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Sometimes we forget the impact we have on the people we love.We aren’t doing anything extraordinary… and yet, what we do...
26/11/2025

Sometimes we forget the impact we have on the people we love.

We aren’t doing anything extraordinary… and yet, what we don’t realise is that our presence, our softness, our steadiness, our care, becomes part of the air they breathe.

Someone feels safer when you walk into the room.
Someone rests deeper because you exist in their world.
Someone breathes a little easier because of the way you look at them, speak to them, hold them, understand them, check in on them.

You don’t have to be perfect to be someone’s calm.
You don’t have to have it all together to be someone’s anchor.
You don’t have to shine to be someone’s soft place to land.

Your daily acts of love, yes, even the quiet ones you dismiss as “nothing”
are shaping someone’s nervous system in the most healing way.

So if today feels heavy…
let this land gently:

You matter more than you know.
And the way you love is someone’s safe harbour. 🤍

Send this to someone who is your soft place to land.


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This week, let’s not rush our way into Monday.You don’t have to match anyone else’s pace or push yourself into a version...
24/11/2025

This week, let’s not rush our way into Monday.

You don’t have to match anyone else’s pace or push yourself into a version of “productive” that costs you your peace.

Your nervous system already knows the tempo you need.

Some weeks ask for momentum.
Some weeks ask for softness.
Some weeks ask for rest, reflection, or just one small step at a time.

All of it is okay.

You do not have to override your body to prove your worth.
You do not have to hurry to keep up.
You are allowed to move slowly.
You are allowed to move gently.
You are allowed to honour what your system can hold today.

And for parents and carers, slowing down isn’t selfish.
You’re modelling what real self-care looks like.
You’re teaching your children how to listen to their own bodies too.

May this week meet you kindly.
May you meet yourself kindly too. 🤍

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As we come to the end of another week, let’s celebrate all the small things that mattered.The tiny choices… soft shifts…...
21/11/2025

As we come to the end of another week, let’s celebrate all the small things that mattered.
The tiny choices… soft shifts… the moments you didn’t give yourself credit for.

Maybe you got out of bed on a day that felt heavy.
Maybe you paused before reacting.
Maybe you rested when your mind said “keep going.”
Maybe you took the bins out, cooked a meal, folded a few clothes.
Maybe you showered, brushed your teeth, or simply lay still when your body asked you to.
Maybe you softened, even just a little.

You don’t need a breakthrough to be proud of yourself.
Your nervous system feels every little act of care,
every quiet moment of courage,
every time you honoured your needs, even in the smallest ways.

So before the week ends,
offer yourself a half-smile,
a slow breath,
and a gentle “I did okay.”

Because you did.
More than okay.
You were human. Beautifully, softly human. 🌿

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Our nervous system is shaped by every experience we have lived through.It responds before we can explain, plan, or “logi...
19/11/2025

Our nervous system is shaped by every experience we have lived through.
It responds before we can explain, plan, or “logic” our way out of it.

It’s your body’s internal intuition, a deep, ancient intelligence.
Our body speaks in sensations long before the mind forms a sentence.

When we stop fighting our responses and start listening, something softens:
the shame loosens,
the fear settles,
and self-blame begins to turn into understanding.

The narrative changes from “what have I done wrong, what is wrong with me, why can’t I manage?” to one that say’s “what is my nervous system trying to tell me?”

You don’t need to be calmer.
Your body is asking to feel safer.
And that begins with listening.

Safety begins with listening to your body’s language.
Not judging. Just noticing.

🌿













We did it.Another week.Maybe not perfectly, maybe not the way we hopedbut we got up, we kept going, we showed up.We made...
14/11/2025

We did it.
Another week.
Maybe not perfectly, maybe not the way we hoped
but we got up, we kept going, we showed up.

We made decisions.
We felt things deeply.
We did small, quiet, ordinary things that mattered
to us, and to the people we care about.

And that’s worth celebrating.
Celebrating the gentle, quiet steps.

Progress isn’t always visible.
It isn’t always big.
Sometimes it’s in the smile you offered,
the boundary you kept,
the moment you paused instead of pushing through.

As this week closes,
take a second to honour yourself
not for what you achieved,
but for the simple, sacred act of being here.

You matter, even in the moments you don’t feel like you do.
You are doing better than you think.
You are loved.
You are worthy.
Keep going, one gentle step at a time. 🌿















Today marks seven years since my brother took his life.He was the third man in my family to die this way.Each person has...
12/11/2025

Today marks seven years since my brother took his life.
He was the third man in my family to die this way.

Each person has their own story,
their own reason why life felt too much to bear.

I respect and honour my brother’s decision
he did what was right for him.

