Nurtured - by Emma Jenkins

28/06/2025

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15/06/2025

These are just fabulous graphics 🥲

06/03/2025

In this 4-part workshop, physician and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté untangles common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between psychological pain and the warped values of our culture, and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing.

17/11/2024

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Monday fun 🍾🤣

07/11/2024

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🌟Happy School Counsellor & School Psychologist Recognition Day!🌟

Today, we celebrate the impact school counsellors and psychologists make in our schools and communities.

If you know a dedicated, empathetic school counsellor or school psychologist who is helping students to thrive, give them a shout out!

Let’s take a moment to acknowledge these professionals who work tirelessly in the little moments to support lasting change in the lives of young people!

Want to learn more about Recognition Day? Visit the SCPA NSW website for more info and to download a resource pack to help you celebrate: https://www.scpansw.org.au/resources/recognition-day

18/10/2024

Hey, parents. It's me here, in tears for all the teens trying to process the sudden death of former One Direction singer, Liam Payne.
I don't want to hear anyone dismiss the kids' grief with eyerolls and mocking, "first world problems", "don't they know about Gaza" etc. This is *their* world and this is *their* grief. This is their John Lennon moment.

They will remember where they were when they found out that Liam had died.

As I remember vividly where I was when Princess Diana's death was announced.

Grief is not pie. We don't have a limited number of pieces. Grief can sit side by side with awareness and deep caring about other tragedies. Grief is not an either/or proposition. Grief needs no justification.

Pay special attention to kids who you know to be hyper-empathic. Even if they don't follow social media, they will be absorbing the emotion around them.

Touch base with kids who don't tend to "do" emotions. They might appreciate some explanation of what's going on and how to navigate it.

I'm scrolling TikTok and Snapchat and my own kids are messaging me screenshots of posts they need to process.

Please check in with your kids.

05/08/2024

“If I say, ‘I’m the best gymnast there is,’ the reaction is ‘Oh, she’s cocky.’ No, the facts are literally on the paper. I’ve won five world titles. It’s important to teach our female youth that it’s OK to say, ‘Yes, I am good at this,’ and you don’t hold back. You only see the men doing it. And they’re praised for it and the women are looked down upon for it. But I feel like it’s good (to do) because once you realize you’re confident and good at it, then you’re even better at what you do.”

Hell yes to this - let’s all try and be a little bit more like Simone Biles and be CONFIDENT.

What are you good at? Shout it from the rooftops!!

12/05/2024

See her in her role, and HER beyond her role.
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Happy Mother’s Day

04/05/2024

🩵🤍 Thinking of those who have suffered loss. Bereaved Mothers’ Day

To every beautiful Mother who has lost their precious child, we hold space for you today and every day – in acknowledgement of Bereaved Mother’s Day ❤️🩷🧡💛💙🩵💜

10/04/2024

Mutual Gaze:
🌟 is an important point of connection between parent and infant
🌟 has all sorts of benefits for baby, including the promotion of neuronal connections in the brain
🌟 babies need to be in the right state for interaction, quiet alert state is best
🌟Studies have shown that when mutual gaze is held, the states of body and mind synchronise between mother and baby, including their brainwaves, their heart rates and their emotional states – Amazing!
🌟In this way, mutual gaze can help to keep baby’s experience organized and regulated.

Edited to add:
This illustration was inspired by research that found "both infants and adults became more synchronised to each other’s brain activity when mutual eye contact was established. This occurred even though the adult could see the infant at all times, and infants were equally interested in looking at the adult even when she looked away. The researchers say that this shows that brainwave synchronisation isn’t just due to seeing a face or finding something interesting, but about sharing an intention to communicate."

The intention to communicate is important, as we know that some mothers, fathers and babies are less comfortable with eye contact, especially the intensity of mutual gaze. This is evident in some neurodivergent people, especially autistics. Communication between autistic parents and/or babies can look different from neurotypical communication, not worse, just different. It is important for us to hold differences in communication based on neurotype in mind when working clinically with parents and infants.

Link to the research: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/eye-contact-with-your-baby-helps-synchronise-your-brainwaves

13/03/2024

It’s not personal it’s overstimulated 🫠
- Poems of Parenting
More gold and from Loryn Brantz Books and Illustration 😆