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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)How To Raise Successful Kids – Without Over Parenting: Julie Lythcott Haims... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)5 Ways To Share Math With Kids: Dan Finkel... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)What Should I Be Reading With My Child?... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Power of Believing That You Can Improve: Carol Dweck... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)5 Parenting Tips for Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant Kids... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Supporting your Child with Academic Assistance... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance: Angela Lee Duckworth.... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Let's raise Kids to be Entrepreneurs: Cameron Herold... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Supporting your Child to Make Responsible Choices... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Why We Need to Rethink Challenging Behaviour... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Navigating the Dynamics of Sibling Relationships... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Creating a Culture of Learning at Home... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Creative and Easy DIY Projects for Parents and Children... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Encouraging Positive Behaviour at School... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Advocating for your Child's needs within the School System... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)OtherStrategies for Helping Children Manage Stress Related to Academic Performance... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Participating in School Activities and Volunteering... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Role of Technology in Modern Education... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Balancing Schoolwork, Activities, and Family Time... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Power of Potential: Student Centered Learning... -
General InfoGuest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Routines for a New School Year... -
General InfoGuest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Tackling Morning Routine Challenges... -
General InfoGuest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Building a Positive Relationship With Your Child's Teacher... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Teaching Children about Personal Safety... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Supporting the Transition to Middle or High School... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Addressing Common Learning Challenges (e.g., attention issues, test anxiety).... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Building a Strong Partnership with Educators... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Volunteering and Participating in the School Community... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Recognising Signs of Stress and Anxiety... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Managing Screen Time for Educational Purposes... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Understanding Various Learning Disabilities... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Understanding the Benefits of Project-Based Learning... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Importance of Outdoor Activities for Learning... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Encouraging Older Siblings to Help Younger Ones... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Nurturing Creativity through Arts, Music and Drama... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Encouraging Curiosity and Inquiry in Children...
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Ways to get Involved in School Activities... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Teaching Responsible and Safe Internet Usage... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Identifying and Nurturing Gifted Children... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking in Children... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Link Between Nutrition, Exercise and Academic Performance... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Teaching Your Child About Peer Pressure and Resilience... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Teaching Children About Different Cultures and Traditions... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Teaching Kids About Money and Budgeting... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Choosing Appropriate Books for Different Age Groups... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Balancing Extracurricular Activities and Academics... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Why is it Important to Communicate with your Child's Teachers?... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Helping your Child Overcome School Anxiety... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Benefits of Play-Based Learning and Strategies for Home... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Creating a Positive, Supportive Environment to Enhance Learning After School... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)How to Help Your Child Lower Their Screen Time... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)10 Things To Remind Your Child of Daily... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)8 Ways You Can Support Your Children at Home... -
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)5 Steps To Developing Independence In Your Child... -
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Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Beautiful Beasts - Spiders that are cute, cuddly and unbelievably beautiful.Joseph Schubert recently added to the catalogue of the species by revealing seven new finds which are published in an article on the... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)When the river runs high - The Yarra River FloodsOctober 7th 2022 Today the Yarra spilled over the banks to cover the bike tracks and walking paths, not too much, but enough you ... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Where's The Wattle? - September has come and gone...Grasses that sprout seeded make all of us itch and sneeze, and amongst the gums that host the banks, little tiny buds appear on the ... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Making Friends With Trees 3 - ABC Science Friction PodcastMy girl is rough barked and red, a thin leafed peppermint gum with two bodies erupting from one trunk. Her hair dangles blue-green;... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Making Friends Part 2 - The Guardians of our ancient forests share their concerns for our future.On the summit of Mount Gingera in the Brindabella Ranges, Jessica, a young research scientist, stands alongside one of the most infl...
