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The best way to teach children about safety? Start with body signals.
The best way to teach children about safety? Start with body signals.
12 May 2026

Body signals are our ‘early warnings’ for so many emotions. For example, we might feel a tightness in our shoulders or neck before we realise we are stressed, or have a rumbling belly before... 

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Mental Illness Does NOT Have a Size
Mental Illness Does NOT Have a Size
30 September 2024

Eating Disorders, and mental illnesses come in all shapes, sizes, colours, ages, race and social economic levels. Throughout my lived eating disorder experience I have had to deal with weight stigma and being told... 

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Introducing Strength Cards Unlimited!
Introducing Strength Cards Unlimited!
5 September 2022

Introducing the latest edition to our suite of strengths-based tools and resources—Strength Cards Unlimited!  Everyone has strengths. But did you know that strengths are more than just personal qualities? They also include your relationships,... 

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Exploring Shame in schools
Exploring Shame in schools
31 May 2022

Feelings of shame can be heightened as children and young adults start to compare themselves to others. As children grow, they become more aware of what is considered normal—if their experiences and feelings don’t... 

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Five creative ways to use stickers to talk with children about strengths
Five creative ways to use stickers to talk with children about strengths
10 February 2021

Despite kids having access to loads of apps and digital games, they still seem to love stickers. Stickers are fun, versatile and tactile. They are also portable so you can take them anywhere, making... 

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Taking a strengths approach to working with young people
Taking a strengths approach to working with young people
10 February 2021

Young people’s lives are in a constant state of flux. They are dealing with growth spurts, the unnerving appearance of body hair in odd places, the making and breaking of relationships, changing schools, hormones,... 

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