PowerWood celebrating (Neuro)diversity
- in our forever changing world -
PowerWood C.I.C., a leading UK not-for-profit, community-driven, social venture is committed to raising awareness about neurodiversity as a positive force for change in society. We believe neurodiversity is the result of normal, natural variation in humans. We celebrate this different way of looking at conditions or innate abilities, which have been traditionally pathologised. This point of view is increasingly supported by science, and is challenging widespread social norms and stigmas. Our focus is on compassionately and creatively supporting children and (young) individuals adapting any behaviour that keeps them from following their dreams and achieving their personal aims. PowerWood is shaping its services to the current changes in our society by further exploring and developing our online platform as well as expanding our support to individuals and their families.
PowerWood's Latest Posts
- from building emotional resilience to kickstarting your or your child's creativity -
PowerWood's Personal Journeys
- sharing from a personal and professional perspective -
PowerWood's Creative Corner & Kids Corner
- from using creativity to bond, dairy and gluten free cupcakes to stories written by children-
PowerWood's Services
- from free tests to improve understanding of ourselves and our children, tips, tools and strategies to calm overwhelm to online individual and family support -
The different types of Overexcitability (OE) explained
Understanding how the different types of intensity, sensitivity and hyper-reactivity, seen as Overexcitability (OE) in the psychological world, might influence ourselves and our children

Our heart and soul
Supporting neurodiverse individuals and families with non-neuro-typical and overexcitable (OE) children towards leading a more fulfilling and/or harmonious family life
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True to ourselves
Informing and educating ourselves helps us to feel confident and secure with our role as an advocate for either ourselves or for our child and to make informed decisions about our journey in life
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Join our tribe and support PowerWood in sharing cutting-edge research-based information, strategies and tools that are compassionately adaptable to our personal lifestyle choices and belief system to all neurodiverse families
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PowerWood's Informative Videos
Get information, tools and strategies by listening to Simone de Hoogh's conversations with members of the PowerWoods Community
Supporting our children through Transitions
Simone de Hoogh: why she started PowerWood
PowerWood Camp 2017 Children’s film
Radically Compassionate ...
... with our children AND ourselves - explore the options in a Free Introductory Online Talk with Simone de Hoogh
OUR STORIES
Read Stories of others facing some of the same challenges
A significant change for our relationship with our son…
Hi Simone, Thanks so much for meeting with my partner and me the other week and for your insights on our relationship […]
The school thought it was helpful to get Social Services involved…
“Hi Simone I thought you’d be pleased to know that since our session this week I am now already back […]
I can say to my daughter that other people feel like this…
When I first read about PowerWood I thought it was interesting because my kids are really quite sensitive. They will […]
Simone de Hoogh's Newest Blogs and Vlogs
Follow Simone on her personal journey and read about her reflections, experiences in life and in her consultancy practice
‘You are not invited!’ & ‘You’re a cheater!’ (Alternative Scenarios Game)
All posts by Simone de Hoogh This post includes ‘Alternative Scenarios Game’, a tool to increase the ability of a […]
What if we’re exhausted?
Dedicated to Ellie To be fair, it wouldn’t surprise me if you are! Parenting a neurodivergent child is not easy […]
It is immensely powerful…
Dear Simone, I loved your article on real compliments. It was very timely for me and I am attempting to […]
PowerWood's Memberships and informative eBooks
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