Personal Stories
Sing your Way to happiness like the Danes
For anyone who has read “The Danish Way of Parenting”, you may remember the not often talked about, slightly awkward rite of passage in…
A Call for Connection
Are our children being affected negatively by the online and social media presence in their lives? Due to the technological age we find ourselves…
Finding Peace Within – A New Year’s Wish
When the mindset of “never good enough” is replaced ny “I am good enough.” The New Year marks the beginning of a fresh start…
New Year’s Resolution: Courage to Fail
As we head into 2018, it is the time of New Year’s resolutions being put to the test. Many if not most of us…
Love isn’t enough
When external influences plant small seeds of fear in our children. By Iben Sandahl When Sophia was only four years old, it began. Her…
16 children’s books about the struggles of life + how to triumph
by Iben Sandahl When I was growing up, I loved visiting my grandparents’ place. Often it was only my grandmother and I, as my…
Danish Reframing Example
HOW TO BUILD EMOTIONS THE DANISH WAY
People ask me all the time what empathy training looks like in Denmark. Empathy is not talked about as a subject as such but…
Stories about the struggles of life can help foster resilient and happy children
When I grew up, I loved visiting my grandparents’ place. Often it was only my grandmother and I because my granddad worked and travelled…