Holistic Steps

21/01/2026

A lovely morning at Swansea Stadium for Swansea Council's annual ALN Conference. Always a pleasure to be a part of 🩵. We had lots of chats about the importance of TRUE staff wellbeing. We all agreed that you absolutely can pour from an empty cup and that so many professionals in caring roles are doing this at great cost to their own mental and physical health. There is however another way, a way where we can offer the best support to children and young people by offering the best support to ourselves.

The Holistic Steps ethos - knowledge is power. Learning to understand ourselves leads to compassion which leads to change. Life does not have to be as hard as it sometimes feels. There is another way 🩵

Our question today was a big one - 'What I wish I'd known'. Thank you to those who were vulnerable enough to join in and share what they wish they could tell their younger self. Some fantastic advice we could all benefit from. Another inspiring day.

19/01/2026

Thank you so much to each and every one of the inspirational ladies who completed our Holistic Steps to Wellbeing programme today, your schools are so lucky to have you 🩵. Being self employed is not always easy but it is always worth it for us. It has been an absolute honour to get to walk this journey with you. Thank you for trusting us, remember to trust yourselves 🩵

04/01/2026

Tonight we write our annual letters to ourselves. This is a practice we have done for the last 7 years and it really is a magical one ✨.

If you'd like to join us we'd recommend you start by doing something relaxing. A nice walk, a warm bath, whatever you like. Next, create a cosy, inviting space to honour the process 🙏. For us it is soft lighting, pjs and blankets. Take a few slow breaths and put pen to paper ✍️ . The letter always begins 'Dear Me'. It always contains our hopes and dreams for the year ahead (e.g. family hopes, relationship hopes, work hopes, your individual hopes) ✨ .

The letters will be sealed and reopened around new year next year. Reading it feels like time travel, a letter from me to me containing all the things I wanted future me to read. It feels like a hug from myself. It feels like I have my own back. The subconscious thrives with direction yet every year I am always surprised by just how much has come true ✨🩵.

Give it a try 🖋️🩵. If you feel resistance when doing it reach out to us, committing things to paper can be tough, even when it's from you to you. This can be overcome, we are happy to give you some guidance.

03/01/2026

A new year. A turning of a page, maybe a new chapter, maybe even a new book 📖. We have spent alot of time the last few days looking back at the year before and looking forward to the year ahead. 2025 was a huge year of growth for us 🤯 🩵

Professionally we launched our long imagined (and researched!) flagship programme, The Holistic Steps to Wellbeing. The pride we have felt in each and every person who has joined us on this journey goes beyond anything we have ever experienced professionally. Each programme is different because each person is different. We so wanted this programme to work, and it has. We are so grateful to all who trusted us 🙏 🩵

Personally the growth has been enormous as anyone who is or has parented a toddler can vouch for. Our daughter has brought more joy and pride to our lives than we could ever have hoped for. She inspires us every day with how open she has kept her heart when so many would have closed it. She truly is such a special soul. Running a business while parenting has not always been easy but my girl it has been worth it for you. Thank you for the daily reminder to do the work, to pour into ourselves so we can pour in to you ✨ 🩵

We have exciting plans for 2026 including the launch of our new website and Train the Trainer programme. We can't wait to share it all with you and for those who are currently working with us we look forward to helping you ease into the new year with both strength and softness. You can be both. Sending love, Josh and Leanne 🩵

29/12/2025

As we approach the end of the year it is common to reflect, to consider change. If this is you, this video is for you 🩵.

A video to encourage you to consider what you want. There are many routes towards your destination, find the one that works with your individual system🩵.

However, if you are someone who is in no way ready to take the practical steps - remember we are in the middle of winter ❄️. The season is inviting us to hibernate. It is ok if that's all you want to do right now. Pause, rest and recharge. Spring (and in many ways the true new year) is just around the corner 🌱✨.

If you are making changes or not, please do so with softness. You are already doing your best 🩵.

24/12/2025

We'd like to wish each and every person who we've shared space with this year a Merry Christmas. We hope you have the Christmas period you need 🩵.

We approach the end of year with gratitude and pride for all that we have achieved but also excitement for the year ahead.

This time of year can be an emotional rollercoaster. For those who love Christmas, soak up every second. Remember to slow down enough to enjoy it! For those who find it difficult, this too shall pass, you are not alone. Acknowledge to yourself that it is difficult and use your 'toolkit' with grace and compassion 🩵

For me (Leanne), it is a time that I thought might never happen. I get to utter the words 'Santa has been!' to the most special soul I have ever met on Christmas Day morning. I could pinch myself. I am so lucky to be her mum. I get to wonder in the magic that he is as a dad.

