Parenting
Before We Call It Behaviour
Before We Call It Behaviour Children of colour, mixed-heritage identity, childhood trauma and those whose nervous-system state gets misunderstood A child raises their voice. Another ...
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PVI
Always Chosen, Never Choosing
Agency, resentment and belonging What does it mean to be “the chosen one”? The protection within not choosing When neurodivergence shapes the pattern When choosing ...
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Parenting
When Nervous Systems Collide at Home
Looking beyond blame in children, teenagers and family relationships Taking Family Nervous-System Patterns to the Polyvagal Institute Gathering What Do I Mean by “Nervous Systems ...
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PVI
When Nervous Systems Collide
The parallel bowling lanes in the image above offer a visual metaphor for two nervous systems within one relationship. Both may be moving towards the ...
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Parenting
Beyond “How Do You Feel?”
Why I Created the R.U.D Process® and What’s My State?® My Experience of Freeze The Demands Hidden Inside “How Do You Feel?” Why I Created ...
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PVI
The Person Who Says Less May Not Feel Less
One person says: “I love you. I want this relationship. I choose you.” The other says: “You need to make your own decision. I don’t ...
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Parenting
Talking Isn’t Just Talking: Why Communication Doesn’t Always Mean Speaking
Communication is about far more than words. Many parents come to us saying: “We’ve talked about it a hundred times.” “My child won’t tell me ...
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Press
Watoto Play Receives National Autistic Taskforce Founder’s Award to Launch Accessible Parent Wellbeing Programme Across Yorkshire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Watoto Play Receives National Autistic Taskforce Founder’s Award to Launch Accessible Parent Wellbeing Programme Across Yorkshire Watoto Play’s Finding My Steady with ...
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Press
From Quiet Support to Official Partnership: Why Becoming a Patron and Children’s Mental Health Ambassador Matters
From Quiet Support to Official Partnership: Why Becoming a Patron and Children’s Mental Health Ambassador Matters Recently, I was honoured to be appointed as a ...
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Spoken Word
Protected: The Word I Use Instead
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