The Conscious Parent Company

The Conscious Parent Company The Conscious Parent is for parents who consider the choices they make for their little ones.

09/12/2025

Foundational and luxury skin,

Pro-collagen. Pro-elastin. Essential-oil free.
Formulated for times when your skin—and life—require gentleness.

Whether you’re navigating hormonal shifts, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, or reactive skin, this cleanser is designed to restore.

Organic jojoba oil and unrefined beeswax dissolve impurities without disrupting your skin’s natural oils.
No foam. No friction. No fragrance.
Just quiet nourishment.

Rich in vitamins A, D and E, and essential fatty acids, it works to support collagen integrity and the elastic structure of the skin—two functions often compromised during stress, inflammation, or depletion.

This is skincare that respects the nervous system as much as the skin barrier.
It doesn’t stimulate. It settles.

Free from sulphates, parabens, and essential oils.
Suitable for all skin types.

Pregnancy safe. 100% natural.

https://theconsciousparent.co.uk/shop/nourishing-cleansing-balm-core/

08/12/2025

Collagen and elastin supprt

Naturally balancing. For all skin types—this duo offers quiet, daily restoration.

The Nourishing Cleanser
A balm designed to do more than cleanse.
Rich in vitamins A, D, E and essential fatty acids, it gently lifts impurities while supporting pro-collagen and pro-elastin repair.
Beeswax and jojoba hold the skin’s barrier intact.
No stripping. No tightness. Just balance restored.

The OO Cream
Light in texture. Deep in intention.
This moisturiser delivers hydration and resilience through colloidal oatmeal, rosehip, and argan oil.
Formulated to strengthen and protect, it supports collagen integrity and elastic recovery—without clogging or coating the skin.

Together, they offer structural support.
Not with force, but with consistency.

100% natural. No overwhelm.
Just formulations your skin can recognise—and respond to.
Read more: https://theconsciousparent.co.uk/jane-scrivner/

05/12/2025

Balance Isn’t Achieved by Force

Your skin hosts a living ecosystem—its microbiome.
A delicate network of bacteria, oils, and cellular rhythms that protect, repair, and respond.

When respected, it thrives.
When stripped, scented, or over-stimulated, it falters.

We believe skincare routines should help, not hinder.
They should support your skin’s ability to regulate itself—naturally.

No harsh foaming agents.
No synthetic fragrance.
No ingredients that disrupt what the skin is quietly working to do.

The result is not perfection. It’s peace.
Skin that feels comfortable in its own rhythm.
That glows because it’s well, not because it’s scrubbed into submission.

Support the microbiome.
Trust your skin.

Visit us for more:
https://theconsciousparent.co.uk/jane-scrivner/

Migraines rarely start with pain.They start with a system that has been carrying more than it can clear.Most of the real...
30/11/2025

Migraines rarely start with pain.
They start with a system that has been carrying more than it can clear.

Most of the real pattern sits underneath the surface.
Light sensitivity, broken sleep, circadian disruption, blood sugar swings, mineral depletion, dehydration, chronic tension, histamine load, hormonal shifts, liver detox pressure, chemical exposure, fragrances, EMFs, inflammation and temperature extremes all raise the demand on the brain.

None of these act alone.

They accumulate.

When recovery is low, the threshold drops and the brain becomes more reactive to triggers it once tolerated easily.

Sleep quality and circadian rhythm are two of the most underestimated pieces.
The brain clears waste at night.
It repairs.
It recalibrates.
Irregular sleep, late screens and lack of morning light all reduce the brain’s ability to stabilise its own threshold.

Minerals matter as well.
Magnesium helps regulate nerve signalling.
Sodium and potassium maintain electrical stability.
Copper and iron affect oxygen use and redox balance.
Zinc influences inflammation.

When these shift, so does migraine sensitivity.
Hormones add another layer.
Estrogen affects vascular tone.
Poor clearance or high stress can intensify the pattern.
Migraines are not random.

They are a signal that pressure has been higher and recovery lower for longer than the system can manage.

The encouraging part is that the threshold often rises again when recovery improves.

Morning light, steadier meals, minerals the brain relies on, hydration, sleep depth, lower stimulation, time outside and reducing inflammatory load all help the underlying physiology settle.

Most people have never been shown the full terrain behind their migraines.

Once they see it, the way they’ve been feeling finally makes sense.

28/11/2025

Pregnancy and Shifting Skin Needs

Pregnancy often brings quiet changes to the skin.
Dryness, sensitivity, or the return of eczema or psoriasis.

And when it reacts, it’s often asking for safety—not more stimulation.
Fragrance, essential oils and stronger ingredients can start to feel like too much.

This is where gentle, fragrance-free skincare matters.
To support. To rebuild the barrier. To offer calm.

