Jane Miller, Beyond Parenting podcast episode - paarenting after foster care
Change, Coaching, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Podcast

Parenting after Foster Care

TW: Foster Care / Child Abuse / Domestic Abuse / School System This week's podcast delves into the world of the foster care system and critically the support structures which simply aren't there for kids transferring to adulthood. Where is the care after abuse? Where is the therapy? Where is the training on understanding relationships?… Continue reading Parenting after Foster Care

Change, Coaching, Home Education, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Podcast

Why I Didn’t Vaccinate My Kids

TW: Anti-Vaccination / COVID This week we are joined by the incredible Melena Carissa, who shares her experiences of choosing not to vaccinate against COVID in a country where the rules were so strict that people had to leave their jobs in droves, and kids were forced to miss out on sports, and using any… Continue reading Why I Didn’t Vaccinate My Kids

Change, Coaching, Home Education, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Podcast

Amicable Co-parenting: Is It A Thing?

TW: Mental health issues In this Podcast episode we meet Sarah Page, a single parent working through the myriad challenges of early parenthood. We hear how she struggled with her mental health at the beginning of her journey and also recognised that her relationship with her husband was not serving her. We dig into the… Continue reading Amicable Co-parenting: Is It A Thing?

Change, Coaching, Home Education, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Podcast

Let’s Play Instead: A Worldschooling Story

TW: Mental health issues, the school system and we swear a bit. This episode we dive into Laura’s world, world being the operative word, as she has 3 kids, and they are travelling the world “unschooling” her kids. This radical shift from the norm came after a mental health episode forced her and her husband… Continue reading Let’s Play Instead: A Worldschooling Story

Cartoon picture depicting a messy room with discarded items on bed, desk and floor
Change, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health

I want to keep it ALL

“I want to keep it all! It’s all special.” Was the response from my eldest child when she saw a box for the charity shop of our toddler’s old stuff. She proceeded to go through all the things in the box and throw them out saying that she thought they were special. Inwardly, I’m thinking,… Continue reading I want to keep it ALL

Image with Beyond Parentng logo and a photograph of Beth Hardy. The text "Am I a good enough parent?"
Coaching, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Podcast

Am I a Good Enough Parent?

In this podcast I talk about why we feel the need to be everything to everyone all the time, and how that leads us to feeling like we aren’t good enough, when we don’t meet our impossible standards. This is a subject I come back to over and over because we are so often stuck… Continue reading Am I a Good Enough Parent?

Stepping Stones across a stream
Coaching, Limiting Beliefs

5 Hacks To Use Affirmations To Change Your Life

From I Hate Myself to I Love Myself: Just a Step Away Society Stops Us “I sound so stupid.” “I can't believe I did that.” “I’m a terrible public speaker/parent/human/[substitute in any other thing here]”  If you put yourself down as a matter of habit, and apologise for anything you offer other people, whether it's… Continue reading 5 Hacks To Use Affirmations To Change Your Life