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The Three Brains

Learn more about wellbeing, mental and physical health - and how your body's 'three brains' work together like a rock band.

Go to the Gig Meet the Band

Monkey v Lizard

Take our fun quiz to figure out what kind of brain you are: the reactive Lizard, or the reflective Monkey?

Monkey v Lizard quiz Monkey v Lizard resources

Keep The Heid

Take our fun quiz and explore what happens under your lid. Does your heid hide a mighty lion tamer, contortionist, or an acrobat?

Keep The Heid quiz Keep The Heid resources

Cranial Cocktail

Meet your emotional homunculus, the part of the brain that uses feelings and emotions to decide how we will act and react.

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Training

Conflict can arise when there are disagreements over views, values or needs not being met. Read more about the SCCR's range of conflict resolution training options.

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Young People

Sometimes family life feels designed to make you mad or sad. Learn how to lower the temperature during arguments and how to bounce back after upsets.

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Parents and Carers

Tough as family life can be, help is available. Learn how to defuse conflicts before they escalate.

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Professionals and Practitioners

Discover research-led resources that teach families ways in which to resolve conflict within the home.

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Happy Birthday, UNCRC

2022-11-17

By Duncan Gordon

The Three Brains Playlist

2022-11-14

By Colin Waters

Conflict Resolution Day 2022

2022-10-20

By Jim Gray

Having the Power to Untangle our Knots: A person account

2022-10-18

By Danielle Shull

'Violence is preventable, not inevitable': International Day of Non-Violence 2022

2022-09-26

By Professor Niven Rennie

#HaveYourSay – SCCR National Survey 2022

2022-09-07

By Colin Waters

Becoming the change we want to see

2022-08-30

By Ewan Aitken

Testing Times: How to avoid arguments over exam results

2022-08-01

By Colin Waters

Yoga as the Mediator between our Hearts and Minds

2022-06-20

By Natalie Young

Autistic Pride 2022

2022-06-15

By Dr Catriona Stewart OBE

The Three Brains

2022-06-13

By Colin Waters

Global Parent Day 2022: Nurture and Love

2022-05-27

By Duncan Gordon

Keep the Heid and Read

2022-05-06

By Colin Waters

Deafness in the Pandemic

2022-05-02

By Rubbi Brown, Sophie Gray, Murray Neilson and John Ward

Co-producing a Podcast

2022-01-24

By Ashley

Emotional Homunculus - Happy Anniversary!

2022-01-17

By Colin Waters

Four Reasons to Read with Your Kids

2021-11-25

By Jayla Benjin

Anxious and Afraid in a Time of Climate Change

2021-11-05

By Colin Waters

Happiness Hints

2021-10-08

By Aiden

The Power of Reconnection Conference 2021

2021-09-24

By Colin Waters

Resilience – Our buoyancy aid

2021-04-19

By Jo Harknett, Family Mediator

A young person’s top tips for how parents can support their children’s mental health

2021-02-26

By Aidan

Are we doing okay?

2021-01-18

By Andrew Boyd, Mediator

Everyday gifts of kindness

2020-12-15

By Karen Holford

This is your permission to feel

2020-12-15

By Sarah Philp

My experience of SCCR's International Conference: A blog by Drew Drummond

2020-12-10

By Drew Drummond

Top tips for 12 Days of Christmas Kindness

2020-12-08

By Rachel Lee

Keep the Heid: A young person’s reflection on taming the beast of anger

2020-11-12

By Aidan

My experience of SCCR’s International Conference: A blog by Gordon McKinlay

2020-11-10

By Gordon McKinlay

Resilience and Reassurance: A message for young people from Sarah King

2020-08-05

By Rachel Lee

Worry and stress: A message for young people

2020-07-22

By Gordon McKinlay

Perspective, mental health and art with Creative Natives’ Jennifer Hunter

2020-06-23

By Rachel Lee

Perspective, mental health and art with SMHAF artist Lauren Stonebanks

2020-06-04

By Rachel Lee

Exploring the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Theme of Perspective

2020-05-26

By Hannah Foley

Mental Health, Conflict and Kindness

2020-05-23

By Andrew Boyd

Mental Health Awareness Week: Kindness

2020-05-21

By Stephen O'Rourke

Young Scot in Partnership with SCCR

2020-05-13

By Louise Macdonald OBE

A day out at the SCCR Conference

2020-04-09

By Pupils from Dalziel High and Mrs Nielsen

Love is all you need…

2020-04-06

By Ewan Aitken

Giving Children and Young People a Voice

2020-01-22

By Andrew Boyd

Fire-retardant relationships

2019-12-04

By Karen Holford

#FiveYears

2019-12-02

By Diane Marr

A Reflection

2019-11-27

By Untangling the Knots 3 day Training Delegate

Listening Well

2019-11-18

By Karen Holford

What does Remembrance Day mean to you?

2019-11-11

By Richard Henderson

“Peace is not just the absence of conflict”

2019-09-23

By Abbey Krause

Participating, Confronting while Impressing – Reflections of shadowing a family mediator

2019-08-12

By Haley Weir

Keep Talking

2019-07-30

By Sandra Mitchell

On Forgiveness

2019-07-08

By Carolyn Hirst

Global Day of Parents

2019-06-03

By Duncan Gordon

Collaboration is key

2019-05-16

By Dr Stephen Breslin

Louder is not always clearer!

2019-05-15

By Aidan

A blink of an eye…5 years on – a personal perspective

2019-04-02

By Duncan Gordon

Building a caring culture: the science of love

2019-02-14

By Ewan Aitken

Giving Children and Young People a Voice when Parents Separate – How Mediation can Help

2019-01-21

By Rosanne Cubitt

Message in a Bottle

2018-10-26

By Githa Overton

Clicking Into Place

2018-10-08

By Graham Boyack

A Highly Emotional Game

2018-10-05

By Aidan

Compelling case to roll-out free digital resources…

2018-10-04

By Diane Marr

Mirror Mirror on the Wall…

2018-07-25

By Dr Rose Williams

Innovative solutions to problems rooted in the past

2018-06-26

By Diane Marr

Conflict & Mental Health – a chicken and egg situation?

2015-10-09

By Andrew Boyd

What has mindfulness ever done for me?

2015-09-18

By Githa Overton

Dealing With My Childhood Anger – Life Lessons From A Martial Arts Champion

2015-08-14

By Raz Chan

The Daemon Called Anger

2015-07-23

By Raka Tavashmi

Normalising, or trying to make mediation a more common solution

2014-07-29

By Paul Burns

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