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Sapling MINDS

Cultivating Child Wellbeing


In starting my business, I envisioned a world where every child thrived, and where seeds of resilience and purpose were sown early. I had a deep desire to have a real positive impact on the world and fulfill my life's calling. This is what inspired me to start working as a Child Development Coach and write my Amazon best-selling ebook “From Seed to Sapling; How to Transform the Landscape of Your Child’s Lifestyle”.

 

Children need resiliency, authenticity, and entrepreneurial spirit to succeed in life. Unfortunately, our system is not set up to give children these gifts. Instead, our system is set up to do the opposite. We are starting to see the product of this through the increased rates of anxiety, depression, and developmental challenges in children. A consistent theme of the research into childhood mental health is the need for a holistic approach to support the development of children.

 

My book provides support for parents and caregivers who hold a child’s future in their hands. I poured my heart into each chapter, offering research insights and practical support. All with the desire to help other parents navigate this journey with some extra tools in their toolbelt.

 

As a Child Development Coach, I work directly with primary school-aged children (middle childhood) and their parents to support bringing back these fundamentals and transforming the landscape of the child’s lifestyle and wellbeing.

 

There are three fundamental pillars that we need to bring back to parenting approaches to significantly improve a child’s life. The three pillars are resilience, authenticity, and entrepreneurial spirit.

 

Resilience is about supporting children to develop the capacity and skills so that they can remain in balance in all facets of their life. Authenticity is children having the ability to recognise, honour, and trust their feelings (both good and bad), and then act in a way that is consistent with their values. Entrepreneurial spirit is about a child’s innate creativity, self-motivation, drive to chase their dreams, willingness to take risks, and resilience in the face of failure.

 

As children engage in activities that align with their true interests and passions, they become more confident in expressing who they are and what they believe in. Developing independence is supportive for fostering creativity, self-motivation, willingness to take risks, and innovative thinking by empowering children to explore, experiment, and express themselves freely, both individually and collaboratively.

 

Children will look for parental guidance to learn how to approach new experiences and potential failure, how to regulate their own emotions, and how to tackle challenges in life. With parental support, children will feel better equipped to navigate increasing societal expectations and their own internal beliefs and patterns whilst maintaining their authenticity.

 

By bringing back fundamental parenting approaches, and developing these essential pillars with children early, it will significantly improve their self-efficacy, their ability to navigate challenges throughout life, and their deep knowing, love, and acceptance of who they are and how they can authentically show up in the world.

 

Every parent has the opportunity to provide the guidance and support their child needs to develop the skills and mindset they require to thrive in an ever-evolving world.



 

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