So here's us sending you love and thanks for a magical year 🩵

From our Family to yours - Merry Christmas 🎄

23/11/2025

Sometimes the inside of our mind can feel more like a battlefield than a sacred space. This is something that can be healed. You CAN move towards a life where there is space for self-compassion, for a you that is on your own side, a you that holds space for peace.

Spending time with nature has a grounding effect on the nervous system. Finding a space to visit regularly reminds us of our own needs for space, for safety, to feel peace and remember who we are 🩵.

17/11/2025

What a privilege it is to do the work we do 🩵

"I signed up for a degree I always wanted to do"

"I slept for 4 nights in a row"

"I ran further than I thought I'd be able to"

"I feel a bit sad for past me"

Growth, progress, evolution, whatever you want to call it.. Taking steps TOWARD the person you want to be looks different for everyone. In our group today, made up of the loveliest of people, we covered The Teenage Brain, looking at the restructure of the brain, the rewritten expectations and the bombardment of change that happens during these expansive years. It naturally brings reflection and memories that, with open hearts, create space for growth.
This is Day 2/5 and we are already seeing and hearing great change. We are so lucky to do what we do 🩵

13/11/2025

🩵🩵The Holistic Steps to Supporting Children and Young People 🩵🩵

"Thank you so much for making the course so enjoyable and fascinating!"

"I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned loads"

"Everything you present is so interesting and appropriate for our roles in schools"

We ABSOLUTELY love this course, this is our flagship programme. This is what anyone working with (or parenting 😅) children and young people NEED TO KNOW.

This picture is the end of Day 1/5 - The Foundations of Behaviour. In Day 1 we cover things like ACEs, big T and little t traumas, brain formation and connection, attachment, The Filter and more. Pretty heavy stuff right? But look at the faces 😍 we pride ourselves in delivering heavy subjects in a way that is digestible and relatable, a way that allows the brain to soak in the information and not cringe and reject it.
Learning how a human is 'built' from conception gives us more empathy and understanding for all the children we come in contact with as well as ourselves. We are all human and once we understand that everyone is trying their best with the cards they have been dealt, well, our filter changes and therefore our world.

It is an absolute pleasure to deliver this information to those who are hungry to learn and want to be the best for those they support professionally and those they love personally. Turning up with open hearts and an appetite to be better is invaluable.
Each group has a different journey and we are so excited to see where this group takes us🩵

For more information please contact:
Josh@holisticsteps.co.uk
Leanne@holisticsteps.co.uk

29/10/2025

Tired or Responsibility Fatigue?...

28/10/2025

Some info re our Holistic Steps to Wellbeing course that starts next week (Tuesdays 6pm to 8pm). This isn't just a positive thinking course. This isn't a tokenistic, surface level wellbeing course. This is a course that has the potential to change your life (in the words of our previous participants 🩵).

What better way to end 2025 than with a roadmap to a place where you can be kinder to yourself, where you can see the steps that will allow your nervous system to rebuild safety. You will leave this course with an understanding as to how we as humans work and with that understanding the realisation that we truly are all trying our best.

Beating yourself up and allowing no space for your own needs leaves you frazzled and sad. There is another way. Let us show you. There is always laughter in our groups and often tears. Both are so welcome.

We still have spaces left. If you are fancying it but feel nervous please just reach out. This programme is run in a lovely setting. It will be a small group (maximum of 7 people). The only thing we ask from you is to come with an open mind. We will guide you through the rest.

£££ - The course is £60 for all 5 sessions but If finances are the reason you are unable to come please please get in touch. We don't want that to be the barrier to you feeling well. We will do what we can to help 🩵

27/10/2025

Hey wonderful people!
We've had a few questions about our upcoming The Holistic Steps to Wellbeing group so we are going to make a video answering them all tomorrow.
If anyone wants us to answer anything or comment or message us and we will include it in our vid 😊🩵

This is it...our final intake of 2025 🩵

The Holistic Steps to Wellbeing. The course where we don't just look at the surface of wellbeing, we dig deeper with the aim of understanding ourselves. We discover the self compassion that sits alongside that understanding. We realise the peace that is possible when we start living a life where we are on our own side.

This isn't just a course, it's a journey. If you are interested in attending or want further information please get in touch. We would love to have you with us. The dates and venue are below:

Holistic Steps to Wellbeing
5 week course
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: Bont Elim, Pontardulais

Tuesday 4th November
Tuesday 11th November
Tuesday 18th November
Tuesday 25th November
Tuesday 2nd December

Cost: £60 per person 🩵