Hey Sigmund

Where the Science of Psychology | Meets the Art of Being Human

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Facebook Live (During Isolation) - Anxiety, Big Feelings, Tantrums, Sibling Fights ... and more.

Facebook Live (During Isolation) – Anxiety, Big Feelings, Tantrums, Sibling Fights … and more.

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'The House Model' - A New Way to Think About Anxiety, Regulation, Relationships and Connection (Video)

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When Anxiety Doesn't Look Like Anxiety - How to Recognise and Manage Anxiety-Fuelled Behaviour When the world feels frightening or fragile, kids and teens might respond in ways that fall a decent way short of adorable.

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A super-quick, super-easy way to feel brave, strong, and powerful

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The 2 Questions That Can Help You Find Your 'Brave' When You Feel Anxious - (A video for kids)

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Making the 'New Normal' Work - How to Support Children and Teens Through Social Isolation Social isolation will be affecting all of us in different ways. In times of uncertainty and escalating anxiety, as the important adult in their lives you are the solution.

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'Hand on Heart' - A Powerful Way to Calm Anxiety, For Children, Teens and Adults

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When That Which Isolates Us, Unites Us - Connection in the Time of Corona

I don’t know that there has ever been a time before when the world has been so completely united against a common enemy. That which has come to isolate us, unites us. At a time when we are having to physically distance ourselves from one another (and we must do this), it is faces and voices that are able to reach through the distance and uncertainty of it all and let our common humanity do its…

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What to Say to Help Kids Feel Calm When the World Feels Fragile When their days come with spikes, our children will turn to us. We won't always be able to fix the breakages, but we don't need to.

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How to Help Children and Teens Through Anxiety at Bedtime

Dealing With Anxiety at Bedtime - How to Stop Anxiety Disrupting Sleep in Children and Teens

The relationship between anxiety and sleep is a complicated one. Sleep strengthens the brain against anxiety, but anxiety at bedtime stops sleep. Anxious thoughts will intrude at bedtime when the world is still, and bodies are still, and when young minds are meant to be still – but – a lack of sleep will make anxiety worse, which will make sleep the next night tougher, which will make anxiety…

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How Parents Can be the 'Facilitators of Brave'. Anxiety in children and teens - why their courage starts with ours.

Our children see us at our best and at our most vulnerable. It’s easy to think that they don’t come together. It’s easy to think that for them, our ‘best’ are the things that feel good for them – our depth of love for them, the way their name sounds when it’s floating on our voice, our laugh when its threading through theirs, the way we hold them close, the way the world feels better when we sit…

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But We're Not Lions! - PRE-ORDER.

But We’re Not Lions! – PRE-ORDER.

PRE-ORDER – Available early November

The animals were mighty and magnificent, but they were miserable! For way too long, they’d been forced to become something that didn’t feel right – something that felt too much like bad days and scratchy things. The animals needed a hero, or someone to show them that a hero was in each of them all along.

A book about boundaries, peer-pressure and…

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How to Talk to Children and Teens About Eco-Anxiety. The planet is hurting and our children are feeling it. For too many of our children and teens, the environmental crisis is feeling bigger than humanity's capacity to turn it around.

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Correction Through Connection. As it turns out, there is no other way. As part of discovering their very important place in the world, our children and teens will often behave in ways that are, let's say, wildly short of 'adorable'.

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From Anxiety and Avoidance to Brave Behaviour - How Parents Can Make a Powerful Difference

Part of our role as parents is providing our children with the experiences that will help them discover their everyday magic – their courage, resilience, resourcefulness and other qualities that will move them towards growth. Sometimes though, anxiety will get in their way. Sometimes this will be fierce. Sometimes it will drive them to avoid the challenges, adventures and everyday experiences…

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The Ultimate Resource Set This set includes the paperback versions of Hey Warrior and Hey Awesome, accompanied by everyone's favourite, most cuddly bodyguard, the large 40cm amygdala warrior plushie. This powerful set is a must-have resource for anyone caring for or working with young ones.