Kelly Wood - One Awesome Woman

Kelly Wood - One Awesome Woman Here at One Awesome Woman I love helping women who have families with complex needs find their way forward. Seen. Supported. Acknowledged.

I was chatting to one of my clients and talking about how suffocating it can be to be at home, to feel like your life ha...
25/01/2026

I was chatting to one of my clients and talking about how suffocating it can be to be at home, to feel like your life has been cut off at the knees.

How you can't go back to a traditional job because you need to be no more than 10 minutes away.

How you can't talk about the real things that happen in your home because it's just too hard to admit.

How all-consuming it can be.

And on the flip side, how you rejoice over milestones met that everyone else takes for granted.

How pure the joy is, often over strange things (like the THX logo sound)

It can be hard and amazing at the same time.

You can want to run away and hide but worry about your kids when they are with someone else.

How much duality there can be.

Please know, that I see you.

I know that this is hard. I know because I live it too.

And it's only together that we pull each other through.

Much love
Kelly xx

What do you wish schools knew about supporting your kids?Knowing that staff in schools do well when they can too ( a gre...
21/01/2026

What do you wish schools knew about supporting your kids?

Knowing that staff in schools do well when they can too ( a great reminder from Ross Greene).

We have come from a setting where children are raised in a village. More and more we know that's no longer the case. An...
18/01/2026

We have come from a setting where children are raised in a village.

More and more we know that's no longer the case. And we know that that village is even less for people with kids with additional needs.

So many of my clients talk to me about feeling isolated, alone, and no one even taking the time to get to know them and their amazing kiddos, because all they see is the big behaviour and tap out.

And I get it. It can be super confronting to watch a child who is really struggling with their emotions.

So, this is my challenge to everyone out there - not just those who are already in the fray of additional needs parenting - ask that Mumma how you can help.

Some suggestions might be:
Can you grab a cuppa with them, and if it's at their house because that's where their kid is the most comfortable, do that with no judgment on what their home looks like
Ask how long is good for a visit. 30 minutes might be a good time.
Offer to pick up their person's favourite sack (paying attention to the brand details, because yes... it matters)
Send them a text and let them know that you are thinking of them
Invite them with no issue if they say no, or they come and leave early. Don't assume that they won't want to come. Let them make that choice.
Ask them how you can help accommodate their children. Perhaps it's being able to turn up early to a party, or having a quiet space for them, or their favourite foods out.

Sometimes it's the smallest things that are the things that help people feel loved.

Kelly xx

I had a client contact me today and let me know that the school had reached out to ask what the year was likely to look ...
14/01/2026

I had a client contact me today and let me know that the school had reached out to ask what the year was likely to look like for her kiddo.

She was NOT ready!

I get it.... schools are starting to return to life...

Our nervous systems are not ready for these calls.

So many of us are still recovering from last year!!

Go gently people.

On the thirty first day of December Kelly said to me...Thank you for sticking with her right through the 31 days of Dece...
31/12/2025

On the thirty first day of December Kelly said to me...

Thank you for sticking with her right through the 31 days of December.

May the new year bring peace, new strategies and people into your life that help everyone in your family flourish.

I'm so grateful to each and every one of you.

Much love
Kelly

On the thirtieth of December Kelly said to me....If you are really struggling with the holidays, don't struggle alone. P...
30/12/2025

On the thirtieth of December Kelly said to me....

If you are really struggling with the holidays, don't struggle alone.

Please contact one of the organisations that is designed to help you.

Lifeline
13 11 14
Call 24/7 for crisis support and su***de prevention services

Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636
Call 24/7 for advice, referral and support from a trained mental health professional

Su***de Call Back Service
1300 659 467
24/7 free counselling and support for people at risk of su***de, carers and bereaved

13 Yarn
13 92 76
24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

MensLine Australia
1300 78 99 78
24/7 telephone and online support for men with emotional health and relationship concerns

Kids Helpline
1800 55 1800
24/7 private and confidential phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25

1800RESPECT
1800 737 732
24/7 counselling, information and referrals for sexual assault, domestic and family violence

On the twenty-ninth day of December Kelly said to me...The heat can be unrelenting over Christmas.Use washcloths, ice, ...
29/12/2025

On the twenty-ninth day of December Kelly said to me...

The heat can be unrelenting over Christmas.

Use washcloths, ice, water play, cool singlets, boxer shorts (for boys and girls), tepid baths, sprinklers, the hose, air conditioning, the pool, trampoline with the hose (always a hit at our home)

There's probably heaps more tips. If you have any good ways for dealing with the heat, let me know!

On the twenty..... I don't even know... day of December Kelly said to me....What day is it?I don't even know!I'm water-l...
27/12/2025

On the twenty..... I don't even know... day of December Kelly said to me....

What day is it?

I don't even know!

I'm water-logged and have drunk a bit too much wine and dealt with a few meltdowns (not all from the young people!)

I've done enough talking. How are you going?

On the four hundredth and fifty-seventh day of December Kelly said to me....Have you seen my feet?I ate too much ham!!
27/12/2025

On the four hundredth and fifty-seventh day of December Kelly said to me....

Have you seen my feet?

I ate too much ham!!

On the twenty-sixth day of December Kelly said to me....There may be a letdown. And it's sometimes a wave that you need ...
26/12/2025

On the twenty-sixth day of December Kelly said to me....

There may be a letdown.

And it's sometimes a wave that you need to ride with compassion.

Maybe Christmas was disastrous. Maybe the meltdown was epic. Maybe the chaos and the people and the food and all the different was just too much.

It's ok to feel a little down. defeated. exhausted.

Take some time if you can to lay on the couch with your feet above your head regaining a little bit of your sense of self. Maybe even watch some cricket if it doesn't make your eye twitch.

Much love
Kelly

On the twenty-fifth of December Kelly said to me....Happy Christmas!May you have a calm and enjoyable Christmas.And if i...
25/12/2025

On the twenty-fifth of December Kelly said to me....

Happy Christmas!

May you have a calm and enjoyable Christmas.

And if it doesn't look insta perfect, don't stress. There's only a very small amount of the population that makes that happen!

Much love
Kelly xx

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