“Innately empowering and humanising: We all need more of this!”
Interview with PowerWood’s Director Carolyn Sargentson I had seen Simone’s [founder of PowerWood] stand at a home education camp – […]
Crushing Feelings led to very rewarding Eternal Quest of Self-Discovery
One of Simone’s Challenges “When my now adult son was a teenager, he was very frustrated and angry. He was […]
Overwhelmed by Guilt and Shame while Parenting? Congrats!
Or Explanation of the Gap-Energy “When Mark (4) kicks his younger brother (3) I feel so helpless and often start […]
How to stop hurting when our Child is in Pain
When I asked in the PowerWood Closed Group on FaceBook what subjects you would like me to write about, one […]
Gap Energy Explained
Updated 03-04-2019 Gap Energy is a Concept in the Multilevel Emotion Regulation Theory (MERT) developed by Simone de Hoogh. Every […]
Multifaceted Emotion Regulation Theory (MERT)
Introduction MERT Multifaceted Emotion Regulation Theory (MERT) © Simone de Hoogh – Preliminary Version For (More)Able Neurodiverse Children, Teens and […]
The Cycle of Emotional and Sensory Overload
The Cycle of Emotional and Sensory Overload gives you a compassionate perspective on ‘naughty’ behaviour in our children and out […]
Baseline
Baseline is one of the main concepts in the Multilevel Emotional Regulation Theory (MERT) developed by Simone de Hoogh. In PowerWood we […]
“She was really wound up, deeply depressed, withdrawn, not talking to anyone”
‘Airy fairy’ When my daughter Lisa* started at a preschool group, the staff noticed that she was a bit ‘airy […]
Top 3 Tips to Up your Baseline (Energy and Resilience Level)
Simone de Hoogh‘s Blog In PowerWood we always talk about our Baseline. What do we mean by that? Baseline is […]