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May 8, 2024

Nagging: Reducing the friction using the magic of routine.

88: Is it a constant battle to get your teens to do the right thing? Getting them to bed on time, eating healthily, keeping their screen time to an acceptable level are all problems that come up regularly. So when a listener…
May 7, 2024

Nagging: Reducing the friction using the magic of routine.

88: Is it a constant battle to get your teens to do the right thing? Getting them to bed on time, eating healthily, keeping their screen time to an acceptable level are all problems that come up regularly. So when a listener…
May 1, 2024

School: Angry kids, bad behaviour, and school avoidance. What can parents and teachers do?

Nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year , according to a BBC survey. But it's not just in England. Stricter school discipline is making a comeback to Australian classrooms in a bid to help te…
April 30, 2024

School: Angry kids, bad behaviour, and school avoidance. What can parents and teachers do?

Nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year, according to a BBC survey. But it's not just in England. Stricter school discipline is making a comeback to Australian classrooms in a bid to help te…
April 30, 2024

Bad behaviour and school avoidance. What can parents and teachers do?

Problem behaviour in schools is becoming an increasing issue for teachers, parents and children, not just in the UK, but in many countries around the world. There's a huge amount of division over what's causing it, and how …
April 24, 2024

Sandwich Generation parents: Boomers to the left of me, teens to right, stuck in the middle with menopause.

86: My aunt and uncle provide a huge amount of free childcare so that their son and daughter-in-law can work, but many say that's not been their experience. The Boomers have become notorious as a generation who are known to…
April 23, 2024

Sandwich Generation parents: Boomers to the left of me, teens to right, stuck in the middle with ...

86:  My aunt and uncle provide a huge amount of free childcare so that their son and daughter-in-law can work, but many say that's not been their experience. The Boomers have become notorious as a generation who are known to…
April 17, 2024

Perfectionism: Help your teen, and yourself, overcome the need to be perfect.

85: Nobody likes making mistakes, but some of us find it much harder than others. Whilst most of us look on with admiration at the kid who's prepared to keep working until they do things perfectly, underlying that drive can …
April 16, 2024

85: Perfectionist teens and tweens who can't cope with getting things wrong.

Nobody likes making mistakes, but some of us find it much harder than others. Whilst most of us look on with admiration at the kid who's prepared to keep working until they do things perfectly, underlying that drive can be a…
April 10, 2024

Money: Giving teens and tweens an allowance. Two years on my daughter talks about how it’s impacted her.

84: What we give our kids to spend, and when, is a perennial problem for all parents. Money is a really tricky topic in any relationship; behind it lurks power, responsibility, and freedom. When our kids hit their tween and …

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Every loving parent wants their kid to succeed and be happy. The difficulty is that success and happiness are ephemeral concepts.  Sure, there are lots of books and articles about children who’ve achieved great things, and the parents tha…

Ch, ch, ch, ch, changes: Be the person you want to be, not the person others think you should be, and take time to appreciate all of your wins.

If you recognise the song from my title then you may well be as old as I am, which means we've had a lot of time to evolve over the years. Still, making changes that stick is so difficult that it's a wonder many of us begin afresh every new year wit…

About the Hosts

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Rachel Richards

Host

My main career was as a BBC Correspondent, World News Anchor for CNBC Europe, BBC World New Radio, and roving reporter/newsreader on local radio.

I’ve always been fascinated by parenting so loved being a Parenting Supercoach for Parent Gym, working in the most deprived boroughs of London.

I’m now the mother of two step-daughters and two teenagers. A failed dog-trainer (you try it in a house where everyone else gives them cheese) and terrible, but enthusiastic, gardener. I’m a long time lover of Ashtanga yoga, jogging, hiking, skiing, reading, music, and all types of adventurous travel.

I was born in Zambia and lived in six different countries by the age of ten, before settling in the UK.

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Susie Asli

Co-host

https://www.amindful-life.co.uk
Susie started practising mindfulness over a decade ago, after a particularly stressful time in her life. It was so effective that she decided to train in Mindfulness with the NHS and the Mindfulness in Schools project to become a Paws b and dot b practitioner, which enables her to teach mindfulness both to primary and secondary school children.

Susie teaches adult groups, 1:1s, families, in schools (children & teachers) and students (at the Guildhall College of Music & Drama).

She's also a qualified psychotherapist (from the Psychotherapeutic Institute in Copenhagen) and a trained musician (working and playing as a freelance viola player and chamber musician, as well as teaching children and adults).

Susie is mum to three children whom she has parented alone for 12 years