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Anger: When the rules get broken?

April 10, 2015 By Ellen

What boils your water? Is there something that sets your teeth on edge? Do you know what’s going to make you see red? Will you be vexed or incandescent?  I’d love to be able to take a deep, calming breath and let it go – fury, rage or temper. All gone. It only gives me […]

Filed Under: anger, communication, rules, temper, The World, truth, understanding

Trouble on the doorstep: What would you do?

November 22, 2012 By Ellen

Hard to see the wood for the trees on the doorstep I’ve never seen a chapter in a parenting book called: How to handle an irate parent on your doorstep.Not one. And I’ve never seen a blog post or an article about what to do when your child has been accused (and convicted) of a […]

Filed Under: advice, anger, child, doorstep, parenting, school, school bus, violence

What are you really angry about?

November 7, 2012 By Ellen

Seeing red? I’m still here cross-legged on the mat, pondering. The weekend’s large helping of Om has still not worn off, or at least my coat still smells faintly of incense. Clearly too much gazing at one’s navel is not a good thing. Especially if it means children go unfed and husbands un-husbanded. However, a […]

Filed Under: anger, emotions, husband, navel gazing, reflection, yoga, yoga retreat

My wild thing picks his favourite book

April 21, 2012 By Ellen

There aren’t many books I really remember having read to me in childhood – Beatrice Potter, especially the scary one with the squirrel, Anatole the French mouse and the Tiger Who Came To Tea (although I may have imagined that).  But I still remember the way I felt about Where The Wild Things Are, by […]

Filed Under: anger, bedtime stories, books, reading, toddler, Where The Wild Things Are

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