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More About Me and No Stress Learning

My journey started with the everyday struggles of homework and learning – struggles that impacted not just my children, but me and my husband as well.

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I remember my son's frustration with Maths worksheets, especially those with different types of problems. It wasn't that he couldn't do the Maths; it was the page itself. A sea of mixed problems on one page felt overwhelming. We tried a lot of things, until one day, I cut the worksheet into individual problems. A simple solution, but it made a world of difference for both of us. He could finally focus, one problem at a time.

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Then there was my daughter. A tiny error would deflate her completely. She'd bring herself into self-doubt, claiming she was "bad" at whatever she was working on. This was hard to watch as a parent. We have worked together using growth mindset activities. Now, when she makes a mistake, she's much more likely to brush it off and say something like, "At least I got  8 right out of 10!" where previously she would have focused on those 2 mistakes. This shift in perspective has been wonderful to see.

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And these are just two examples of more challenges we've faced as a family.

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Dealing with these everyday challenges, like Maths worksheets and fear of making mistakes, taught me way more than any textbook. They confirmed something I already suspected: learning is about so much more than just academics.

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It's about how kids feel about learning, how they behave, how confident they are, what their individual needs are, and the stress this all brings. And because traditional teaching often misses this, I began researching the impact of stress on learning.

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Stress, I discovered, is a major obstacle for many families when it comes to learning.

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What I went through with my kids, along with my teaching experience, showed me I could do things differently. I could combine my professional knowledge with my personal experience to help other families. I wanted to address the stress that comes with learning, so I started reading and studying everything I could find. I explored mindfulness, growth mindset, CBT, exercise – anything that could help. It just confirmed what I already knew: learning and well-being are connected.

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I knew I wasn't alone in these challenges. Other parents were facing similar problems, searching for ways to support their children and manage their own stress.

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And that's how No Stress Learning was born – out of a desire to help children not just learn, but enjoy learning, to provide parents with the strategies to guide them on this journey and give the parents the tools to manage the stress of learning.

My Credentials:

  • CBT Life Coach Certification

  • ADHD Coaching Diploma

  • Challenging Behaviour Training

  • Diploma in Autism for Specialized Support and Awareness

  • Advanced Teaching Assistant Diploma

  • SEN TA Course

  • Language Teacher (University Degree Czech Republic)

Books, Studies, and Researches I Have Read So You Don't Have To:

BOOKS

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Learning:​

  • Edward Watson and Bradley Bush: The Science of Learning

  • Stanislav Dehaene – How We Learn

  • Gareth Hughes – Be Well, Learn Well

  • Guy Claxton – What’s The Point of School?

  • Daniel T. Willingham – Why Don’t Students Like School?

  • Joann Crohn – Drama Free Homework

  • Alfie Kohn – The Homework Myth

  • Lee canter and Lee Hausner, PH.D. – Homework Without Tears

  • Professor Alf Coles and Professor Nathalie Sinclair – I Can’t Do Maths

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Stress

  • Dr. Stuart Shanker with Teresa Barker – Help Your Child Deal with Stress – and Thrive

  • Dr Rangan Chatterjee – The Stress Solution

  • Dr Julie Smith – Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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Parenting

  • Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish – How to Talk so Kids can Learn at Home and in School

  • Philippa Pery – The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Gald That You Did)

  • Paul Dix – When the Parents Change Everything Changes

  • Dr. Haim G. Ginott – Between Parent and Child

  • Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Dissing Sandhal – The Danish Way of Parenting

  • Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. – The Highly Sensitive Child

  • Dr Martha Deiros Collado – How to Be the Grown-Up

  • Heather Shumaker – It’s OK NOT to Share …

  • Dr Daniel J. Siegel and Dr Tina Payne Bryson – The Whole-Brain Child

  • Barbara Coloroso – Kids Are Worth It!

  • Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. – The Explosive Child

  • Dr Wayne W. Dyer – What Do You Really Want for Your Children?

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Other:

  • Dr. Anna Lembke – Dopamine Nation

  • Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D. – Driven to Distraction

  • L. Tobin – What Do You Do with a Child Like This?

  • Eric Taylor – People with Hyperactivity and Managing Their Problems

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RESEARCH, STUDIES

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  • Sue B. Whiting, Sam V. Wass, Simon Green, and Michael S.C. Thomas – Stress and Learning in Pupils: Neuroscience Evidence and its Relevance for Teachers (Mind, Brain, and Education)

  • Susanne Vogel and Lars Schwabe – Learning and memory under stress: implications for the classroom (Science of Learning)

  • Angelica Moè a, Idit Katz b, Rinat Cohen b, Marianna Alesi  - Reducing homework stress by increasing adoption of need-supportive practices: Effects of an intervention with parents (ScienceDirect)

  • Alfredo Córdova,*, Alberto Caballero-García, Franchek Drobnic3, Enrique Roche , David C Noriega - Influence of Stress and Emotions in the Learning Process: The Example of COVID-19 on University Students: A Narrative Review (Healthcare)

  • Kai WuKai, Feng WangWei Wang Yongxin Li - Parents’ Education Anxiety and Children’s Academic Burnout: The Role of Parental Burnout and Family Function (frontiers in Psychology)

  • Jacqueline Giovanniello, Christian Bravo-Rivera, Amiel Rosenkranz, K. Matthew Lattal - Stress, associative learning, and decision-making (ScienceDirect)​

  • The National Parent Survey 2024 (ParentKind)

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