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Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)'Yarra Yarra' & The Ironbark Tree."Our river doesn't glint and ripple with crystalised light or dancing sparkles. Our river churns and grinds, rolls, and rumbles as a... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)The Honeybee Bumble - Kids PosterIncredibly, the whole world is 100% reliant on bees and pollinators to survive. These tiny beasts feed the world, and in our farewe... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)The Honeybee Bumble - Part 2When we think of bees and food, we rarely think of all the other lives at risk of extinction in the bee goes bust. We are misguid... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Science & Technology (Guest Contributors)The Honeybee Bumble - The Backyard Beehive Must Go.We have unwittingly exacerbated the global ecological crisis in what we believe to be a supportive move in protecting agriculture an... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)The Mysterious Undertakings of The Miraculous, Part 3 - Kids ActivityImagine how uninteresting our lives would be without mini-beasts and butterflies. Gardens would be without curiosities, discoveries...
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Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Mysterious Undertakings of The Miraculous - The Hidden Lives of Mini-beasts and Butterflies, Part 2In the Jungle of Sulawesi, an island in the Indonesian archipelago, a gruesome discovery was made that has forever changed our point... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Mysterious Undertakings of The Miraculous.Caterpillars don't make cocoons, nor do they sprout wings, grow a proboscis and curly head-wear from a body that shrunk in size on a... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Is it Possible My Brain is Shrinking?I knew what was happening to me; my brain was shrinking. And the longer I spent alone, the worse it would become, and so I finally d... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)'Celebration of Nudibranchs' - A Farewell EventNudibranchs are not only brilliantly adorned harlequin shapeshifters and chemical manufacturing killing machines - These oceanic wo...
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Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Celebration of Nudibranchs - Colour in ActivityTheres' a Disco in The Sea, and You're invited! - Down below, where you hardly ever go - the world of a Nudibranch is a cornucopia... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)A Celebration of Nudibranchs - Pokémon of The SeaA celebration of Nudibranchs. Sea slugs that are brilliantly coloured, strangely beautiful and defy biological convention. Find out... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)A Carnivale of Colour - ' The Jumping Spiders Have Fanfare'Sharing the story of this particular species, because of their profound uniqueness - might help change the perception of those not t... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)A Carnivale of Colour - ' The Jumping Spiders Have Fanfare'Sharing the story of this particular species, because of their profound uniqueness - might help change the perception of those not t... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)A Carnivale of Colour - ' The Jumping Spiders Have Fanfare'Sharing the story of this particular species, because of their profound uniqueness - might help change the perception of those not t... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)'It's All about the Eyes' - Jumping Spiders & Their EyesightThey have been dubbed "genius" by Sir David Attenborough in his narration of Porche. Scientists believe that Jumping Spiders are br... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)The Spider Eats Greens"More Extraordinary Than a Flying Pig",- Says Christopher Meehan, Biologist and Natural Historian. How could it be that a solely ca... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)The Spider Diary, Part 3: Red Mites & Superior SightUnlike any other spider species, the Jumping spiders have a vision so advanced it is equivalent to a cat or small dog and has the sa... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)The Spider Diary - Part 2: Red Mites & Brilliant EyesFollow the story of Maureen, the lady jumping spider I made friends with over tea. Part 2 of The Spider Diary takes a closer look i... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Spider Diary - Part 1. Unexpected FriendsIt is heartwarming to know that life, no matter what, always has something new to surprise us with - even when it seems too many aw... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Grasshopper to Locust – Serotonin. Good Vibes. Big Changes.Do you ever have the feeling when dancing in a crowd with all your friend of being so happy that you could burst out of your skin, t... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Grasshopper to Locust – Serotonin. Good Vibes. Big Changes.Do you ever have the feeling when dancing in a crowd with all your friend of being so happy that you could burst out of your skin, t... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)No Drink - A Koala's LifeNow a rare and endangered species of marsupial, the koalas spend their days in the treetops of the eucalyptus tree, eating and sleep... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Earth Hour – 26th March 2022Everyone has the power to #ShapeOurFuture this Earth Hour This Earth Hour, we’re calling on Australians to sign up and join a wor... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Nature Gazing - Sound BathListening to natural sounds is more than pleasure. It is healing. It helps to recalibrate our overworked minds and soften our worri... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)What's in The Tree - Nature Gazing ActivityIt is time to make friends with trees. Do you have a favourite tree that you play under, climb in or gaze at regularly? If not - t... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Making Friends With Trees - Nature Gazing, Part 3Trees are social and emotional beings like we are. They have families, live in communities, communicate via a vast underground commu...
