Low-Key Self Care

What is Low-key Self Care? Sometimes when we are feeling down, that we are just surviving and barely hanging in […]

The Cuddle Alarm (a simple tool to increase feelings of safety in our children)

  To facilitate access to all PowerWood articles in the PowerWoods Emotional Coronavirus Crisis Guide are also available to non-members. […]

Our Response to a Crisis – Stress Responses explained

Please visit for medical health guidelines and regulations your government website and your local healthcare provider website. Thank you. Our Response […]

School’s Out – Adjusting to sudden Home-Education

Frequently asked questions  In the last two weeks, clients have been asking regularly the same questions.  How do I reassure […]

“How did I survive against the odds?”

Protective factors against suicide for children and teens I was a very unhappy 12-year-old.  Being too tall, too feminine and […]

My Secret Powers – Tribute to my ‘Oma’ (=Gran in Dutch)-

Standing Out as a Pre-Teen When I was 11 years old I was already over 1.80m (5.9f), and my very […]

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 […]