Meerilinga - Positive Childhoods and Parenting

MAPS: Reducing Isolation

Starting a family while working as a fly-in fly-out worker has its share of challenges. We sat down with Vicky Pellowe, founder of The FIFO Family Project, to tackle some of these head on, including…

S2E11 MAPS: Pursuing Values

Parents can often feel consumed by the urgent tasks of the day, leaving little room to think about the world that their kids are going to enter when they’re older. Sonya Elek has gone through this…

S2E10 MAPS: Slowing Down Emotional Patterns

Parenting is seen as ‘natural’ but we need MAPS to navigate us through the challenges, especially in the first few weeks of parenthood.   Manager of Meerilinga Parenting Services, Belynda Smith, and…

S2E9 MAPS: Exploring Proprioception

We’re looking at how proprioception, our sense of our body, can be used as a different set of MAPS for our children's emotions and wellbeing. Featuring The Occuplaytional Therapist, Kelsie Olds, we…

S2E8 MAPS: Gen Muir - Connected Parenting

Author, Educator and Mother, Gen Muir speaks to Manager of Meerilinga Parenting Services, Belynda Smith, on how parents can attune to their children’s emotions and help guide them through the…

S2E7 MAPS: Tuning Into Your Values

There’s a whole bunch of MAPS out there, but it’s important that we don’t lose sight of what we value most.   In our conversation with Karen Young, expert on paediatric anxiety and the…

S2E6 MAPS: Your Children as Guides

Sometimes the MAPS that we need are right in front of us. That’s what Jason Hyde discovered when he was looking for some direction as a single dad of four. He sat down with Manager of Meerilinga…

S2E5 MAPS: Navigating Neurodivergence

Spend some time on the couch with Dr Theresa Kidd and Dr Miriam Kirby, clinical psychologists at The Kidd Clinic. Alongside host and Manager of Meerilinga Parenting Services, Belynda Smith, they…

MAPS: Mindfulness for Parents

MAPS For Parents Episode 4 Mindfulness doesn’t always require extra time. With the help of parenting consultant and program facilitator, Jo Wiese, we explore practical ways that mindfulness can…

S2E3 MAPS For Parents: Play as Self Care

MAPS For Parents Episode 3 Putting the P into MAPS, puppeteer Kylie Bywaters speaks to Manager of Meerilinga Parenting Services, Belynda Smith, about how Play can nurture a child’s emotional…

S2E2 MAPS for Parents: Building an Early Love of Books

MAPS For Parents Episode 2 Books are one of the best tools in your kit when raising a child with mindfulness, attunement, play and self care. Jennifer Donovan, Education Officer at Better Beginnings…

S2E1 MAPS For Parents: The Power of Playgroups

MAPS For Parents Episode 1 Annette Harwood, CEO of Playgroup, knows that it takes a village to raise a child. In a conversation with Manager of Meerilinga Parenting Services, Belynda Smith, they…

S1E2 Empowering Young Conservationists: Conversations with Future Environmental Leaders

S1E1 Creating Safe Environments for Kids: Insights from Kidsafe WA