In today’s Wellbeing with Collett video we chat about what you can do to help your teen through self isolation, staying at home and the changes to their ‘normal’ routine.
Wellbeing Q&A
Welcome to ‘Wellbeing with Collett’. Here you will find a growing list of Q&As. These come from the most popular questions I have been asked in practice over the years, after seminars or via the blog.
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Ideas to Manage T(w)een Anxiety About COVID-19
Like many reading this, I am a parent (I have 3 children, one already an adult) – and the talk of COVID-19 has been part of our daily conversation in the last few weeks. A study about empowering families during a healthcare crisis recommends the C-A-R-E approach. Engaging the CARE principles helps young people and families feel empowered. It reduces, and may even improve the risk of anxiety and trauma responses.
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🎥 ‘Bad News’ Media & Talking with our Children.
VIDEO – Today, for ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ I chat with Fiona about media consumption and talking with our children.
Chores Lead to Success, Later in Life (even if teens don’t love them!)
What the studies discovered is that kids who were expected to participate in doing chores developed a stronger work ethic, and a strong work ethic leads to success in…