Ep:34 Jane Hockey - Mimi's House

The Full Life Podcast with Melanie Lynam

Jane lives in Brisbane, is a mother of 4 young children and works part time as one of the directors of a program through Hope Centre Services called Mimi’s House.

Mimi’s House works with schools to support vulnerable children, teaching them important life skills to help them with their social, emotional and physical development. It is doing so much good in the City of Brisbane and I was so inspired by this program that I wanted to sit down with Jane and talk about how it works, how these kids lives are being changed and perhaps God has placed a seed in your heart, an idea or a dream and it is our prayer that today as you listen to this conversation that that seed will be watered, that idea or dream will be coloured in a bit more and you will be stirred up and inspired to step out and take steps towards doing what the Lord has placed on your heart to do

We also talk about marriage, parenting and the juggle of work Mum life.

We start off by sharing some stories of the biggest messes that our kids have made.

About Mimi's House:
Give them tools to help them engage in life and in school. 56 kids in program, 6 different partnership schools. 8th year. Around 320 children have passed through their doors. Spend a lot of time working on skills where they don’t give up through fun little activities.

Often their confidence is so low they don’t want to give it a go. Encouraging them to give it a go. Teach the children that there are adults outside of their family that they can trust. Consistent trustworthy adults. These children just learn that there are people in their world that are safe.

They create a safe atmosphere. A sense of calmness.

A lot of these children haven’t learnt to play. Play-based teaching. Teach about trust and identify hopefully 5 people in their life that they can trust. How to be a good friend. What to do when your body is getting angry - techniques.

Working on the thinking and belief system that they have of themselves for eg. “I belong.”

They do a unit around Master Chef, teaching them simple meals to make at home.
Mimi's House:
https://www.hopecentreservices.org/mimis-house
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