Grounded Love Therapy

04/07/2025

🌿 5 Reasons Why Gut Health Is Important – Especially for Children with Learning Difficulties
Gut health is incredibly important for everyone, but especially for children with learning difficulties, because the gut and brain are closely connected through what is known as the gut-brain axis.

Here's why it matters:

🧠 1. Better Brain Function
A healthy gut helps produce important brain chemicals like serotonin, which supports mood, focus, and emotional regulation. When the gut is out of balance, children may struggle with concentration, memory, and processing information.

😊 2. Improved Behavior and Emotions
An unhealthy gut can lead to inflammation and chemical imbalances that affect emotional control and behavior. Children with learning difficulties often show improvements in mood, anxiety, and social interaction when gut health is supported.

🛡️ 3. Boosted Immunity
About 70% of the immune system lives in the gut. A strong gut helps the body fight off illness, which is vital for consistent school attendance and learning.

🥗 4. Nutrient Absorption
Kids need proper nutrition to fuel brain development. A healthy gut ensures the body absorbs vitamins and minerals like iron, zinc, and B vitamins — all essential for cognitive function.

🔥 5. Reduced Inflammation
Chronic gut issues can cause systemic inflammation, which is linked to brain fog and learning challenges.

🥦 Some top Gut-Friendly foods for kids
• Plain yogurt (with live cultures)
• Bananas (especially slightly green)
• Oats
• Fiber rich veggies
• Sauerkraut
• Berries (like blueberries and strawberries)
• Chia / Flax seeds

A healthy gut can lead to better focus, emotional balance, behavior, and learning — all of which are key for children, especially those with learning difficulties. Supporting gut health with balanced nutrition can make a big difference!!

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21/06/2025

This is one of my favourite sayings 💕🙌

🌄🧠 A beautiful day really does start with a beautiful mindset.

When you wake up, instead of diving straight into stress or your to-do list, just take a second.

Breathe.

Remind yourself — you’re alive, you’re breathing, and that alone is a gift.

It’s easy to take it all for granted, but the truth is, not everyone gets today...

So, how will you make today count?

When you lead with gratitude, your energy shifts.

You’re calmer.

Clearer.

More present.

You start seeing the good, even in the little things.

And that mindset?

It sets the tone for everything — how you handle problems, how you show up for others, and how you show up for yourself.

Start your day on purpose. It makes all the difference.❤️

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19/06/2025

Reminding my students how amazing they are after exams is important because it supports their emotional well-being. This helps them see that their value isn’t based on marks. It encourages a healthy attitude toward learning, builds confidence, and celebrates their effort, not just their results. This kind of positive reinforcement also keeps my students motivated for the future and strengthens the relationship we have. This is showing them they are seen, supported, and appreciated.

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08/06/2025

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29/05/2025

Relating Ascension Day to modern-day parenting can be powerful and meaningful. Here’s how the two connect:
🌿 1. Letting Go with Trust 🌿
Ascension Day reminds us of Jesus ascending into heaven, leaving His disciples to carry on His mission. As parents, we also face moments where we must step back—whether it’s the first day of school, a tough decision, or a life transition—and trust our children to grow, choose, and walk their path. Like Jesus entrusted His followers, we must learn to let go at times and trust in the foundation we've laid.
🙏 2. Lifting Them Up in Prayer🙏🏽
Just as Jesus rose into heaven, Ascension Day calls us to lift our children up—not just in hope or dreams, but in prayer. In a world full of uncertainty, prayer becomes a daily act of faith and protection. It’s how we stay spiritually connected to our children, even when we can’t be physically present.
✨ 3. Faith in Their Journey✨️
Jesus’ ascension wasn't the end—it was the beginning of a greater mission for His followers. In the same way, parenting is not about control, but preparation. We raise our children with love and values, then trust that their journey will unfold with purpose. Ascension reminds us to have faith—not only in God, but also in the incredible potential within our children.
🕊️ 4. The Promise of Guidance🕊
Before ascending, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would guide and comfort His followers. As parents, we can’t be everywhere or know everything—but we can trust that God’s presence, wisdom, and guidance will be with our children. We are not alone in raising them; heaven walks with them too.

11/05/2025

To the mom who lies awake at night, questioning every decision, wondering if she’s doing it right…
To the mom who carries guilt — for the long work hours, the raised voice, or the missed moments…
To the mom battling invisible pain, who still gives what she can, even when it costs everything…
To the single mom doing the job of two, with strength and grace the world doesn’t always acknowledge…
To the default mom — the one who’s always “on,” who plans, remembers, comforts, and leads…
To the mom who is trying her absolute best, even when she feels like she’s falling apart inside…

Thank you.
Thank you for showing up.
Thank you for loving in the ways only you can.
Thank you for your strength, your softness, your sacrifice.
Thank you for the thousand unseen things you do each day — the little acts of love that shape a child's world.
You are an incredible mom.
I see you. They see you. Even if no one says it — your efforts echo in their hearts.

Happy Mother’s Day.
You are deeply appreciated.
You are fiercely loved.
Don’t stop.
The world is better because of you.

