Rick Rakauskas

Teaching Children To Be Kind

Getting an education is more than learning your ABCs and counting, even at preschool level. As any good Montessori teacher knows, education is about preparing children to be great people. So along with learning how to read, paint and tie shoelaces, presch... Read >

What Singers Should Do With Their Hands

When you've taken a few singing lessons and you have enough confidence to perform in public, you might start wondering what you're going to do with your hands when you're on stage. Do you wave them around like a conductor? Do you stick them in your pock... Read >

Ways To Beat Anxiety

Anxiety seems to be more and more common these days. People often visit professionals for help with this problem via hypnosis and other methods. These methods often help, but there are some things that we can do to help ourselves. Anxiety probably h... Read >

Road Rules For Small Children

Some people walk to bring their children to their Montessori early childhood centre; others don't. But most parents of young children will walk somewhere at some time, even if it's just down to the corner store. And it's important to teach your children... Read >

Help With Grieving

Be tough Stay strong for those around it. Put a good face on it. Think of the positives. If you've been through loss of any type, you've probably had well-meaning people trying to encourage you with these sorts of sayings. But grief that hasn't been res... Read >

Don't Let Fear Dominate Your Life

Fear. That paralyzing numbness, mixed with a racing heartbeat, a dry mouth, shaking hands and that dreadful sense of doom hanging over you. Don't let it rule you any longer. A number of conditions that send people looking for help from a hypnotherap... Read >

Musical Terms Explained For Singers

Not every singer can read sheet music, even if they have passed a course of vocal lessons. But if you come across a page of black lines and notes with little tails, Italian words and strange symbols, knowing what this notation means can help you perform ... Read >

Safety Features Of Strollers

You wouldn't dream about travelling in a car with your small children without making sure that the car had brakes and seatbelts. So why would you go for a day out with your children in a stroller without making sure that it has the right safety features?... Read >

Chocolate-Free Easter Fun

We like having the long weekend over Easter, but all those traditional activities from Europe seem out of place for Australians. Fluffy yellow chicks, eggs, rabbits and daffodils don't seem to fit the time of year at all. Chocolate is delicious, but fe... Read >

Don't Panic!

Panic attacks are nothing new and they are surprisingly common. Ask any hypnotherapist and they're likely to tell you that this is one of the most common reasons why people come to them for hypnotherapy. Panic attacks are definitely horrible to exper... Read >

From The Seat Of A Stroller

You've come a long way, baby, as the old ad tagline said. During every era in history, parents have had to transport their babies and toddlers around the place . Let's look at the history of the Orlando region of Florida, the site of the Walt Disney Wor... Read >

The Milton Method And Hypnotherapy

A lot of clinical hypnotherapists use the Milton Method for treating their clients. The Milton Method blends the techniques of hypnosis established by the pioneer Dr Braid with the concepts of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). But what is the Milton Me... Read >

Airports Can Be Fun For Kids

If you've done a lot of travelling by air, the rigmarole of airports, check-ins, security checks and waiting in departure lounges may leave you feeling a bit jaded. If you have decided to take your young children by plane to Orlando so you can visit the W... Read >

Setting Up A Safe Montessori Home

Parents sometimes find that the principles of setting up your house to help your preschooler's Montessori learning clash with the need to have a safe home. How do you do both? If you've got a crawling baby or a toddler who has a lively intelligence i... Read >

What Is NLP?

The way we use language changes the way we think. The way we think shapes the way we behave. If you can change the thinking, you can change the behaviour. And you can change the thinking by changing the language. This is just one of the principles beh... Read >