Compassion A, B, C

Compassion is the key Our ability to stay as calm as we can in challenging times increases with the compassion, […]

Highly effective breathing exercise

Staying calm The 4-7-8 breathing technique is a 60-second exercise that helps you take charge of panic attacks, adrenaline highs […]

Slow cooking new habits

Low-key Self Care – a practice and a mindset – for when you don’t have much energy I experienced life […]

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 […]