Embrace and Nurture

18/08/2025

✨ Words that mean the world ✨

We asked for feedback after our recent event — and this is what came back to us:

Phenomenal. Uplifting. Insightful. Thought-provoking. Very relatable. Reignited. Life-changing. Wonderful. Informative. Funny. Organised.

Many attendees also shared how special it was to:
💛 Meet the TIP team in real life
💛 Connect and chat with other participants
💛 Feel part of this community in person

Reading these reflections together feels like a celebration in itself. They remind us why we do this work, and the kind of space we want to continue creating — supportive, inspiring, and truly connecting.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared so generously. 💛

16/08/2025

What an incredible day hearing from wonderful parenting expert Bryan Post! Huge thanks to Suzanne Scott at TIP Trauma Informed Parenting for organising such a brilliant event.

14/08/2025

Good luck to all the children returning to school today and extra special wishes to those starting primary or secondary school. Parents, please don’t underestimate how much social battery many children can use up making their first impressions on staff and peers. This is particularly true for neurodivergent children or those who have been affected by trauma. No matter how hectic the morning routine is, how hard a day you have or if they take all their stress and frustration out on you, please take time to connect with your child. Ask about their day, their worries, their teacher or just sit with them and breathe big deep breaths together. They should know that you are their safe space. They deserve your unconditional love and support through what can be a very hard transition time. Teachers, please look out for the “model” pupils who might just be the ones who are masking and struggling the most internally.

07/08/2025

🇪🇸Spanish tutoring🇪🇸

I will have limited spaces for pupils who would like tutoring this year. Please send me a message if you’d like your child put on my waiting list.

20 years classroom experience
Confident to support neurodivergent young people
Excellent results record

Gracias

04/08/2025

Some musings for all young people getting results tomorrow…

While your results might feel like the most important thing in the world right now, they are not a measure of your worth, or even your intelligence. Many highly intelligent people on this Earth do not have academic qualifications.

There is always more than one path.

Of course, I hope that you get what you’re hoping for. However, if you don’t, remember that you can still find your way to success.

Whatever your results, you are enough.

08/07/2025

Fantastic post!

🌱 When your child “acts out”… they’re not giving you a hard time. They’re having a hard time.

It can look like shouting. Refusing. Meltdowns. Pushing people away.

But underneath? A nervous system in overdrive. A child trying to make sense of big feelings with a brain that’s still learning how.

At Alaria, we don’t see “bad behaviour.”
We see communication.

In nature’s calm, with gentle therapeutic support, children feel safe enough to co-regulate – and eventually, to self-regulate.

💚 We meet children where they are.
🌳 We walk alongside them.
🪵 And we give them the space to grow.

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📍 Therapeutic Forest School | Play Therapy | Nature Connection
💻 Find out more: www.alaria.uk

02/07/2025

I just wrote this little poem…

What if it’s all just fear?
What if all the built up anger, resentment, bitterness, rage, upset, frustration and jealousy inside you is just fear in disguise?

What if you’re simply scared of ending up with nothing, losing loved ones or simply never being enough?

What if you’re also carrying all the fear of generations before you?

It can be such a lot to bear. But it’s just fear, that is all. And the only cure…is love.

So today show yourself the love you need. Bring compassion and kindness to your precious self. The self who is only trying to protect you and your loved ones, to keep you all safe.

Love is the answer, it always is.

16/06/2025

If you don’t follow Bryan Post’s Fear to Love, you should. He talks about kids who have been through trauma but all his work is relevant to neurodivergent people too.

You don’t have to have the perfect response, you just have to stay.

When you regulate, they learn to regulate too. Presence rewires what punishment never could.

The truth is, your calm is more powerful than any consequence. Stay. Breathe. Regulate. Repeat. ✨

25/05/2025

What if there's always a reason behind the behaviour?

What if your boss's unfortunate manner and tone are actually due to their own insecurities or emotional dysregulation?

What if your child throwing their toys is due to overwhelm?

What if a loved one giving you advice you don't want to hear and seemingly judging your situation is based on their anxiety and wanting the best for you?

What if the child you are working with isn't choosing not to do what you ask of them, but can't actually do it for some reason?

What if your teenager shouting at you is because you are their safe space and they can't speak up to anyone else?

What would happen if we looked at the behaviour with curiosity instead of judgement? What if we could stay calm and regulated no matter what sort of behaviour is thrown at us?

Great things would happen, truly great things.

21/05/2025

Chloe is a lovely and knowledgeable person. If you know that your business could do better, please get in touch with her.

A gentle reminder 🫶🏻

To celebrate the launch of The Living Room Coaching, I’m offering my signature service, the Neurokind Check-up, at a special introductory rate of £500 🎉

This 3-step, neurodivergent-friendly business assessment is designed to help you create a more inclusive, accessible, and supportive workplace- one where every mind can thrive.

If you’ve been thinking about building a workplace that’s truly Neurokind and sustainable, now’s the perfect time to take that first step.

Books are open for the remainder of May, June, and July.

This offer won’t be around forever, so don’t miss out!

To book your slot or if you'd like to know more, please drop me an email at chloe@thelivingroomcoaching.co.uk or send me a direct message ✨

Photography by Bellemore Imagery

16/05/2025

This is an excellent clip although I didn’t fit the description the expert gives about ADHD girls at school. As with many other neurodivergent women, I masked as much as I possibly could at school, occasionally bursting into tears when I hit my limit. I was a perfectionist who presented as a model pupil most of the time then took all my stress out at home. I liked acting and this was a form of it. I had anxiety to the point that I hardly slept in the run up to exams or big events and always had a deep rooted sense that there was something wrong with me. When I was teaching in school, I felt like I was playing a part. As time went on and my responsibilities at home grew, I struggled more and more. After my ADHD diagnosis and my daughter’s type 1 diabetes’ diagnosis, it started to become apparent that I couldn’t do it anymore. I felt burnt out, useless and broken. I know that I have also hit the stage where my hormones are playing a part in this too. I’m taking time to build myself back up and properly accept this new version of myself. I need to keep working on believing that I am enough.

04/05/2025

What an incredible job Rich and Rox have done with creating this wonderful book. It gives an amazing insight into what it can be like for an ADHD child to navigate school. It also highlights how much training still needs to be done so that neurotypical teachers can understand neurodivergent children’s experiences better. I don’t want to spoil the end of the story but it resonated so much with me and made me quite emotional.