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Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Shinrin-Yoku - Nature Gazing, (Part 2)When I feel off, I know what to do!. Run to the nearest parkland, water source, or wilderness and stay there until I feel normal ag... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Nature GazingNature Gazing You have a complete view of the milky way on the balcony, and stars beam superbly bright, nothing like the city. C... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)The Year Earth ChangedThis unique documentary, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, catalogues footage captured during the lockdowns of 2020. The footage r... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Can You Camouflage Me?Can you make your lizard dissappear? It's time to design your very own invisibility cloak. Help your new buddy vanish into his back... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Wonder Bugs - Kids ActivityMeet Donald. Donald is a beetle that is missing a few bits and pieces. Because he is an insect that needs to fly, Donald should have... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Let’s talk Squid Game and children’s exposure“Truly traumatising and very violent”, says British reporter Phillip Schofield in an online review of the new television series,... -
First NationsGuest ContributorsWominjenka is a Promise.When we are welcomed to country we are invited to share in a promise to protect the land, the people, the animals, plants and waterw... -
First NationsGuest ContributorsThe Witchetty Grub People & The Manna Gum – Part 2WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this post contains names and images of people who have now e... -
First NationsGuest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Witchetty Grub People – Part 1For the next few weeks, take a walk with me through the place of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung. I will help you see what I see as I walk...
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Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Night Sky - There is So Much to DiscoverThe night sky is our very own library in the stars. The stars and planets, galaxies and cosmic dust are our ancestors, mythically an... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Milky Way – Our Galaxy of StarsThe Milky Way is one of the billions in the universe, and not all are peaceful and life-supporting. Galaxies are places of cosmic dr... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Glow in The Dark - Below the Midnight ZoneThere are places so dark on this planet that no light exists, places that are silent, secret and too far deep for humans to reach. I... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Glow in The Dark - The Darlings of The NightIn the forest, along coastlines, at the deepest parts of the sea and hidden away in the quiet of dark caves are creatures that light... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Natures Hidden Worlds - The Shy Spiders' GardenThere lives beneath a bloom of orange horseshoes, tucked away into the hillside, a trapdoor spider; The guardian to a miniature bush... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Kids Fungi Adventures - The Incredible Kingdom of FungiThe world of mushrooms and microbes and mould is a wondrous place full of colour and weird shapes. Often tiny and hidden out of sig... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Screen Time: Supervision is Key"I often describe parenting with digital devices as a little bit (or a lot) ‘dementing’. What I mean by this is that it's hard w... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Screen Time: How much is ok?I often get asked by parents, “how much screen time is ok for my kids?”. Well, here’s the thing, when we use the term ‘scree... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Screen Time : Let's Introduce Green Time!In this challenging parenting time in a digital world, parents want to ensure their children are healthy, but many parents feel over... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Facts on Frogs - Fun Kids PosterFrogs and toads are incredible little creatures, their diversity and habitats just as broad. Check out some amazing facts on frogs!...