Those words still don’t feel real,
and yet they’ve shaped the whole direction of my life and my work.

When I speak about mental health,
when I sit with young people who feel lost, unseen, or overwhelmed,
I carry them with me, every one of those men.

Men who were kind, capable, funny.
Men who were loved. Truly loved.
Men who couldn’t find a way to hold their pain safely.

Male su***de remains one of the leading causes of death.
Not because men don’t feel,
but because too often, they’re taught to feel alone.

We lose men not for lack of strength,
but for lack of spaces where it’s safe to soften.

If you are reading this and feel heavy, please know:
you don’t have to carry it by yourself.

Reach out. Speak.
Let someone hold a little of it with you.

And if you love a man,
check in - not just when he’s struggling,
but on the quiet, ordinary days too.

This is why I do the work I do.
To make feeling safe again.
To make being human something we don’t have to do alone. 🤍

There will always be things that feel uncomfortable, there is always uncertainty, fear, doubt and much of our time can b...
10/11/2025

There will always be things that feel uncomfortable, there is always uncertainty, fear, doubt and much of our time can be spent trying to eradicate the uncomfortable.

This week I am working with teens to help them let these feelings come along and instead of getting swept under by them, helping them learn to move towards what truly matters in life.

When we know our values such as kindness, connection, creativity, freedom, they become our compass.
Even small steps in that direction build a life that feels like yours.

We don’t need confidence before we start.
Just a little willingness to move toward the life you want, one breath at a time. 🌿

Discomfort doesn’t have to mean disconnection. It can sit beside courage










After a season of rest and reflection, her energy begins to bloom.This is her summer, a time of expansion, connection, a...
08/11/2025

After a season of rest and reflection, her energy begins to bloom.
This is her summer, a time of expansion, connection, and creativity.

During this part of her cycle you might notice her becoming more social, expressive, or full of ideas. You may see her light shining brighter again, maybe she is smiling more, wanting to be more social, happy to connect with you and others again.
Her confidence feels stronger, her laughter more frequent, her sparkle returning.

Even in this season of fullness, she still needs safety, safety to be herself and
permission to shine without pressure to perform.

Summer is the season of outward energy,
but it’s also when the world can become loud, busy, and demanding.
Your role is to help her hold her centre amidst all that movement.

✨ Try this:

Encourage expression without expectation

Help her pace herself

Celebrate her for being, not just doing

When we honour her summer, we remind her that joy and energy are natural states that arise when her nervous system feels safe enough to expand. 🌿





When your child can no longer be in school,it can feel like everything is unravelling.Like you’re standing in the space ...
07/11/2025

When your child can no longer be in school,
it can feel like everything is unravelling.
Like you’re standing in the space between what was and what’s next
This space is unknown with no map, no milestones, just uncertainty.

This space can be an invitation to pause and let healing begin.

A space where your child’s nervous system starts to rest after running for so long.
Where you begin to trust your instincts again,
even when the world around you doesn’t understand.

I’ve seen so many young people find their way forward from here
once the pressure to “keep up” is replaced by compassion, safety, and time.
They rebuild. They re-root.
And they rise stronger.

You’re not standing still.
You’re holding space for growth that doesn’t yet have a name. 🌱

Teen Girls Series – Honouring Her CyclesAs your teen’s energy begins to rise again after a quieter phase, you might noti...
01/11/2025

Teen Girls Series – Honouring Her Cycles

As your teen’s energy begins to rise again after a quieter phase, you might notice the small signs
more laughter, curiosity, or movement.
Perhaps she’s starting to reach out again… then gently pulling back.

Her nervous system is slowly finding its way back to connection after a period of rest and regulation.

It is a delicate phase for her, one of balance that honours her energy of what has been and what is coming

This re-emergence is about safety
trusting her body, listening to its rhythms,
and finding a pace that honours her cycle.

The world will rush to meet her with expectations,
but what she really needs is patience.

If she pushes too hard or too fast,
she becomes disconnected from what her body is asking for.

✨ Honour her rhythm.
✨ Trust her pace.
✨ Mirror her gentleness.

Allow her to bloom again,
in her own time, in her own way. 🌿

Today, let’s lean into a sacred pause.When we place our hands on our heart, we remind our body that it’s safe to arrive ...
31/10/2025

Today, let’s lean into a sacred pause.

When we place our hands on our heart, we remind our body that it’s safe to arrive here, now.

We drop our shoulders, we soften into all that we’ve held,
all that we’ve survived,
all that still feels unknown.

This small act of presence says:
I’m still here.
I’m safe enough to breathe.
I don’t have to hold it all alone.

A gentle reminder for today:
your body is always listening to the way you treat it.

Be kind.
Breathe deeply.
Come home to yourself, softly. 🤍

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