09/05/2025

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Reflexes and learning at school...
Parents often ask me the importance of reflexes and the impact on their children’s school life. We are often unaware of how these reflexes impacts our lives – whether we are adults or children. Each reflex is needed for higher development of the brain. Eventually, areas of the brain replace these reflexes with higher learning processes.
Reflexes that we have as a baby (primitive reflexes) and in our childhood serves a purpose in our development, such as learning to move, visual development, protection and learning to interpret input from the environment. When these reflexes do not integrate when they are supposed to, we may see long term affects in how we are able to function in our daily lives and at school.

What is a reflex? It is an automatic, instinctual movement pattern that occurs in a response to stimulus. Is there only one reflex? No, there are many reflexes that is vital for the development of any young brain.

Let me try and explain briefly what 3 of these primitive reflexes are. The impact on your child’s future when they are not fully integrated could be, distressing.
• Moro Reflex: This is the reflex when young babies get a fright. Remember when your baby got a fright and their little arms and legs opened and moved away from the body? When this reflex is triggered, stress hormones release, breathing changes, heart rate increase and blood moves towards the limbs. As babies grow older, they learn to filter which threats can be ignored. When the Moro reflex is retained (not integrated) it can have a huge impact on functional skills like sleeping, emotional outbursts, balance and co-ordination, the ability to adapt to change and chronic stress.
• ATNR Reflex: As an infant, ATNR affects the ability to crawl and roll. This is when they used alternating movements with legs and arms when crawling. When they rolled to one side, their hands and feet followed without ‘thinking’. When ATNR is not integrated, future difficulties such as visual tracking, listening, attention, spelling, handwriting, sense of direction, short term memory, balance and gross motor tasks will be difficult.
• STNR Reflex: This reflex is the forerunner to crawling. Think upward facing dog yoga pose. Before your baby started crawling, they used their arms and lower body to extend. From there they moved up to hands and knees position and started to crawl. There are many implications if this reflex is not integrated. Skills such as visual tracking, writing, reading, eye-hand co-ordination, copying from the white board, w-sitting and for some children – characteristics of ADHD.

A lot of parents ask me why do their children retain these reflexes much later in life and will their children ever outgrow them?

There are a variety of factors that retain reflexes such as the birthing process, illness or injuries, babies who skip developmental milestones (babies that walked without first crawling or delayed crawling), lack of tummy time in infancy, excessive use of carriers, playpens, walking and jumping rings and car seats that restrict movement.
When we get older, we unconsciously learn to compensate for and suppress retained reflexes and this causes considerable tension and drain energy. This could be the very reason why your child is constantly tired. We do not outgrow our retained reflexes. Our bodies hang on to them for survival.
It is only through intervention and a tailored program for each child, that the body and brain make these changes to integrate the reflexes.

Do you think that your child may have retained reflexes?
Contact me today for more information on reflexes and how we can help your child together.

Have a blessed week!!
Much love
GLT

09/05/2025

There is so much truth in this image....Children are shaped by the words they hear, the actions they witness, and the love they receive. Every moment, from the smallest bedtime story to the toughest discipline, is part of a one-time opportunity to guide, nurture, and empower them. There are no rewinds in parenting. What we prioritize—whether it's time with them, listening, teaching, or just being present—leaves lasting imprints. So, if you, like me, read the image and feel guilty about the amount of times you haven't got it right,

REMEMBER THIS....

No parent is perfect. We all make mistakes. We all feel the weight of guilt when we fall short or lose our patience. That’s okay. Feeling that guilt means you care deeply. The key is not to let it define you, but to let it drive you. We get back up, reflect, grow, and try all over again. That effort alone teaches our children resilience, humility, and unconditional love.

Yes, parenthood is hard. It demands patience, sacrifice, and resilience. But the reward is immense. Your children will remember how you made them feel. They’ll remember if they felt safe, valued, and loved. And they’ll carry those feelings into their own lives and relationships.

So even in the chaos and exhaustion, remember: this is your one chance. Make it count with presence, grace, and love—and when you stumble, just begin again...

09/05/2025

What a week! Some of you celebrated amazing breakthroughs, and some of you faced tough challenges—but EVERY SINGLE ONE of you showed courage, heart, and growth. I'm so proud of each of you. Keep persevering, never give up, and always remember just how incredibly great you are!

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30/04/2025

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24/04/2025

Hey you, yes you—the one who feels like giving up.

I know it’s hard. Maybe the grades aren’t what you hoped for. Maybe you feel like everyone else is doing better, and you're stuck in a storm of self-doubt. But struggling doesn’t mean failing. It means you're trying, and trying takes courage.

You are more than a number on a test. More than what others think. You have potential, even if you don’t see it yet.

So take a breath. Be kind to yourself. Keep showing up. Progress is built one small step at a time, even when it feels slow.

You’ve got this. And if no one has told you today: I believe in you, and I am proud of you...

18/03/2025

To all the moms. I see you. Your family sees you. You are amazing. 🫶💕