Helen Nicholson is the Founder and CEO of The Networking Company. She specialises in speaking and teaching people to develop powerful personal brands and networks all over the world. Her work in Mindful Resilience has helped thousands of individuals overcome burnout. She has also written a best selling book “Mindfulness: How to Stay Sane in an Insane World”.

In this episode, Helen and Jude discuss what mindfulness is and how parents can practice mindfulness in their every day lives. It’s not about waking up at 4am and meditating - it starts with becoming more present, more aware.

Helen shares some practical tips and tricks that she uses in her own life, which have helped her on her parenting journey.

Connect with Helen:
Website: helen-nicholson.com
Email: helen@tnco.co.za
Social Media: @networkwithhelen

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In this episode of the Future Smart Parent podcast, Jude chats with Tarryn who is the creator of a life-changing ADHD system designed for overwhelmed and frustrated parents who want smoother days, less chaos and to see their ADHD kids thrive.

Tarryn is an Occupational Therapist and a mom to a daughter with ADHD so is able to help through both her professional and personal experiences. This was a very insightful conversation!

Resources mentioned:
The Anxious Generation book by Jonathan Haidt.

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Website: Nurture ADHD
Email: tarryn@nurtureadhd.com
Instagram: nurtureadhd

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Read more about Quiet the Chaos program here.

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In this episode, Jude speaks with parenting coach, Lelia Schott, about engaging with our teenagers - a time often accompanieed with many emotions (from both teens and parents), boundaries being pushed, connection sometimes being tested, but also a time where our teens need these deep connections with both their peers, and their families - the family being the safe harbour that it provides through holding boundaries, while maintaining and working on deeper connects and relationships.

Lelia reminds us that a lot of the time this also includes connecting with ourselves and being aware of what we’re experiencing as parents..

What is my child feeling?

What are they needing?

What are they believing?

And then, what am I feeling?

What am I needing?

What am I believing?

And how can we connect…?

Lelia is a parenting coach whose work is all about helping people to reclaim (inner) child and parent wellbeing. As an empathetic listener and dedicated therapist, she loves working with people seeking a deeper connection to themselves and others.

Connect with Leila:
Website: Lelia Schott
Connect on Instagram: @leliaschott_synergyparenting

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In this episode Jude speaks with Natalie Meerholz, the headmistress of Holy Rosary Primary School, who started this campaign where many students pledged to go ‘phone-free’ for 40 days.

The campaign was about calling for the delay of smartphone ownership in children "in a bid to restore a play-based childhood and to protect the mental health and well-being of its learners."

We know that with technology our children have more access to information than any generation before them. And while there are many wonderful benefits to technology, there is also a lot of inappropriate content and honestly, their brains are not able to cope with what they see, especially while they’re in primary school.

Natalie and Jude discuss the experience and what students went through during the 40 days. Some pupils volunteered to journal and anonymously share their experiences.

"Initial feedback shows that children found themselves bored, not knowing how to occupy their time. This isn't a bad thing because children who are allowed to experience boredom are more creative and innovative.

"They are forced to either learn a new skill, create something new, or think outside the box, and it was our hope that the campaign would push this to happen.”

At the end of the episode Jude also got to talk to some of the girls and hear their personal experiences of going without their phones for 40 days.

Connect with Holy Rosary School for Girls:

https://www.facebook.com/HolyRosaryJHB/

https://www.instagram.com/holyrosaryjhb/

Resources mentioned:

• The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

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In this week’s episode, Jude chats with Buhle Dlamini, author of Unleashing Your Greatness. They chat about how to raise greatness and nurturing potential in our kids.

Buhle Dlamini discusses his concept of unleashing your true potential, your greatness and specifically how this can impact our parenting. We all possess untapped potential, and this is your guide to help your kids harness their potential to the fullest.

Buhle breaks down the process of unleashing your greatness into five essential keys:

• Be Who You Be: This emphasizes finding what sets you apart, your unique qualities, and distinctions.
• Pursuing Excellence: Discover the importance of aiming for excellence in all your endeavours.
• Living Your Values: Learn how values aren't just words on paper; they are the core of your behaviour and actions.
• Unleash That Winning Attitude: Your mindset and how you show up daily play a significant role in distinguishing you from others.
• Creating the Future: Understand that seizing opportunities when they arise is crucial to unlocking your greatness.