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Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Vitamin D - the benefits of a daily dose of sunshineVitamin D deficiency can cause depression, fatigue, body aches, headaches, insomnia, back pain, bone fractures and osteoporosis. ... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Prescription Hugs – the healing benefits of huggingWe have a mental health crisis at our door, and accompanying this is the loneliness epidemic, and the two go hand in hand – could ... -
Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)The Worlds only Flying Mammals – Bat Facts for KidsA single bat can eat up to 3000 small flying insects in an hour. Bats keep our flying insect populations in check, imagine if there ... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Prescription Sound - an immersive sound healing activity.You are being prescribed one dose of nature, to be taken daily... These sounds and samples are collected from the natural world and... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Nature (Guest Contributors)Prescription Nature - Natures Healing.The industrial world is eating the natural one. And we do not seem to understand the fallout from the giant global environmental nig... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Hermit Crab City - Kids Cut & Paste ActivityCut and paste a city atop a hermit crabs shell, and imagine a world under the sea with your other hermit friends and family.... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Hermit Crabs - No More Plastic In the SeaDressed to impress, hermit crabs share their spacious abode with a garden of friends. Stacked atop their spiralled homes are sea ane... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Natural History: The Short-beaked EchidnaWe are blessed to live on a continent abundant with native animals and plant species. Creatures live here that are found nowhere els... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Kids Activity - "What's Your Mood?"From invisibility cloaks to complex problem-solving abilities, glowing colour-changing skin, shape-shifting bodies and smoky doppelg...
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Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Natural History - The Hawaiian Bobtail SquidOut of the billions of bacteria and viruses that exist in every litre of seawater, only one inhabits the Bobtail Squids body. A ligh... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Natural History - The KoalaKoalas limited food supply has altered due to drought and the quantity and quality of their food source diminished. The Eucalyptus l... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Sustainability (Guest Contributors)Natural History, The Red-Eyed Tree FrogWe are totally reliant on each other and all other species of plant, animal, fungi, insect and invertebrate in the world. Tiny chang... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Big Feelings – Understanding EmotionsIf you know what your emotions are, how they feel and how best to describe them, you are more likely to control them. Find the 'Big... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The End of EmotionsResearch says that there are 35,000 different emotions, and each is unique. If we embody emotions and so many, how would we cope wit... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Kids Corner (Guest Contributors)You're A Hoot - Musical Mindfulness ActivityDiscover the hidden world of mindfulness through music and creative imagination. A 30-minute mindfulness activity for kids and famil... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)You're A Hoot - Kids Activity and LearningLearn all about owls, and there's a fun activity too.... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Do You Ever Work-In?.A healthy mind is essential in maintaining a healthy body, including reducing stress, tension, and aiding in sleep.... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Old School v New tech - Which is Best?In the age of digital communication and the verge of the AI Revolution is it smart to leave behind the traditional ways to read and ... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)ADHD on The Brain & What Mindfulness Can Do To Change ItADHD is one of the most misunderstood neurological disorders, says Dr Russell Barkley the world authority on the developmental disor...
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Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Mindfulness Brain Break - Kids and FamiliesIf you are struggling to stay focused for a long time, are starting to feel irritable and frustrated and you need a bit of boost to ... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Tiny Beasts - Beauty Worth a Closer Look.Whenever did you expect spiders to be likened to little kittens and puppies, or named after works of art by Van Gogh ??. The way yo... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)The Amazing Spider - A Kids ActivityFor the most part, spiders are shy; they go about their business of catching other bugs, raising their young and making beautiful we... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Art Therapy - Creative Mindfulness Activity... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)The Intelligent Breath - 2:1 Breathing ActivityConscious breathing stimulates feel-good chemicals that help you to stay calm and focused, but even more amazingly conscious breathi... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Sound/Mind - A sound meditation activitySound/Mind is a 5 minute sound meditation that is perfect for times in transit or when you have a few minutes ... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)A Month of Moods - Activity ChartA mood chart is an excellent tool in self - development and self-awareness. If you are tracking how you feel, and when you feel a ce... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Making a Positive Transition When Finishing Secondary SchoolThe transition from secondary school to the big world beyond is a huge jump for any young person. Here's some tips to best navigate ... