It is immensely powerful…

Dear Simone, I loved your article on real compliments. It was very timely for me and I am attempting to […]

Together working towards calm Festive Days with our neurodivergent children

For our intense, super-sensitive and hyper-reactive neurodivergent children, Christmas can be a huge challenge: dealing with transitions from normal life, […]

Preparing for Christmas

Each year when our daughter was young, the carefully crafted balance in our family always started to go pear-shaped around […]

A huge difference in my life

“Simone’s ability both to help me reframe negative self-perceptions and to understand the workings of my psyche, from an emotional […]

Dealing with acute overwhelm, including tips how to get through

Recovering from obstacles  The last few years my life has been coloured by different obstacles, some  private ones and some […]

I take with me … my ‘cool suitcase’ – How to support our child through common transitions

This post includes ‘the cool suitcase or cool box’, a tool to increase the emotional resilience of our child in […]

The art of giving heartfelt compliments to ourselves, our children and teens

This post includes a ‘heartfelt compliment script’, a tool to compliment ourselves and our child effectively and is part of […]

The Proposed Schools Bill – Punishing parents for the inability of schools to facilitate a suitable education for all children

By Joanna Merrett BA (hons), EYPS, MA, [PhD student and researcher at University of Exeter, Centre for Social Mobility], Joanna […]