The Kind Centre

The Kind Centre making sure children, caregivers and other professionals learn how to handle big feelings.

Here’s what lights me up: helping a child to work through their feelings in a way that feels non-confrontational while providing them with the space to practice new skills. If you are a professional I offer many CPD accredited courses on: trauma, working with children, child abuse and self-development so feel free to contact me so we can see how I can help you serve those you work with better!

Words matter.I have had grown ups say to me “I’m not really good at voicing my feelings, my mom told me I was always shy...
09/10/2025

Words matter.

I have had grown ups say to me “I’m not really good at voicing my feelings, my mom told me I was always shy as a kid.”

Something they were told as a child has stuck with them for decades, shaped them. Made them form opinions and changed the way they’ve interacted with others.

The way you speak to yourself matters. The way you frame your actions matter. The way you help your child describe themselves matters. You can reframe the words that were used to describe you as a child to be something positive today.

There’s always time to change the way you view yourself. Always time to start over new. Always time to change the way you speak to yourself.

Be kind to yourself. You’re doing the best you can. ♥️

Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can. You’re growing. You’re changing. You’re supposed to. ✨
07/10/2025

Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can. You’re growing. You’re changing. You’re supposed to. ✨

We’re not able to “fix” what we cannot see. 👀 That’s why Olivia Unplugged suggests mapping out monthly check-ins 📝 When ...
06/10/2025

We’re not able to “fix” what we cannot see. 👀

That’s why Olivia Unplugged suggests mapping out monthly check-ins 📝 When you visualize what’s happening in your life, you can see what needs attention and how you’re really doing.
This exercise turns the progress or areas for improvement into something you can see and measure. 💭🙌🏼

So let’s start by drawing a circle 🖍️ Divide it into slices ✂️
Label each slice with an area of life (career, health, finances, relationships, fun, etc) and plot where you are right now, then connect the dots. 📈

You’ll see the shape of your life. Some parts full, some needing care. You’ll see where you’re “off balance.” ⚖️

And that’s where reflection begins:
What went well this month?
What needs improvement?
What am I most proud of?
What do I want to stop, start, or continue?

Checking in with yourself doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes you just need to peel it back and see it in front of you and then you can start to think what you need! When I first saw this I was like “uh no, I don’t need to draw what I feel or know” BUT it’s been really helpful for me, for my supervisees and for my clients. Just an idea of how we can map things out because sometimes we aren’t doing “bad” in every aspect, sometimes it just feels that way!

So try it out and be kind to yourself while you do 💛

We always want to be the best parents to little ones! 💛 To have the greatest techniques, most on point reactions, to be ...
03/10/2025

We always want to be the best parents to little ones! 💛

To have the greatest techniques, most on point reactions, to be on their level and channel our inner parenting gurus.

BUT life happens and sometimes instead of doing more the best thing to be is present. 🙌🏼

To be there for a child in the moment is far more important than having the very best response.

Take the pressure off yourself. You’re doing the best you can. Your child just wants YOU. ✨

A midweek reminder ☀️
01/10/2025

A midweek reminder ☀️

Feeling stuck in your sessions? Wondering what else you could try with children?Looking for tools that are actually prac...
01/10/2025

Feeling stuck in your sessions?
Wondering what else you could try with children?
Looking for tools that are actually practical and not another worksheet?

Simone Robinson (MSW) and Carryn Hennessy (MSW) have put together a 5-hour online course to share the things we actually reach for in practice! 🎨

🎓You’ll get 3 CPD points
🥳Resources and notes included
🌻Fresh ideas to use right away

When: 28 October 2025, 9am–2pm
Cost: R500

We’d love to have you join us. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/9pYDSc5Dhri1Z86B6 and you will receive all the information! 💌

Reach out if you have any questions! 💛

I saw this trend and loved it: a procrastination party.The idea is simple. You get together with friends, hold each othe...
30/09/2025

I saw this trend and loved it: a procrastination party.
The idea is simple. You get together with friends, hold each other accountable, and do the things you’ve been putting off. 📝

It works because of something called body doubling. That’s when having someone else present, even virtually, helps you stay on task. It’s less about them helping you do the thing, and more about their presence keeping you focused. 👀

