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🎓Teacher, SENDCo and Deputy Head 20+yrs
🧠Specialist Mental Health Lead
🚸Qualified Child & Teen Mental Health Coach

✨Providing a safe space for children & teens to develop the mental health skills they need to T H R I V E ✨

23/02/2026

You cannot teach a brain that doesn’t feel safe. 🧠✨

With CAMHS waiting lists at an all-time high, the classroom isn’t just a place for learning anymore, it’s the front line of mental health support. But support doesn't have to mean "more work" or "more budget."

It means a strategic shift from compliance to regulation.

In my latest toolkit, I’ve mapped out how to build a mentally healthy culture across every stage:

✨EYFS: Moving from adult-led naming to sensory recognition (Mirrors, Peg Dolls, and Colour Monsters).
🏫 Primary: Building the "Internal Coach" voice through Visual Journals and Affirmation Anchors.
🎓 Secondary: Reducing "Social Threat" with Discrete Capacity Signals and 2-minute Grounding Anchors.

The goal? Lower the biological noise so the learning can actually happen.

20/02/2026

and the ✨ W I N N E R ✨ is . . .

18/02/2026

Only 48 hours left to nominate! ✨

A huge thank you to everyone who has liked, shared and voted! The winning school will be announced this Friday🤞🏼

If you havent seen the original post, you can find that (and my cheesy grin 🤣) here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUsRgX6jH8-/?igsh=cGJzcWVneWR6dGU0

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18/02/2026

“A year later & my daughter still uses what she learned” ✨

One of the most rewarding parts of my work is seeing a child move from “needing help” to “knowing how.” This beautiful review perfectly captures that journey.

I am often asked how long coaching lasts. The answer? Only as long as it takes for the child/teen to find strength in their own wings. Success in coaching isn’t about them needing me forever, its about enabling them to develop their own tooklit that they can use for a lifetime, long after sessions have ended.

The sessions are designed to be a season of growth. We work together until the child feels confident, capable, and ready to navigate life’s challenges using their own “brakes” and “accelerators.”

I might provide the map, but the flight belongs entirely to them. 🕊️✨🧠💪🏼

Cx

16/02/2026

Children’s Mental Health Week is over, but the conversation isn’t!

I’ve tagged some accounts doing an amazing job at supporting young people and their families navigate mental health in today’s world! 🧠✨

For further support & advice, give them a follow!
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13/02/2026

Happy half term everyone!
And to my fellow teachers and parents, “we made it!” 💪🏼

Full of pizza & left over biscuits from yesterdays parent workshop, and looking forward to having a week of being home for dinners, slow mornings & family time.

No 1:1 coaching sessions next week so I can fully recharge, ready to hold those special spaces again after the half term break.

Thank you to everyone who has helped keep mental health in the spotlight this week! 💡 I’m looking forward to doing more with schools and parents in the coming months ✨

It’s been a wholesome week, but I am officially pooped 🙃

“Tomorrow we can move mountains, but today we must rest” 😴🥱

13/02/2026

Happy half term everyone 👏🏻

& to my fellow teachers and parents, “we made it!” ✨

Full of pizza & left over biscuits from yestersday parent workshop and looking forward to having a week of being home for dinners, slow mornings & family time!

No 1:1 coaching sessions next week so I can fully recharge ready to hold those special spaces again after the half term break.

Thank you to everyone who has helped keep the mental health of our children and young people in the spotlight this week! 💡I’m looking forward to doing more with schools and parents in the coming months ✨

“Tomorrow we can move mountains, but today we rest” 🥱

13/02/2026

It’s Friday and it’s COMPETITION TIME! 🏆✨

First off, a huge thank you to everyone who has liked, shared, and commented on my posts this week. Your support keeps this vital conversation moving!

To celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week, I’m giving away a FREE Mental Health Assembly to one lucky local school! 🏫🧠

I’ll be heading to the winning school to deliver a session on a topic of their choice. Why? Because I believe that if children understand how their brains and nervous systems work, they can care for them for life. Be their safe space—their nervous systems will thank you for it. 🤍

HOW TO ENTER:
📌 TAG your chosen school (or multiple schools!) in the comments below.
📌 SHARE this post so as many schools as possible get a chance to enter!
📌 FOLLOW to stay updated.

There is no limit on entries, so get tagging! 🏷️

I’ll be announcing the winner, chosen at random, next FRIDAY. Let’s keep this conversation going and give back to our amazing local community! 🗣️🙌

12/02/2026

Home 🏡 after a wholesome evening delivering: Regulation Roadmap to a group of very special parents.

An evening spent immersed in all things behaviour and regulation. Filled with lived experiences, compassion, care, practical tips and hopefully lots of new learning! ✨🧠

Thank you to all who attended. How lucky our little people are to have you! ✨

12/02/2026

Bedford Schools... are you ready? 🧠

There is just ONE DAY LEFT before I reveal how you can nominate a local Bedford school to win a FREE Songbird mental health Assembly!

This is all about giving mental health the spotlight it deserves.

The winning school gets to lead the way 🗺️as the session will be completely bespoke to the unique needs of their children.

Why you want your school to win?
🌟 It’s a chance to put wellbeing at the very heart of the school day.
🌟 It celebrates mental health in a way that is fun, empowering, and positive.
🌟 It brings the whole community together to support mental health for our children and young people.

Let’s make some noise for the incredible schools in our Bedford community! 📣

Please share and save this post to be the first to know when nominations are open! ✨

12/02/2026

We try the deep breaths and the calm talk, but sometimes, the regulatory gap is just too wide for words to cross.

The truth? Regulation isn’t about “willpower” or “being good.” It’s a biological capacity.

When a child’s system is in system overload they aren’t being difficult, they are in survival mode.l and to get them back to homeostasis, we have to stop “policing” the behavior and start “nurturing” the nervous system.

Day #3 of Children’s Mental Health Week and ive out together some simple ways to widen your child’s Window of Tolerance and build the “brakes” they need to stay grounded.

11/02/2026

Why the shift from “Digital” to “Real World” can be so hard 📱

It’s Day 3 of Children’s Mental Health Week, and today I’m looking at the biological reality of screen time.

Yesterday was Safer Internet Day, where the focus was on the world our children enter when they go online. But as a coach, I’m equally interested in the biological shift they have to make when that screen finally goes off.

We’ve all seen it: the device is put away, system overload follows. 💥

From a brain-science perspective, high-stimulation screens act like a constant accelerator for the amygdala. While a child might look quiet on the sofa, their nervous system is often in system overload.
Their prefrontal cortex is working so hard to process the rapid-fire dopamine hits that they have very little capacity left to handle the slower, quieter pace of the real world.

Transitions aren’t a “behaviour” issue; they are a regulation issue.

To help our children navigate this, we need to move away from “abrupt stops” and toward sensory bridges and digital sunsets that allow their nervous system to settle gradually.

We don’t need to fear technology, but we do need to respect the biology of the developing brain.

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