12/02/2026
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐
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Sometimes, the most powerful transformations begin with uncertainty.
For Hollie Barber, becoming a Relax Kids coach wasnโt just a career change โ it was a leap of faith that led to purpose, passion, and a future filled with colour, creativity, and calm.
At just 25 years old and a mother of two, Hollie lived in a small village in West Dorset. Her journey to Relax Kids began during a time of transition and self-reflection.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ,โ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. โIโ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โ
In 2017, she came across Relax Kids and knew sheโd found something special. โI ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.โ
That start has quickly turned into a thriving, life-changing career.
Since becoming a full-time Relax Kids coach in September, Hollie has already made a huge impact. She works in five primary schools offering both in-curriculum sessions and
after-school clubs, runs Saturday classes at a local dance academy, and hosts holiday workshops. Within just six months, she expanded into seven primary schools, one preschool, and one secondary school โ many of which fund the sessions themselves.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,โ she says. โ๐๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ! ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ โ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.โ
Her creativity shines in every aspect of her work. From designing lesson plans and crafting activities to creating posters and marketing materials, Hollie brings colour and joy to every session. And the children can feel it.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐น๐ต๐ฉ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ!โ
But the greatest reward, she says, is the difference she sees in the children.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด โ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
Since training, Hollie has continues to help her own children grow with calm and confidence as well as help others, applying the Relax Kids ethos to her new professional roles within schools.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด - ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐
