blame the bloody Immigrants - Silence, Courage, Misinformation & the Responsibility to Stand Up & Protect The Truth

As part of the Monthly Connect Better Podcast Series we run at L2MCoaching (everyone is invited) once a month, a number of topics for discussion are suggested and this one is a popular request and I hope to do it justice: In relationships, one of the hardest conversations to have is the conversation about rejection, intimacy, emotional needs and unmet expectations. It is a sensitive subject because it can easily be misunderstood. When a partner says “no”, that “no” must be respected. No one...

Why knowledge alone is not enough and what we need to learn instead. We’ve been conditioned to believe something powerful: “Education is the answer.” Say it enough times, and it becomes truth. Build systems around it, and it becomes policy.Repeat it to selves and our children and it becomes belief. But let’s pause for a moment and ask a question that rarely gets asked: Education… then what? Because if education truly was the answer, we wouldn’t have so many educated people feeling stuck,...

Children learn from more than words. They learn from tone, habits, reactions, emotional safety, and what becomes normal around them. As parents, guardians and carers, we often focus on what we need to say to our children. We remind them to be kind, calm, honest, respectful and confident. Those messages matter, but children are learning from far more than direct instruction. They are also learning from the environment they grow up in. Children absorb more than advice. They take in the...