A warm welcome to Raise and Shine!


Firstly, hats off to you. I believe that simply having arrived on this webpage is significant. In a busy world, with so many things competing for our attention, the effort, drive, and curiosity that have led you here now are evidence that you are someone who cares deeply about your children and the quality of your family life. Believe me, this in itself is significant; many are too proud or simply don’t bother - so you are already off to a great start!

And seeking support makes total sense. Whoever you ask, few who have done it would disagree that being a parent is often a very tricky business, no matter how much we love our children.

Let’s face it, as well as being deeply rewarding, being a parent is also stressful and highly frustrating at times. It throws up continuous challenges, its complex and, messy, your children don’t come with an instruction manual! At the same time bring up your children well is probably one (if not the) most important thing you will do in your life. What other such important work would you embark upon without any training?

The fact that current research calls into question many of the conventional wisdoms of parenting makes getting support even more sensible.

So this is the place to be if you find you don’t always like who you are as a parent or if you feel your children don’t respect you or if your relationship with them is not what you would like it to be and you are fed up with the nagging, bribing, blaming and shouting that we all resort to in times of desperation, or if you simply want fresh ideas for a more positive alternative to raise happy, resilient children.

Raise and Shine aims to equip parents to feel more in control, to build stronger relationships with their children. It aims to assist them make their family lives a bit happier, calmer and more fulfilled, with the longer term aim of setting up families (whatever form they take) to create their brightest possible futures.

There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

Marianne Williamson

Laura Markham, Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

“Parenting isn’t about what our child does, but about how we respond.”


All techniques taught are evidence-based:

The Toolkit


Mindfulness (based on ACT model)

Raise and Shine Philosophy: Happy healthy parents = happy, healthy children

Based on an understanding that a parent and a child’s wellbeing are inextricably linked, Raise and Shine provides an introduction to mindfulness so parents get a better appreciation of what mindfulness is and learn techniques specifically designed that are attainable for busy parents.

The Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) approach is designed to enable parents to establish their direction, find focus and improve their own wellbeing, as well as to be more present and flexible to the needs of their children.

Positive Parenting

Parents are coached in effective positive parenting skills giving them the tools they need to help them have a positive relationship with, get the best from their children and be at their best as a parent.

For full breakdown of positive parenting session content go to Sessions

Coaching Approach

What to expect


Raise and Shine promises:

It’s for real people, real families (whatever form they take) and situations – no passive-aggressive perfectionism here.

We are here to share new ideas and suggestions, not a set of commandants: no one-size fits all – we offer a flexible toolkit you can play around with and see what works for you and your family.

The sessions are fun, interactive and flexible and your comfort is paramount.

Values based – we value values! Helping you clarify and connect with your values, that is, whatever is most important in your heart is core to what we do as this will motivate and guide you long after your coaching sessions are over

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Private Consultations

Private Consultations are available to parents who want to book one-to-one sessions with Daisy. They are helpful for parents who want to tackle 'hot spot' areas that are very specific to them with Daisy. Day time and evening appointments are available on Monday-Friday. 

Private Consultations are 90 minutes, take place in Peckham Rye (or your home) and include a personalised written plan after each session and cost £90 per session.
 

PRaise and Shine To You

If you don't feel like leaving the house after a long day, you might rather gather a group of friends or colleagues and host a 6-week Positive Parenting with Mindfulness Course from the comfort of your own home. With this option, I travel to you to deliver the course. Raise and Shine To You is available in South-East London only and requires a minimum of 6 participants. If you are interested, please get in touch to discuss.


School Talks and Workshops

Happy, confident and resilient children make the best learners so I am available to deliver talks and workshops to schools in South-East London on topics of interest to parents including Bringing Out the Best in Your Children, Positive Discipline: Finding the Balance and Only Ask Once: How to get your kids to listen.



 

courses

Example Content

Introduction to mindfulness
(based on ACT model)
  • connecting with what you really care about
  • managing your emotions - even when your buttons are being seriously pushed
  • Taking care of yourself
“You can’t pour from an empty cup”
 
Descriptive praise
  • encouraging confidence, cooperation and motivation
Emotion coaching
  • helping children manage their emotions and regulate their behaviour
  • building emotional intelligence and self-esteem
  • fostering strong relationships
Setting up for Success
  • preparing our children to do their best
Rules and Values
  • establishing values and using rewards
Positive Discipline
  • understanding and responding effectively when children get things wrong
Daisy and her family

Firstly, to be clear: I don’t claim to be an ‘expert’ in either parenting or mindfulness, although I have been actively interested and learning about both for some time. The truth is being a parent is a never-ending learning journey - as is the practice of mindfulness – so I still have more than my fair share of Low Parenting Moments (LPM’s) - and learn new things from my children and about myself every day.

My commitment to positive parenting came as a complete surprise to me as I was a self-confessed sceptic about the idea of ‘parent education’. I believed that love and natural instinct were all you needed. This was before we hit the ‘terrible twos’ when I found no amount of love and natural instinct convinced my son to get up off the supermarket floor and stop stripping its shelves in a violent rage or to put his coat on when it was time for school!

By chance, in a bid to meet new parents at my son’s nursery (and a chance to drink a cheeky glass of free champagne!), I attended a talk put on by the PTA called something like ‘How to create harmony and say goodbye to the naughty step forever’. Much to my surprise, the content of the talk gave me a lot of ‘food for thought’, challenged my ideas and existing practices. Vitally, it offered real solutions: simple, practical ideas to help establish better communication and encourage cooperation and to achieve a more positive and harmonious home life.

it offered real solutions: simple, practical ideas to help establish better communication and encourage cooperation and to achieve a more positive and harmonious home life.

I was sufficiently intrigued to try it out and the results were immediate. My husband was flabbergasted by the change! This led me to attend a 10-week Positive Parenting Course with The Parent Practice and I subsequently went on to complete the Training for Trainers Programme and I am now a Parent Practice Licensee. The transformation in my own life is what inspires me to want to share these skills with other parents.

Way before children, my career began as a Qualitative Market Researcher specialising in ‘sensitive issues’. When I was just 30 I was forced to take ‘early retirement’ as the health issues I had following a diagnosis of lupus became seriously life-threatening. This humbling experience inevitably led to some soul-searching, through which I discovered mindfulness (way back before it was even ‘a thing’ as it is these days!).

The benefits of mindfulness have been invaluable to helping me better manage the challenges of parenthood (and just about everything else) and for this reason, I have added a mindfulness module to the positive parenting course. It is specifically designed to be achievable for busy parents and involves no lengthy sitting meditations or anything too ‘woo-woo’ as (although I love a bit of ‘woo-woo’ every now and then!) I know it’s not for everyone and parents can find it hard to find the time with all their other commitments!

I have two sons and a daughter, and I live in Peckham with my husband. I enjoy cooking (and eating!), yoga, theatre, camping and socialising with my friends – and these days a sad number of nights in with Deliveroo and Netflix!

  • Daisy is a certified Parent Practice Licensee Trained by Melissa Hood, author of Real Parenting for Real Kids
  • A certified Mindfulness Coach, coached by Albert Tobler, co-founder of London Meditation and co-author of The Rough Guide to Mindfulness
  • She has completed 3 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Courses (MBSR) at London Mediation and Jam Yang Buddhist Centre
  • Completed the British Wheel of Yoga Foundation Course taught by Jan Wilding
  • Completed 10-week Positive Parenting course with Parent Practice
  • Most importantly a full-time mother of 2 boys and a girl

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