by Rosalie Martin | Aug 29, 2017 | Chats with Helen Shield ABC 936
Helen and I talked about reading to children on 29th August. Honestly, there is hardly a better way to build everything that is worth living for! When we read and share story we are bringing language, connected relationship, practice of emotional regulation, the...
by Rosalie Martin | Aug 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
2017 Australian of the Year Professor Emeritus Alan Mackay-Sim in Tasmania We are delighted to announce that in partnership with the University of Tasmania, Chatter Matters is hosting Australian of the Year Alan Mackay-Sim in Tasmania. An inspirational scientist and...
by Rosalie Martin | Aug 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
In 2015 more than 5000 children’s books were generously and abundantly donated by the public to the No Bars on Books campaign in Tasmania. These book donations were then passed on to the prison’s wonderful, and long-standing, Books-on-CD program. In the...
by Rosalie Martin | Jul 23, 2017 | Chats with Helen Shield ABC 936
On the 28th March Helen and I talked about Open-Honest questions The broad purpose of a question is to gain information. But in western culture we often use questions in ways which are also sneakily giving information. Very often in our conversations we will ask...
by Rosalie Martin | Jul 22, 2017 | Chats with Helen Shield ABC 936
On the 8th March – International Women’s Day – we talked about the Three Steps to Kind Communication. There is a lovely quote in the book On Kindness by Adam Philips & Barbara Taylor which is this: “We are never as kind as we want to be, but nothing outrages us...
