Families

Harnessing your  child’s inner strength to get through hard times by Sarah Tolmie As a therapist I encounter many clients bravely navigating hard times. Sometimes this might be in my…

By ADRIENNE GARSIDE Call me crazy, but I don’t think many of us will look back on 2020 as the best year of our lives. Among the many lowlights for…

The freedom to dream, to imagine a future, to live in hope, is a very natural unique human drive but we are starting to see it being crushed in our…

by Sarah Tolmie In the age of coronavirus, as we evolve into a new normal of social distancing and limited physical contact and with the opportunities for gatherings restricted, one…

DR FARAG Are you thinking about or trying to get pregnant? Getting pregnant is a very complex process and requires that many factors line up just right – it’s not…

LAURA’S PLACE By Laura Kiln PgDip (CBT) (Child & Adolescence), BSc (Hons) CMHN All couples have experienced this situation at one time or another—you think you should discipline your child…

by Catherine Schasser “That’s always been your biggest problem Tracy. You don’t know how to ask for help.” I heard this statement in a movie I watched recently and it…

Young people on the Central Coast are being urged to apply for Government Scholarships worth up to $5,000 a year to put towards their studies. The Coast is just one…

by Katie; Diversity and Inclusion Leader andOlivia; Educational Leader – Alkira ELC While the COVID-19 restrictions may have led us away from our regular play spaces, they also provide the…

GOSFORD PRIVATE HOSPITAL by Robyn Gasparotto, Manager – Gosford Private Maternity Services Gosford Private Maternity Services has introduced an internationally recognised, evidence-based training program named PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multiprofessional Team…