Preparing for Christmas
Each year when our daughter was young, the carefully crafted balance in our family always started to go pear-shaped around […]
“Oh Sweety, …..” (a simple tool for when our children are overwhelmed)
Sadly also our children will encounter challenging times. When our children are overwhelmed and in the cycle of emotional and […]
Our Kind Voice (a simple tool to give guidance to our child)
Most of our negative or what I prefer to call not-helpful thoughts derive from what our parents or the other […]
A strength or weakness? – Imaginational OE
Including the ‘Happy Place’ tool and the ‘Two wolves – a Cherokee legend’ as a strategy within the Multilevel Emotion […]
How I get back on track
Or my list of low-key self care tools New awareness I used to read about self care practices, but I […]
“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 – […]
“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 […]
“She was really wound up, deeply depressed, withdrawn, not talking to anyone”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 […]
“The biggest challenge is not being understood and being forced to fit in” Mum of three about life with OE’s
How and when did you first realise your children were different? With my oldest I knew from young that he […]
“My 4 year old was so overwhelmed by her emotions she wanted to end her life”
Names have been changed When did you learn about OE? I first came across PowerWood when my daughter was very […]