I’ve started doing this with friends. We set up a video call, and each of us tackles something we’ve been avoiding. Last week one person caught up on client notes, another answered overdue emails, while I unpacked boxes of books onto a shelf. We laughed, we chatted, and we gently nudged each other back when distractions crept in. 😉

Sometimes the smallest things take up the biggest space in your head-folding laundry, replacing a lightbulb, filing notes. When you finally do them, it feels like you’ve made more room to breathe. 🙇🏻‍♀️

So here’s your invitation: 🥳
Find someone, set a time, and hold each other accountable. Whatever you’ve been procrastinating, do it together. 🙌🏼

You spend a lot of time inside your head. You spend your entire life hearing yourself. The words you speak become the ho...
29/09/2025

You spend a lot of time inside your head. You spend your entire life hearing yourself. The words you speak become the house you live in 🏡 so speak with kindness and be kind to yourself 💛

Someone sent me this today, and it stopped me for a moment.A reminder that everyone is going through something, even if ...
26/09/2025

Someone sent me this today, and it stopped me for a moment.

A reminder that everyone is going through something, even if we don’t see it.

That person who seems distracted isn’t ignoring you, they’re worrying about how to pay their bills. 😩

The one who avoids eye contact isn’t cold, they’re checking their surroundings 👀

The friend who fidgets when you talk isn’t disinterested, they’re overwhelmed with excitement 🤩

We don’t always know the full story.
And that’s okay.
What we can do is meet each other with kindness, because behind every window, every glance, every silence, there is more than meets the eye 💛

What we often call “attention-seeking” is really connection-seeking. When a child acts out, they are showing us their ne...
25/09/2025

What we often call “attention-seeking” is really connection-seeking. When a child acts out, they are showing us their need for attachment, safety, and belonging. Instead of seeing the behavior as a problem, we can see it as communication. Your regulated response, your presence, and your willingness to connect can make the difference between a child feeling unseen and a child feeling secure.

Doesn’t mean it’s easy, it takes practice and a moment to reflect. But they are learning just as you are so be kind to yourself and to them 💛

I was listening to a podcast the other day when the host said, “It’s easier to pull than to push.” At first I thought, “...
24/09/2025

I was listening to a podcast the other day when the host said, “It’s easier to pull than to push.” At first I thought, “What does that even mean?” 👀

They explained that when we push people, we’re trying to force them into something. We push them toward an idea, a behavior, or a change we think they need. But pushing often creates resistance. The harder we push, the harder they push back.

Pulling works differently. Pulling is about inviting. It’s about drawing people closer, including them, and creating something they want to step into. It’s easier to pull someone along by opening a space where they feel safe and curious than to push them somewhere they don’t want to go.

That made me pause. How often do we try to push people- into therapy, into change, into growth, even into conversations- when what we need to do is pull them toward us? To stop forcing and start including.
When we shift from pushing to pulling, we move from pressure to presence. We stop saying “you must” and start saying “you’re welcome here.” And that small change can make all the difference. 🙇🏻‍♀️

I saw this quote and have had it saved on my phone for months! The idea originally was that, whatever circumstances you ...
22/09/2025

I saw this quote and have had it saved on my phone for months! The idea originally was that, whatever circumstances you are born into, is how you’ll expect the world to be. What happens and what is modelled to you, will make you assume that it’s true for all.

I think as a therapist we so often want to model and re pattern for a child within the room. Teaching them that what they might’ve experienced is not necessarily what has to be. It can be changed, a perspective can be altered, something new can be experienced.

As a social worker, this pattern of being born into burning houses and then taking that same ignition to a new space is one I have seen repeated over and over again. But we don’t do this work to just put fires out, we do this work to make sure they don’t spread or spark another 🔥

So for those of you born into a house on fire, you can change, you can extinguish or just not feed it anymore 🔥 for those who see a house on fire, you can help, you can remodel and you can build… it’s an interesting thought that I’ve really grappled with over the last few months. One that originally left me feeling a little helpless, like standing with a bucket in front of a building 🪣

But now…. I feel empowered to think that there are many people who were born into a house on fire who chose to not allow it to spread. Who chose to remodel and fix and protect. We can all play a part, we can all change, we can all create something new, it doesn’t have to be seen as fire and ash… it can be seen as a chance to build and start again.

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Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
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Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
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