by Andy Cohen | COVID-19, education, schooling |
Lockdown is loosening and in the coming months schools around the country will start re-opening. So now, as with all things recently, the Covid-19 back-to-school debate is an emotional oil slick as parents scramble to figure out if this is indeed the best move right now. And whether or not they should do what the country asks or rather home school.
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by Andy Cohen | social issues, anxiety, COVID-19 |
This got me thinking about the Coronavirus pandemic and how (like my toddler’s willpower) so much is out of our control right now. But as I witnessed her take on the daunting task of dressing herself, I actually learned a thing or two about how to handle my own anxiety around COVID-19.
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by Andy Cohen | giving, human rights |
Those of us who lived and breathed South Africa over the past few decades cling to Mandela’s legacy. But our kids weren’t there and so they don’t hold the same instinctive understanding of this late great man. So how do we teach our children about who he was, how he led and what he gave us?
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by Andy Cohen | health, anxiety, self-esteem, Self-esteem |
By Andy Cohen, a Psychoanalytic Candidate, Community Art Counsellor, artist and mother of 2. She is also the author and illustrator of Wish You Were Here, a children’s book which explores loss and parenting with a light-hearted touch. Stomach aches in children are a...Read more
by Andy Cohen | motherhood, anxiety |
Busyness blocks out the opportunity to really address the life we are living and how happy we actually are living in it.
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by Andy Cohen | anxiety, being present, emotions, internet, social media |
By Andy Cohen, a Psychoanalytic Candidate, Community Art Counsellor, artist and mother of 2. She is also the author and illustrator of Wish You Were Here, a children’s book which explores loss and parenting with a light-hearted touch. Momo is this year’s boogeyman....Read more