You can chat with Jude or Buhle for more information on his 'Unleashing his Greatness' keynote presentation. Buhle will be in South Africa in February and March 2024 for in person events, but is available to present globally, either in person or virtually.

Get in touch with Jude here: jude@futuresmartparent.com

Connect with Guest:

Website: Buhle Dlamini
Email: buhle@tomorrowtodayglobal.com
Social Media: LinkedIn or Facebook

A reminder to celebrate what makes your kids come alive and 'always look for their magic’. Remembering this really helps us let our kids be their own unique, beautiful selves. We’ve created this free printable that you can access here.

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Mandy is passionate about supporting parents, teachers and schools on their journey to develop safe, connected and problem solving environments for children to thrive.
Academics aren’t enough! We need to equip ourselves with tools to teach children missing skills through Social Emotional Learning.

In this episode, Mandy and Jude discuss what social emotional learning actually means, and how we need to shift our mentality, as parents and teachers, to connection over correction. Jude shares a real-life example and asks Mandy for her insights on how to prioritise connecting with a child, especially when there’s been a problem or incident where we might be inclined to punish, rather than connect. That’s not to say consequences don’t exist, but Mandy explains how connection and developing certain social emotional skills can really equip our kids and often the natural consequences teach them the lessons in any case.

A very interesting discussion - we’d love to hear your feedback and what you think about Social Emotional Learning.

If you want to connect with Mandy, her social links are here. And if you’d like to hear more of these discussions and engage with other parents, attempting to parent a little differently, but very much intentionally, in this changing world, we encourage you to join the Future Smart Parent Club today!

Connect with Mandy:
Website: www.mandyherold.com
Email: hello@mandyherold.com
Instagram: @the_connection_coach

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In this episode, Jude talks with Naomi Holdt, author, mom and child psychologist, all about her new book Bounce: How to Raise Resilient Kids and Teens. This book is so important and we encourage you to read it - if nothing else it will remind you, as a parent, that you are not alone. Bounce will help you tackle this messy and beautiful journey of life and parenting in a very human way.

Bounce: How to Raise Resilient Kids and Teens is an easy-to-read, effective guide that can make an immediate difference to your parenting approach and your relationship with your children. Based on years of experience as a parent and a parenting expert, it provides accessible information and advice, thought-provoking exercises and proven techniques. It explores issues that impact us all, including:

• What is resilience?
• Anxiety and depression
• Building resilience in our children by working on our own resilience
• Boundaries and gentle parenting
• Helping children through grief
• Parenting the anxious child
• Tips for divorced parents
• Childhood depression
• Highly sensitive children and resilience.

Jude talks about what she found most important when reading the book, and Naomi and Jude both discuss what it looks like to be parenting intentionally in a changing world, breaking generational cycles and how to create that sense of belonging for our kids. The book also reminds parents to have more fun with our kids, while at the same time keeping it real.

For anyone who doesn't follow Naomi on social media, please do. She shares so generously and authentically daily. And please do go out and grab a copy of her book: Bounce: How to Raise Resilient Kids and Teens.

Connect with Guest:

Website: https://naomiholdt.com/
Email: info@naomiholdt.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naomiholdtspeaker
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naomiholdtpsychologist/

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This week Jude chats with Graeme Codrington, global futurist and co-founder of the Future Smart Parent Club. Graeme specialises in the future of work and in this episode, we specifically talk about a job of the future. We discuss prompt engineering and how it might be a career path for our kids in the future. Prompt engineering does mean we should teach our kids how to use AI, how to think differently about technology and give them the opportunities to play with this technology themselves.

The future is going to look drastically different than what we are capable of imagining. And the potential for our kids is vast! Listen to this episode to understand the potential impact for your children and their futures.

Connect with Guest:
Website: www.graemecodrington.com
Email: graeme@tomorrowtodayglobal.com
Social Media: Facebook

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