Curious not Furious

Jan 31 2025 43 ep. 33 mins 3

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Join parenting coach, family advisor and mum of 2, Louise Brooks as she takes on tough parenting questions and offers actionable guidance and inspiration to help you in your parenting.

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43. Step parents are also allowed to have limits ( with Janne Leth Førgaard)

Jan 31 2025 66 mins

With the divorce rate in the UK currently at 42% it is important to shed light on the complexities of living in a blended family. How soon after getting together can your new partner rightly correct your child?How do we avoid becoming the wicked step parent without trying too hard to be liked?Why is it vital that you speak respectfully about your child's other parent -even though h

42. When we need to work for love

Jan 09 2025 50 mins

Oscar Van Rooij is back! The Dutch mindset coach, public speaker and Tony Robbins associate is joining me on today's epsisode to explore the existential dilemma we all grapple with: Our innate human needs; on the one hand, to belong to others/ the group. And also, belonging to ourselves and being true to what we feel and sense. We ask questions like: What have you learnt to be / no

41. My child is driving me up the wall

Dec 05 2024 35 mins

This episode is for you if you are raising toddlers or anyone occasionally behaving like one. It IS hard to raise little children. And even harder when we lack clarity around what is expected of us at their developmental stage. If we parent our toddler like we would our infant, and our teen like we would our primary schooler - we soon find that we will have some epic power struggle

40. 3 ways to manage the mental load this Christmas

Nov 27 2024 30 mins

With December around the corner it is easy to step onto the same old merry go round that takes us to exactly the same place every year; overdraft, overwhelm and a looming new year that feels anything but exciting. Granted, Christmas is joyful and fun. But I can see from my engaged followers on social media that too many of us end up working harder than ever during December and ofte

39. 3 ways to boost your child's reslience

Nov 14 2024 36 mins

The ability to weather upsets, setbacks and unwanted circumstances is a quality we all want in our children. Without it, we all know that life is going to be difficult. But how do we foster reslience in our children? By removing obstacles in their path? By praising them all the time? By toughening them up? In this episode we explore how OUR own feelings about our child's experience

38. Modern parenting: Here's what we've misunderstood

Oct 23 2024 17 mins

They're all over social media; Funny memes with parents mocking modern parenting - showing the ridiculous ways that we as parents have become subservient to our children and scared to put a foot wrong. It's funny. And sadly true. In this episode I ask the question: How have we gotten here? And I offer my perspective on what many of us have misunderstood in the pursuit of giving our

37. Why threats don't work

Oct 16 2024 26 mins

Of course threats work. In the here and now - if we are willing to threaten to take something away that our child really cares about. But do threats as a way to foster cooperation give us what we want for our children and ourselves in the long run? In this episode I propose that we put guilt, shame and our own inner critic to one side - and simply get curious about the long (and sh

36. From afternoon dread - to afternoon reset

Sep 12 2024 19 mins

The afternoons with children can feel like a dreaded part of the day. The time of day when the tank is emptying, but the kids' needs and emotions are most pressing. Kids fall out in the car The snacks you bring are not the right ones The mode of transport is not what your child had wantedWhy are afternoons so difficult?In this short episode, I offer a different way of viewing this

35. My child should be doing this independently

Jul 18 2024 39 mins

She can ride a horse. She can get herself dressed, make breakfast, cycle to the shops and take the bus. Why can't she just tidy up all the clothes in her her own room???!!!Have you ever wondered why you're locked into conflict about the same scenarios in your family?If so, this episode is for you. Pulling from the work of Byron Katie, I show you how her 5 mind opening questions hel

34. How to stop raising people pleasers

Jun 25 2024 43 mins

All people pleasers were once parent pleasers. People pleasing is something we all do to some extent. Why? Or else no one would want to be around us. The constant balance we are all faced with having to strike, is when to cooperate with others and do what the world wants of us - and when to honor our own limits, wants and desires. As Jung famously said; "The first half of a human's