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The Connected Mamma

I am a Qualified Life Coach, Conscious Hypnotherapist and NLP Practitioner who has always had a passion for people and what makes them tick.

Building a like-minded community through connection and coaching, where mums of young tots feel supported and heard whilst getting the tools they need to navigate the changes that come with their child's growing needs and development. With a background in Psychology and Education (I was a Primary School Teacher for 15 years) I am particularly interested in helping children and young adults move aw

ay from anxiety and towards more confidence, resilience and self-belief. Born and raised in Sweden, I moved to Greece for a year when I was 9 years of age, and from there, moved to the Netherlands, United Kingdom and finally Dubai. As a result, I am an avid traveler and love learning about other countries, cultures, and meeting new people. I get huge amounts of pleasure being outdoors and love spending time with my beautiful family and friends. At 38, I went through a particularly tough period in my life, and stumbled across a Life Coach at a Health and Wellness Expo. In our sessions, I was introduced to NLP and the power of Coaching, and I can honestly say I have never looked back. I learned how much power we have as individuals to change our lives for the better. My life improved almost instantly and I am now the happiest I have ever been. Life Coaching had such an impact on my life, and since then, I have been determined to make this my new career, so that I can pay what I learned forward to other people.

08/10/2025

Ok I know.
Getting your kids to listen isn’t quite as simple as the reel says.

But if you want your kids to cooperate without using punishments or threats, it HAS to start with connection.

So - how have you connected with your kids this week?

Comment below :)

04/10/2025

I posted this reel back in 2023 and thought I would bring some life back into it as I feel the message it offers is super relevant as we start back to school in a few days here in Victoria.

When some kids face change- even when that’s going back to something familiar — it can feel big and uncomfortable. It’s easier to stay in the comfort of holidays than to face early mornings, new routines, or the worry of what the day will bring.

And the best way you can help your kids with the discomfort of change is NOT to fix it or avoid their discomfort, because this sends a that the feelings they are having ate ‘too much’ for them to handle.

🙏🏻 Instead, we can normalise the wobbly feelings about going back, validate them so they feel heard, then show them we believe in them — that they can handle it, with our support, even while feeling nervous.

♥️ This is how we build resilience: by helping our kids face the little challenges that grow their confidence.

💕 And if you find their big feelings stir up your own (maybe you’re worried they’ll struggle, or you want to protect them from the hard stuff), it’s worth noticing that too. Sometimes the work starts with us.

🌈 If you’d like some practical tools to guide your child through the big feelings of transitions — or to calm your own — you’ll find more support in my bio.

30/09/2025

🌈 Help your preschooler feel ready — inside and out.

Big feelings, new routines, wobbly confidence… the leap from toddler to preschooler can be tough on the whole family.

Emotion Explorers is a locally run, play-based program that helps 3-5-year-olds (and their parents) build the skills that make all the difference:
– recognising feelings in the body
– calming strategies that really work
– confidence to speak up and ask for help
– a stronger parent-child connection at home

🪷 Two ways to join us in January 2026:

1️⃣ Summer Holiday School-Readiness Program – a short, fun holiday experience that helps kids practise these tools before the school year begins.

2️⃣ 8-Week Emotional Resilience Program – our signature term-long series for families who want a deeper, week-by-week journey to strengthen emotional resilience.

👉 Click link for more info

24/09/2025

❤️When our kids feel anxious, it’s tempting to smooth the path for them. Skip the party, stay home from swimming, avoid the scary thing.

❤️And of course we get it — no parent wants to watch their child struggle. But every time we let avoidance win, the fear grows bigger.

💪Resilience doesn’t grow in comfort zones. It grows when our kids feel seen and supported while they face the challenge.

So the next time your child feels anxious: ✔ Acknowledge their feelings ✔ Let them know you believe in them ✔ Stay by their side as they try

❤️It’s not about pushing them through fear — it’s about walking beside them, so they learn they can handle hard things with you in their corner.

✨ This is how confidence and courage are built, one moment at a time.