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Positive Transitions From Primary School into Secondary SchoolFrom being the big fish in the small pond to the small fish in the big pond. The transition to secondary school is a big deal. ... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Positive Transitions From Kinder into Primary SchoolA smooth start to school is what every parent wants for their child. Fortunately, there is lots that can be done to ensure the best ... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Wild Be FreeTo let go into each moment is where real freedom is. "To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders". - Rumi... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Kids Activity - Brain TrainingFind positive and creative ways to re-train your brain with this family fun activity.... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Simple ThingsHappiness is interpretive, but collectively people describe it as a sense of peace and acceptance of themselves, the world around th... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Sell Your ClevernessWhen was the last time you just laid out on the grass and watched the sky? Allowing yourself the freedom to let go into the subtle s... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)A Frog's LifeIf you are lucky enough to have frogs inhabit your backyard be kind to them. Learn what you can do to encourage our distant cousins ... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Buddha's Wisdom - Timeless Insights Into Personal SuccessThe words and the wisdom of Gautama Buddha is universal. Simple messages of hope, peace and goodwill that strike true for nearly all... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Lao Tzu - Tao 8Lao Tzu a legendary chinese philosophy and writer, credited with forming Daoism one of the two main schools of chinese philosophical... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Peace Giants - Thich Nhat HanhA global 'Peace Giant', Thich Nhat Hahn a Zen Meditation Master, Peace Activist, poet, writer and artist has revolutionised our way ... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)The Magical PangolinThe Pangolin is the worlds only genuinely scaly mammal. In recent times this rare creature sits at the centre of the Coronavirus out... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Just Say Peace - Daily InspirationPeace is a word that is symbolised and immortalised in the hearts and the minds of everyone in the world as a dove, charity, the oli... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Breaking Bad Habits - Mindfulness Changes Your BrainOne of the most significant developments in contemporary psychiatry and behavioural psychology is the knowledge that the mind and th... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Everyday Mindfulness - Activity ChartHumans are social, spiritual and sensitive creatures which require a place in the community, emotional care, regular nourishment fro... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Mala Beads - Tears from the skyMala Beads are just like any other prayer bead. They help you to concentrate, bring good luck and happiness and they look great too.... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)The Nature of Sound - A Guided MeditationMother Nature, in all her wisdom, provides us with everything we need to grow and thrive. The sounds made by the natural world are t... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Kids Mindfulness Activity - Star BreathingThe 'Star Breathing Chart' is a great activity to practice when feelings and emotions get a little hairy and thinking is a bit blurr... -
Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)The Ghost Bat - An Australian MammalThe Ghost Bat may look a little bit odd with his super-sized ears, and curios shaped nose but he is still an adorable creature to be... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Mindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)The Finger Labyrinth - A Mindfulness ActivityUsing your fingers to wind through the labyrinth, you will discover the relaxing effect this fun activity will have on you. Using th... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsNature (Guest Contributors)Colour A Frog Poster - Kids and FamiliesColour in your own frog and hang it on your wall. More than 4,200 amphibian species are at risk of extinction due to disease, habit... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)The Healing Arts - Natural MedicineThe relationship medicine men and women have with the natural world has taken millennia to evolve, and it's a relationship sustained... -
Guest ContributorsScience & Technology (Guest Contributors)It Took The Whole UniverseThe fact that you and I exist at all is extraordinary, given we are just bundles of energy packaged together...... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Science & Technology (Guest Contributors)In Sync... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The IcemanJust like when we thought the world was flat and we were the centre of the universe, we now are learning that the power of intention... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)The Om Project - Kids ActivityThe Om project is where you can explore the ancient mystery of the world's most recognisable and practised sounds -om.... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)New & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Prana YumWhen you breathe your body takes in vital oxygen which ignites the cells in your body - helping them to release energy and drive the... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)The Reasons WhyWhatever your reasons for taking the practice of meditation - whether it be to master your mind or heal the body - the success lies ... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Just BreatheJust like everything we consume - the breath can either be a medicine or a poison; depending on how you use it. ... