Healing with Lesley

17/02/2026

15/02/2026

Before we gallop anywhere new… we close properly.

The energy of the Snake year wasn’t loud. It wasn’t flashy. It was subtle. Internal. Transformational.

Snakes don’t fight their old skin. They don’t analyse it. They don’t drag it forward out of loyalty.

They shed.

And if this year has felt slow, heavy, introspective, or like everything you thought you were has been quietly unravelling — that’s not failure.

That’s evolution.

Maybe you outgrew:
• Being the strong one all the time
• Over-explaining yourself
• People-pleasing
• Running on adrenaline

Before we step into the Horse year — which will bring movement, momentum and visibility — we must travel light.

So here’s your question:

What identity, habit or belief are you ready to shed?

Not because it’s bad.
But because it’s finished.

Let it go with grace.

The Horse doesn’t run carrying snake skin.

09/02/2026

💛 Children’s Mental Health Week 💛

If mornings feel like a battlefield just as you’re trying to leave the house — you’re not imagining it.

The tears.
The refusal to put shoes on.
The sudden “I can’t do it.”
The chaos that appears out of nowhere.

This isn’t bad behaviour.
And it’s not your child trying to make life difficult.

It’s transition stress.

Children’s brains find transitions hard because the systems needed to switch tasks, manage emotions, and regulate the nervous system are still developing. When everything changes quickly, their body goes into overwhelm.

So the meltdown isn’t about the shoes.
It’s about their nervous system struggling to switch gears.

During Children’s Mental Health Week, this is your reminder that:
✨ Behaviour is communication
✨ Support builds regulation
✨ Calm adults create safe children

You’re not “giving in” by helping.
You’re building the foundations for emotional resilience that will last a lifetime.

One rushed morning.
One overwhelmed child.
One steady adult at a time 🤍

CoRegulation