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Parenting Without An Instruction Manual: Teaching Feelings

by Annie Cook | May 17, 2016 | Learning Skills, Parenting, Self Development

[sgmb id=”1″] Parenting does not come with an instruction manual. We learn to figure out how to solve everyday problems, engage with our children and learn all about relationships on our own. That is the truth. If we have all the answers to our issues, we...

Foster Gratitude At Home

by Annie Cook | Mar 14, 2016 | Parenting, Personal Blog, Self Development

GRATITUDE What keeps you up at night? Words? Even if they are unsaid. Something read, something heard. Sudden noise that cuts through the silence. Images seen or imagined. Ideas? The only thing that should keep you up at night is#gratitude , #shukor or #感恩. I do not...

I Came Late, Donate To Your Childhood

by Annie Cook | Nov 30, 2015 | Self Development, Tool

A lady rushed up to us as we were leaving the restaurant after dinner. She said in a hurried but soft voice, “I came late. Pay me anything (amount).” I felt a rush of adrenalin when I heard those words. Have you been there before? Have you ever been late before...

Why Is Pre-Season Training For Football So Important?

by Annie Cook | Aug 17, 2015 | Event, Self Development

Yep, it’s August and it means in football world pre-season … that time of the year where you dig out your muddy old footy boots, lace them up and head to training. The worst part about it is it normally involves A LOT of fitness, beep tests, hill sprints, time trials...

Schooling Used To Be Fun, Well Not Anymore

by Annie Cook | Apr 13, 2015 | Parenting, Personal Blog, Self Development

I took Math, Additional Mathematics and Further Mathematics decades back. I thoroughly enjoyed studying them. Even my friends who didn’t do too well in Mathematics had no major complaints about it. It has been more than 10 years since I last tried a Mathematics...

My Child Is Slow

by Annie Cook | Apr 1, 2015 | Parenting, Self Development

My Child Is Slow. Do not listen to anyone or yourself even if you seem to think so yourself. Your child was amongst the fastest to find his or her way into the mother’s womb. Take it from me. It is relative term. Relative to the number of students in the...