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)I Am EnoughWith the help of research into neuroscience and neuroplasticity, we can now comfortably say that reshaping your mind and changing yo... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)The Yogic Breath - Part 2This pranayama breathing exercise is a fantastic tool for developing concentration and mental clarity. Extending the length of your... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Daily Relaxation and Deep BreathingFinding time to relax is so important to your health and wellbeing and yet we so often put everything else first. In just a few minu... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)ADHD and MindfulnessBecause of mindfulness’s effectiveness in developing self-awareness, emotional self-regulation, cognition and concentration ts app... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)The Yogic BreathIn this pranayama activity, we move the breath from the lowest point of the spine to the highest point in six counts. The yogic brea... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)I Really Need A HugI really need a hug. We live a time that has been defined by its scholars as the loneliest civilisation in human history. With the... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)The Philosophy Of MindComing to realise that the thoughts in your head are not really your own and that they exist as a never-ending stream of consciousne... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Diaphragmatic Breathing ActivityFind out how you can use your breath to connect to yourself and the world and become a healthier, happier you.... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Habits - Easy To Make and Hard To BreakOne of the greatest developments in contemporary psychiatry and behavioural psychology is the knowledge that the mind and the brain ... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Buddha's Belly - A brain training activityYou don't have to try and get rid of bad thoughts, all you need to do is focus on making new ones that are positive and uplifting, a... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)The Ocean Breath - A Breathing ActivityFind out how the Pranayama breathing technique called the ujjayi breath can reduce stress and help you to live longer. As it sounds ... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Self-Awareness - The Gateway to Emotional Intelligence... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)Taking Out The TrashOne of the biggest misconceptions about meditation is that it will clear your mind of any thoughts and negative memories. ... -
Guest ContributorsGuided Meditations & Yoga Sequences (Guest Contributors)Sound MeditationA fun way to meditate awaits. Sound and music can have an amazing effect on the way you think, feel and behave. Different music and... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)Brain Waves & Sound WavesSlowing down your brain waves by using special meditation music will enhance your creativity, your wellbeing and can even make you m... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)You Achieve What You BelieveOver a lifetime, you incorporate and process billions and billions of bits of information through your senses. More accurately, your... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)How To Bake A Meditation CakeMeditation practice is a little bit like baking a cake, it requires certain ingredients placed in the right order, mixed and baked f... -
Guest ContributorsScience & Technology (Guest Contributors)MIND.MADE.YOUWe know it is possible to hack the nervous system and rewire the mind with the practice of meditation, so if the mind can be reshape... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)Meditation Vs MindfulnessThe goal of meditation and mindfulness is simple – it is to increase your self-awareness so you can make better decisions in life,... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Diaphragm BreathingThe breath regulates all the chemical and biological functions of the body and is essential to the health and wellbeing of every cel... -
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Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)The Intelligent BreathThe way we breathe gives away a lot about how we think and feel and also how we live our lives, a representation of our subconscious... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsKids Corner (Guest Contributors)CollageThe art of collage began as early as 200bc around the time paper was invented in China. Collage means to glue, and most Collage invo... -
Guest ContributorsNew & Big Ideas (Guest Contributors)You Are What You ThinkThe way you think not only affects the way you feel and behave, but it also has an impact on how you perceive your world and how you... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)In the Now... -
Activities (Guest Contributors)Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)MandalaJust like meditation, colouring also allows us to switch off our brains from other thoughts and focus only on the moment, helping to... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Wu Wei, Your WayWu Wei is a practice of eastern philosophy which means to make our actions as natural and effortless as possible.... -
Guest ContributorsMindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)The Invisible GiantIn practising pranayama, you learn to extend the length of the breath in a range of different techniques and eventually minimise the... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Mindfulness & Meditation (Guest Contributors)The Intelligent Breath: Part 1You see our breath is a very powerful indicator of how we feel and how we function and in fact it is said, ‘the quality of the bre... -
Guest ContributorsHealth & Wellbeing (Guest Contributors)Breath is the Best MedicineLearning to breathe properly is essential for our health and wellbeing, breathing regulates our heart rate, influences the release ...