Low-Key Self Care

What is Low-key Self Care? Sometimes when we are feeling down, that we are just surviving and barely hanging in […]

The Cuddle Alarm (a simple tool to increase feelings of safety in our children)

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Our Response to a Crisis – Stress Responses explained

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School’s Out – Adjusting to sudden Home-Education

Frequently asked questions  In the last two weeks, clients have been asking regularly the same questions.  How do I reassure […]

“Innately empowering and humanising: We all need more of this!”

Interview with PowerWood’s Director Carolyn Sargentson I had seen Simone’s [founder of PowerWood] stand at a home education camp – […]

“How did I survive against the odds?”

Protective factors against suicide for children and teens I was a very unhappy 12-year-old.  Being too tall, too feminine and […]

My Secret Powers – Tribute to my ‘Oma’ (=Gran in Dutch)-

Standing Out as a Pre-Teen When I was 11 years old I was already over 1.80m (5.9f), and my very […]

Crushing Feelings led to very rewarding Eternal Quest of Self-Discovery

One of Simone’s Challenges “When my now adult son was a teenager, he was very frustrated and angry.  He was […]