survive your teenager?- – or why teenagers drive us batty.

I recently read a great article by Suzanne Phillips Raising Teens Without Ruining Your Marriage: Three Principles   What I loved so much about is that it highlights a core stressor for couples which is adjusting to the sheer chaos that emerges in relationships as children go through their teens.  Whenever I work with couples I […]