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Revision, Study and Revision During Exams: What Is the Difference?
Revision, Study and Revision During Exams: What Is the Difference? One thing that often gets confused in exam preparation is the difference between revision and study. They are not the same, and they happen at different points in the academic year. You revise…
Integration Takes Time
Why Integration is a Process We often expect progress to be linear: Teach → Learn → Use However, human learning and development rarely work quite that simply. We can mistake understanding something for being able to apply it. A child or adult may be able to…
Teaching Kids About Capacity and Mental Load
Image by Vitaly Gariev, public domain. It’s a struggle every woman understands down to her very core. The constant mental arithmetic, the endless checks and to-do lists. Mentally taking stock of fridge and pantry and deciding what to eat, not only to suit everyone’s…
Finding Harmony through Resilience
Image by Tatyana Rubleva, public domain. The first time I burnt out was around 2014, while teaching full-time in South Korea and doing a Master’s degree online. I was already being treated for chronic fatigue, which, along with the bone-deep tiredness, brought…
Emotions Are Not Clinical Diagnoses
There is a growing and concerning overlap in how we speak about emotions, distress, and mental health. Words that once held specific clinical meanings are now used interchangeably with everyday human experiences. While this shift may stem from a place of increased…
The Three P’s Plan for Navigating Matric with Ease
Matric is a milestone! It’s the culmination of your entire school career, and a huge achievement in itself. It is also a glimpse into what tertiary studies are like, so if that is something you are considering, how you approach Matric is especially important. However,…
Regulation: The Foundation of Wellness
Spilling the Educational Tea In this episode, Loudine and Melissa chat about regulation as the foundation of wellness. What is regulation? What are the different types of regulation, and why is it important that we learn how to regulate? Grab a long, tall glass of…
Academic Expectations
Spilling the Educational Tea In this episode, Melissa and Loudine chat about how learners and their parents can set realistic, healthy academic expectations. While well-intentioned, unrealistic expectations can cause more harm than good. A better approach is to work…
Matric: The Final Stretch
Spilling the Educational Tea Join Melissa and Loudine as we talk about the matric final exam, how parents and learners can prepare, and what to expect. We cover the basics of taking care of both physical and mental health, tips for answering exam questions and calming…
The EduHelp Community Initiative
In this special episode of our podcast, we share our excitement about the brand-new EduHelp Community Initiative, where we take our support learning and wellness services to underserved, under-resourced and marginalised communities. We call on the community and our…
Leaning Deeper into Friendship
Spilling the Educational Tea Series 2, Episode 3 In the third episode of our series on socialising, Melissa takes us through the final four Green Flags of Friendship she formulated with Jeanne Kruger. We dive a little deeper into what it means to be a good friend, and…
Being a Good Friend
Spilling the Educational Tea Series 2, Episode 2 In this series, Melissa and Loudine talk about various aspects of socialising. Melissa and Jeanne Kruger developed the 10 Green Flags of Friendship, and in episodes one to three of this series we discuss each of these…