
Finding calm in the chaos
The run-up to the festive season doesn’t have to be stressful. Read our tips on how to arrive at Christmas Eve feeling a bit more zen.

The run-up to the festive season doesn’t have to be stressful. Read our tips on how to arrive at Christmas Eve feeling a bit more zen.

Dr Dominique Thompson is a multi-award winning GP, young people’s mental health expert, speaker and author of bestselling book How To Grow a Grown Up. With more than 20 years of front line clinical and strategic experience, we are very appreciative of her input in The Positive Student Planner.

In the hustle and bustle of modern life, finding moments of calm and relaxation can feel like a luxury. However, understanding the intricacies of the nervous system and learning how to activate its calming branch, the parasympathetic nervous system, can empower us to cultivate inner peace and a sense of wellbeing.

There’s sometimes so much to say, but you just can't find the words, not to mention that some of our feelings don’t have words to describe them...

...simply means that a complex idea, concept or feeling can sometimes best be described by an image, which conveys the essence far more effectively than a written description.

At The Positive Planner we want to help give a voice to children, so with half term on the horizon, we've focussed this week's content on empowering little people with confidence.

The run-up to the festive season doesn’t have to be stressful. Read our tips on how to arrive at Christmas Eve feeling a bit more zen.

Dr Dominique Thompson is a multi-award winning GP, young people’s mental health expert, speaker and author of bestselling book How To Grow a Grown Up. With more than 20 years of front line clinical and strategic experience, we are very appreciative of her input in The Positive Student Planner.

In the hustle and bustle of modern life, finding moments of calm and relaxation can feel like a luxury. However, understanding the intricacies of the nervous system and learning how to activate its calming branch, the parasympathetic nervous system, can empower us to cultivate inner peace and a sense of wellbeing.

There’s sometimes so much to say, but you just can't find the words, not to mention that some of our feelings don’t have words to describe them...

...simply means that a complex idea, concept or feeling can sometimes best be described by an image, which conveys the essence far more effectively than a written description.

At The Positive Planner we want to help give a voice to children, so with half term on the horizon, we've focussed this week's content on empowering little people with confidence.