17/09/2025

When you give a directive or a negative comment to your child, think of it as a brick which gets added to an imaginary wall between you.

Brick by brick, the wall gets taller.

And with it, disconnection.

The fix isn’t complicated.

For every negative, notice three positives.

Not empty praise — real, specific noticing. What specifically about their behaviour are you noticing? The more specific you can get the better.

E.g. Instead of "You're such a good drawer!" or "What a great picture!" say something like "I like the way you added the flowers in your picture. It gives the picture so much more detail!"

Positives create connection.
Connection creates cooperation.
No more wall.

Want more tools to help you break down the wall and understand what’s really driving your child’s behaviour?

Grab my FREE guide “Underneath the Behaviour” today.

Comment WALL and I will send it straight to you!

04/09/2025

Parenting is HARD.

If you’re going through a tough season with your kids, it can be easy to get stuck on how challenging our kids are being, how exhausting the days feel, and how impossible it all seems.

But what if, in those moments, you paused — took a breath — and looked for the double rainbow? 🌈🌈

When you reframe misbehaviour as your child having a hard time (not being a hard time), you start to see them as good kids struggling, not bad kids acting out. That shift can change everything.

Drop the judgement. Look for the glimmers. Get curious. You might just find the double rainbow was there all along.

✨ Want an easy way to decode your child’s behaviour so you can understand them better? PM me or comment RAINBOW and I’ll send you my FREE guide!

27/08/2025

The Zones of Regulation are more than just colours — they’re a way to help kids tune into their bodies and learn what to do with their big feelings.

Here’s how you can bring the Zones into everyday life:

💙 Blue Zone → Offer connection + movement: a cuddle, a snack, a walk outside.

💛 Yellow Zone → Ground with senses: “Name 5 things you see”, or try a calming breath together.

❤️ Red Zone → Use release tools: dragon breath, stomping, squeezing a pillow — plus your reminder: “It’s OK to feel, but not to hurt.”

💚 Green Zone → Notice + celebrate it: “I can see you’re calm and focused, that’s your Green Zone.”

Giving kids a language for their emotions and strategies to move through them empowers them with a toolkit for communication, and teaches them that feelings aren’t scary, they’re signals.

Our Emotion Explorers is currently in full swing, where children learn all about their feelings in these zones. If you have a child between the ages of 3-5 and would be interested in joining this action packed, practical and fun program for Term 1 2026, make sure you join the waitlist! Simply DM me or comment EMOTIONS in comments!

23/07/2025

You’ve seen the posts.

You’ve felt the nudge.

And maybe you've thought — "It sounds amazing, but is it really worth it?"

Here’s what I’ll say:

If you’re craving something different for your 3–5 year old —Something more than just music or movement classes...Something that supports their whole self (and yours) —Then Emotion Explorers is that something.

We start Friday 25 July.

Just 10 families.

Nearly 2 hours a week for 8 weeks.

Stories, connection, tools, support — for both of you.

Not just a playgroup.

Not just a class.

A small community of parents and children learning how to move through big feelings, together.

💛 $175 for the full 8 weeks — just $22/session.
💛 Includes a private Facebook group, take-home tools, and real-life strategies that actually stick.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign — this is it.

👉 Register now via link in comments

🤍 Got questions? Hit save and message me tonight.

📤 Know a parent who’d love this? Send this post their way — it might be exactly what they’ve been searching for.

15/07/2025

If you resonate with this post, chances are you don’t need more discipline strategies.
You need more support.

Because yelling, snapping, powering through are not signs of failure.

They are signs of a nervous system under pressure.

And when we’re dysregulated, we can’t fake calm —
at least not for long.

Inside Emotion Explorers, we don’t just help your child build emotional skills —
we help you respond with confidence, calm, and clarity (even when you’re exhausted).

If you have a 3-5 year old and live in or around Eltham, join us.

📍Starts July 25. 7 spots left.
💌 DM me “Emotion Explorers” and I’ll send you the details.

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Melbourne, VIC
3094

Telephone

+61426231104

Website

http://www.theconnectedmamma.com.au/

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