Dina Cooper 2/8/23 Dina Cooper 2/8/23

Parenting your strong-willed child when emotions are amplified

Parenting is a journey filled with love, joy, and moments of challenge. When you have a strong-willed child, it's like experiencing all of these emotions on a more intense level.

Dina Cooper 7/7/23 Dina Cooper 7/7/23

Embracing Your Blindspots for a Stronger Connection with your Child

Something I hear frequently from parents is the assurance that they're okay, that they're getting through the challenges of parenting. And what they don’t always recognise is that sometimes we need help to see what we can’t see - our blind spots.

Dina Cooper 28/6/23 Dina Cooper 28/6/23

From Attention-Seeking to Emotional Intelligence

Two weeks ago my son had Covid and Influenza B. It hit him pretty hard and he was off school for 7 days.

Dina Cooper 21/6/23 Dina Cooper 21/6/23

Parenting is the hardest thing you'll ever do

Parenting is the hardest thing you’ll ever do.

You come into it with no idea what to do.

There’s no training or courses that know your unique situation and family.

Dina Cooper 14/6/23 Dina Cooper 14/6/23

Transforming Co-Parenting: Strategies for a Fulfilling Relationship

A truly fulfilling co-parenting relationship is one where it’s safe to express how you feel, you feel you are understood and valued and can talk about what your family wants and needs without blaming or shaming.

Dina Cooper 8/6/23 Dina Cooper 8/6/23

What to do when your children aren't listening

One of the most frequent frustrations we experience as parents is when our children don't listen. We find ourselves repeating the same instructions or requests multiple times, and it feels like our words just don't get through to them.

Dina Cooper 31/5/23 Dina Cooper 31/5/23

Delighting in the Beautiful Chaos of Parenthood: 5 Ways to Find Joy

Dina here, sharing five ways to discover pure delight in the midst of the beautiful chaos that is parenthood. Are you ready? Let's dive in!

Dina Cooper 24/5/23 Dina Cooper 24/5/23

Empowering our children: Navigating identity, worthiness and choices

Last night at dinner, my son shared with me that a few of the children at his school are self-harming frequently and one of the mums recently had to hide the paracetamol in the home for fear of her son taking an overdose.

Dina Cooper 17/5/23 Dina Cooper 17/5/23

5 things that set up children for life

After a decade of working with parents and a similar amount of time unlearning and healing myself on my own path to forging my best life, there are some fundamental pieces that have emerged that genuinely set children up for life. These are the themes I’ve discovered and a suggestion of one way you can lead your child to embed them.

Dina Cooper 13/5/23 Dina Cooper 13/5/23

Don't do this on Mother's Day

Mother’s Day can be one of the most intense days of the year as a mother, especially when you feel unappreciated. You have a picture of how you want Mother's Day to be and you want the rest of the family to deliver it.

Dina Cooper 10/5/23 Dina Cooper 10/5/23

The Weight Off Your Shoulders: Strategies for Reducing the Mental Load

There were times when my children were younger that I felt like I was doing most of the thinking about how they were playing with friends…were they being kind, were they being supportive, were they being treated fairly.

Dina Cooper 3/5/23 Dina Cooper 3/5/23

7 Things Parents have in Common with Leaders

I know it’s probably not your first thought when you become a parent.

“I’m a leader now”

But I wish it were…

As a society, in organisations we’ve accepted leadership development as the norm. You get some training and development so you can grow into your role.

Dina Cooper 24/3/23 Dina Cooper 24/3/23

To the parent that feels unhappy...

If you're feeling unhappy, know that there is nothing wrong with you.

You don’t have to be happy all of the time.. nor pretend that you are happy with your child, your partner, or to yourself.

Dina Cooper 14/3/23 Dina Cooper 14/3/23

How to Thrive When You’re Torn in Multiple Directions

I dropped off my parents at the airport yesterday morning. They were visiting from the UK. (If you’ve been following my mum’s miraculous journey through Covid, you can read about the latest blessing here).

Dina Cooper 28/2/23 Dina Cooper 28/2/23

Working Parents: How to Make Quality Time with Your Kids Count

Ever heard the phrase, take care of the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves (I’m English born and we say this often!)?

What if the same were true with taking care of the minutes with your child?

Dina Cooper 14/2/23 Dina Cooper 14/2/23

The Mental Load of Parenting: The 3 Biases That Exhaust Families

Ever wondered how some people seem so comfortable getting through the overwhelming, overloading number of tasks we have once we become parents? I’ve talked a lot about sharing mental load but today I want to talk about the biases that underlie the majority of the mental load in families. Specifically, three types of bias can operate unconsciously and contribute to how exhausted we feel on a day-to-day basis.

Dina Cooper 7/2/23 Dina Cooper 7/2/23

Finding Your Way Back to Each Other After Having Kids

Parents come to me for a myriad of reasons in relation to their parenting. Often the driver is their child is experiencing regular outbursts, not cooperating, constantly pushing back, and saying mean and hurtful things, and they’ve tried everything they can, and what they have tried has not worked.