Welcome! You’ve arrived at this Parent & Carer Hub because your child’s early years service has invested in The Resilience Project’s wellbeing program – and we’re pretty excited!
When supporting our kids mental health, we know the best outcomes happen when we work together and practise.
That’s precisely where this hub comes in – to share the simple, evidence-based strategies being taught at your centre so you can build on their impact at home. Don’t worry, we know a lot of this will be second nature to you, however if you’re interested to learn more and be inspired with additional ways to help your kids (and yourself) feel happier, we’ve got you covered.
Join Hugh Van Cuylenberg and Martin Heppell as they introduce you to the evidence-based principles of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness (GEM) and Emotional Literacy. Together, they’ll share practical strategies and suggestions to support mental health and wellbeing in your family.
Gratitude involves recognising and expressing appreciation for the things in our lives.
Practising gratitude consistently and frequently can help us:
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation starters to help you and your family weave gratitude into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Practising gratitude helps us to be thankful and appreciate the things we have in our lives, rather than focusing on what we don’t have or what we want.
Try practising gratitude with our family activity:
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Empathy involves understanding others’ feelings and perspectives and is often practised through kindness, compassion and curiosity.
Being empathetic supports us to foster deeper connections, increases our likelihood of acting kindly and helps us experience positive emotions.
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation prompts to help you and your family weave empathy into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Developing empathy helps us to foster deeper connections, increases our likelihood of acting kindly, and helps us experience positive emotions.
Try practising empathy with our family activity:
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The practice of mindfulness is about an awareness of life as we are living it.
Mindfulness allows us to be responsive to our experiences rather than being reactive, and to live with greater balance, presence and connection.
It can be used as a tool to support:
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation prompts to help you and your family weave mindfulness into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Practising mindfulness allows us to be responsive to our experiences rather than being reactive, and to live with greater balance, presence and connection.
Try practising mindfulness with our family activity:
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Emotional Literacy is learning to identify, understand and communicate our emotions, as well as developing strategies for managing them, including emotional regulation skills.
When we recognise and acknowledge our emotions, we can reduce the impact of uncomfortable feelings by expressing them in a healthy way and using regulation strategies to manage their intensity. A benefit of attending to difficult emotions is that it also enhances our ability to fully experience and appreciate positive emotions.
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation prompts to help you and your family weave emotional literacy into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Broadening our emotional vocabulary helps us to make sense of how we’re feeling, regulate our emotions, and build stronger relationships with others.
Try building emotional literacy skills with our family activity:
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