Emerald Wellbeing CIC

23/03/2025

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my new children’s book Storms and Sunshine: Lily’s Rainbow Journey – a gentle and engaging introduction to the Polyvagal Theory for kids (and the grown-ups who love them).

Through the story of Lily and her dog Lyra, children learn to recognise their bodily responses, navigate emotional storms, and reconnect with balance using playful, evidence-informed strategies.

Designed for parents, therapists, teachers, and anyone supporting children’s emotional development.

Available now on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/d8O3KnA

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer – no Kindle device required.

28/11/2024

We are really excited to be able to offer more services from our new venue - "The Roost" - however, we are struggling with the final push to get it comfy and warm! Please help if you feel able to do this.

We're raising £1,000 to support the creation of a community hub at the yurt (Barrow) … Badger Marshall needs your support for Contribution to a community hub

24/10/2024

Looking for help - I really need someone who can help with our website. We've got a host-site and it doesn't need a lot of work ... maybe just a day or 2 with someone who is tech savy to use the program (it's not complicated and mainly drag and drop).

I need it to have product links on it to link to our shopify page as well - again its all set up in our program but not formatted correctly.

We will obviously pay someone for their time.

09/08/2024

I am really excited for this training. Dora Henderson is a great friend and her neuroception (tm) characters are the cutest way to help children (and adults) learn about what's happening in their bodies.

Join us (yes - you may see someone you know!) for free to learn more :)

Polyvagal Theory and Play Therapy for Children: Exploring Brain-Body Connections for Sensory and Somatic Regulation

29/07/2024

I am so unsure what to write right now and feeling very overwhelmed and saying I am so so sad doesn’t seem to fit the emotions around the horrendous events of today. I felt that as someone who works with families and children today needed an acknowledgment - although not necessarily sure what that ought to be.

No words of comfort will be able to make the family and friends of the people affected today feel any less numb than I imagine they are feeling right now.

The ripples from this day will be felt over many years for these families - school starting in September when classmates and friends are not there, birthdays and celebrations when there is space at a table for someone and in everyday life where they will forever be a gap in someone’s life.

I have no words to express the dismay and horror at the loss of children, their friends who were injured and those who witnessed it: and also the thoughts around what was happening for the individual who carried out this act.

I am sad to be a human today in this scary world and let’s work to save our communities, help people in need and to protect those most vulnerable.

23/07/2024

I love working with Dora Henderson and her to help children!

Watch this space for more on this and the release of a new story that works alongside these to help children learn about their bodies.

07/07/2024

😊Feeling so proud of all the hard work the adults and children put in yesterday - it was a great day!

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Parenting IS hard - there’s no denying it’s the hardest job in the world but also one of the most rewarding.

🧠Brainwaves was designed to help parents/carers understand the science behind behaviour, not just techniques to ‘manage’ it. It gets into the nitty and gritty of daily life whilst staying playful and provides hands on support whilst having connection time with the children.

🙏Thank You to all participants who shared the hard things and the beautiful things.

You are all amazing and remember we are the best person we can be at any given time. 😊

06/07/2024

Kettles on and we are all ready for our Brain Waves Parent & Child workshop.

So excited to run this and help both parents/carers connect and grow alongside their children.

No gimmicks of positivity, No false promises of sunshine’s (hold tight for our new book) and absolutely full of understandable brain science and proven techniques to help you and your children thrive!

12/04/2024

As we approach the start of the new term, I want to share our guide to managing those big behaviours after the school day.

School is tiring and hard for children - so many expectations and a constant lack of control. Not to mention the start of a new term where teachers have altered the classroom so it looks (and quite possibly smells) different from 2 weeks ago and new uniform is often bought during holidays so that's scratchy and uncomfortable.

Download our FREE guide to to get advice and tips on how to handle those big behaviours and emotions.

A free PDF for parents and care-givers about how to best help their children with big behaviour and reactions after the school day.