Healthy anger, name your feels and play as a language with Jess from Raising Resilience
Often as parents, we can be brought to our knees with overwhelm, anger, confusion or just pure exhaustion. We can be left scratching our heads, wondering how could we have reacted better or what may have been a better approach to that big emotion our child was feeling. Well, we asked Jess, an expert in emotional and mental health for children and parents and mother herself for her advice on some of the big topics. Here is what she said…
Anger and what to do with it
Mum Rage we have all heard of it, we have all felt it and no doubt we have all felt shame around our anger and reactions in ‘those’ moments. If we look a little deeper we might find where the rage is stemming from and what are some healthy ways we can release this anger. No we will not be perfect each time and we should forgive ourselves for that. But also applaud ourselves when we can be the model to our children of healthy anger, when they no doubt feel the very normal emotion.
How to give our kids emotional literacy
Our emotions have names and can be felt physically too, we all feel them everyday, multiple times a day. If we can provide our children with emotional literacy this in turn validates the emotions they feel, removes shame around having big emotions and sets them up for life. Feel the feels, use the names.
A great kids movie on the theme of Emotional Literacy is Inside Out, check it out.
Play is a child’s language
“Can you play with me” we hear it a lot, and a lot of the time it can either come with first dread, then guilt as our adult worlds keep turning in the fast paced way they do. So how can we support our children in play, how as parents can we foster emotional regulation and connection through play. Spoiler alert: this doesn’t actually involve us having to make elaborate games and play stations for our kids.
If you loved these snippets and found this blog helpful, be sure to come along to Family Mental Health Workshop with Jess from Raising Resilience.
Wednesday 1st May
7-9 pm
The Nook Gallery, Mornington.
For parents or carers of a child/ren aged 0-10 years
This workshop is designed to support you...
· To better understand your child's emotions and help them to grow their emotional intelligence.
· To explore your child's challenging behaviours and better understand what underpins them.
· To gain essential knowledge and approaches to feel confident in supporting your child's mental health as they grow.
· To learn about the importance of brain development and your child's nervous system.
· To understand the importance of play for children aged 0-10.
· To feel confident in responding to your child when they're feeling overwhelmed or having an emotional outburst.
· To understand the basics of anger and anxiety.
Jess has kindly offered our community a cheeky discount of 10% with code:COMM10 xx
Find Saint Jess:
Instagram @raisingresilience_mornington
And on our Motherhood Rolodex
