Inspired Stories

22/03/2022

Two years ago today, the first week of lockdown my Pop passed away peacefully in his sleep. I’m glad he didn’t have to live through this global pandemic.

I’m also thrilled in 2013 I recorded his story and my beautiful Nannas when I was setting up Inspired Stories. Memories that are truely treasured forever.

Exiting news!!!! The Inspired Stories App is coming soon…capture your loved ones voice and save it with your fav digital memories!!! So easy and absolutely priceless.

Stay tuned for more information……

20/05/2020

Do you have a growth mindset?

Raising kids with a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset - the key to happiness and success. Powerful ideas from http://buff.ly/2eBle7d

20/05/2020

What are you doing to encourage your child’s brain development?

19/05/2020

When did you last take some time for you?

Rachel Bertsche discusses her book The Kids Are in Bed: Finding Time for Yourself in the Chaos of Parenting. Rachel is a NYT bestselling author and working C...

19/05/2020

Movement in children can help increase memory, perception, language, attention, emotion and decision making... It is important that all young children are physically active every day.

In fact, physical activity may play a bigger role in a child's development than previously believed.

19/05/2020

With school resuming in most states after weeks of lockdown, many kids will be busting to see their friends and get out of the house.

But for some, the thought of returning to the classroom is enough to induce a bout of anxiety. Over weeks of online wellbeing sessions, teacher and friendship skills expert Dana Kerford has heard a steady stream of concerns.

Don't know if your kids are ready to face school again? We're here to help.

18/05/2020

In this crazy world that we find ourselves in today, choose kindness.

As children and as adults, we seek kindness from our friends and our mates.

We spend our days giving and receiving kindness. We remember kindness, too, its trail of goodwill echoing through our memory banks like sweet perfume, long after the moment has passed.

Kindness moves us. It nourishes and heals; strengthens and uplifts.

18/05/2020

Take the time to be involved in the things that interest your kids...

How the Canberra-based father-son music duo battled shyness, with robots and intergalactic beats. If you haven’t heard the robotic hip-hop sounds of Battlebird yet you’re missing out on something pretty good. Or, more fittingly, you’re missing out on some intergalactic sugar-rush style of inte...

15/05/2020

Think of your child’s imagination as a muscle – if it is not exercised it will atrophy.

You can nurture your child’s imagination by:

1. Letting your child make choices
2. Participating in creative projects
3. Making noise and music.
4. Encouraging active pursuits.
5. Tolerating a little mess.

15/05/2020

Uncovering unconscious programming that is now obsolete is my jam
Our brains are amazing amazing things

Showing people how we store the emotions as energy in our bodies and how to release it is literally the greatest high for my soul

Working with Mamas inspires me to be a greater version of myself every day
Seeing how they navigate their worlds lights me up so much I feel as though I will explode with gratitude for getting to do what I do

Please don’t settle for mediocrity
Don’t listen to the people who mean well but encourage you to play it safe

You are made to shine epic human

Spark that up, let’s go!!!!!

14/05/2020

I love practicing yoga and I love when my kids get involved as well.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a yoga mat – just take the time to ground yourself and connect to your breath.

Sometimes it’s nice to sit in child’s pose and just be in the moment.

13/05/2020

What is grit?

13/05/2020

Mindfulness practices can help us to increase our ability to regulate emotions, decrease stress, anxiety and depression.

It can also help us to focus our attention, as well as to observe our thoughts and feelings without judgment.

When was the last time you practiced being mindful?

13/05/2020

If your little one gets "the worries" or a "bubbly tummy" - also known as anxiety - try this simple trick to focus their attention, their hands and their breathing, and bring back some calm. 🖐

12/05/2020

We can all become a little stagnant in our thoughts - especially now in isolation.

When was the last time you partook in something creative?

When was the last time your child put down their device and picked up a paint brush?

12/05/2020

Like many teachers around the world, Vinson wonders whether all this time her kids spend glued to a screen is developmentally appropriate. And if not, how much time should students be spending on schoolwork, when the structures of a traditional six- or seven-hour school day have been so thoroughly obliterated?

Each week, Ann Vinson ticks off the items one-by-one on the voluminous remote learning checklist her school requires. First, she schedules two class ...