Our 100% natural recommended range at The Conscious Parent Company has this in mind; Core Cleanser and Scar Drops oil.

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Mouth breathing in children is rarely “just a habit.”It is almost always a sign the body has been adapting around someth...
27/11/2025

Mouth breathing in children is rarely “just a habit.”
It is almost always a sign the body has been adapting around something.

Sometimes a child mouth breathes because their airway is physically harder to use: congestion, allergies, enlarged tonsils, inflammation, tongue-tie, a narrow palate or simply recovery after repeated illness.

Sometimes it happens because the muscles and tongue posture didn’t develop in a way that supports nasal breathing: soft diets, bottle or dummy habits, low oral tone, poor tongue posture, long hours on screens.

And often it’s both.

When nasal breathing becomes difficult, the body compensates.
The tongue drops from the roof of the mouth.
The palate narrows.
The jaw grows down instead of forward.
Sleep becomes lighter.
Oxygen delivery dips.
Emotional steadiness shifts.
The system works harder just to feel settled.

Sometimes the reason a child stays congested or struggles to return to nasal breathing isn’t structural at all. It can be the terrain underneath. Minerals, inflammation, hydration status, sleep quality and recovery all shape how easily the airway settles.

This is why understanding why the mouth is open matters.

Supporting the cause, whether that is airway obstruction, inflammation, allergies, structure or sleep, and supporting the oral function that keeps lips closed and the tongue in the right place, often creates the biggest shift.

Myofunctional therapy can help with oral function, especially when the airway is clear enough for the child to use it.

Patterns change when the reason behind them is understood.

Nasal breathing isn’t cosmetic.
It is foundational for sleep, oxygen, focus, immune tone and the way a child grows.

Children are not reacting in isolation.They are responding to the environment their biology is trying to make sense of.L...
25/11/2025

Children are not reacting in isolation.
They are responding to the environment their biology is trying to make sense of.

Light is one of the strongest cues the body takes in.
It sets the brain’s clock, guides hormones, shapes sleep, steadies mood and gives a developing system something predictable to organise itself around.

Modern childhood is full of signals the body was never built for.

Mornings indoors before daylight reaches the eyes.
Screens immediately on waking.
LED lighting that stays bright long after sunset.
Non native EMFs layered into every part of the day.
Evenings that look like daytime to a child’s nervous system.

Children feel this deeply.
You often see it first in the places parents worry about most.

• mood changes
• broken sleep
• emotional spillover
• difficulty settling
• restlessness
• appetite shifts

Not because a child is being difficult.
Because biology is responding to cues that do not match the natural day.

The positive part is that their system is responsive.
When the cues return, rhythm often returns with them.
Daylight in the morning.
Time outside.
Darker evenings.
Gentler light at night.
A day that winds down instead of staying switched on.

These are not lifestyle ideals.
They are biological anchors.
Signals a developing nervous system uses to regulate, recover and feel safe.

If your child feels out of rhythm, it may not be behaviour at all.

It may be the light and the environment they are growing inside.

You can appear to be coping while something inside you is stretching past its limit, and most people around you would ha...
23/11/2025

You can appear to be coping while something inside you is stretching past its limit, and most people around you would have no idea.

When someone comes to see me, they rarely start by listing symptoms. They tell me how their life has begun to feel. They say they snap more easily. Everything feels louder. Their sleep is light. Small things feel bigger than they should. They don’t feel like themselves.

None of this is personality. Bodies do not shift like this without a reason.

One pattern I see again and again is the sodium potassium ratio. Sodium mostly sits outside the cell. Potassium sits inside. The difference between them creates the electrical gradient your cells rely on to bring things in, move things out, settle after stress and keep emotional tolerance steady.

When long term demand wears that gradient down, everything becomes harder to buffer. Broken sleep, under eating, blood sugar swings, chronic alertness, mineral loss, illness, mental load and environmental pressure all drain that system. The world feels louder. Your reactions feel faster. Your margin disappears.

This is not a flaw in who you are. It is physiology.
Capacity is physical before it ever becomes emotional.

What helps rebuild it is simple, but not always easy. Eating enough, regularly. Replacing the minerals stress drains. Restoring sodium and potassium. Magnesium your system can actually use. Morning light and darkness at night. Real movement. A nervous system that is not carrying the whole house alone.

When this pattern starts to recover, the first shift is not a burst of energy. It is space. Sleep becomes deeper. Reactions soften. You stop living half a step ahead of yourself.

HTMA helps me see the strain points and the patterns behind the way someone has been feeling. Most people have never been shown this part of the picture.

When they finally see it, the way they have been feeling begins to make sense.

A new global review on children’s blood pressure came out last week.It looked at more than 443,000 children across 21 co...
21/11/2025

A new global review on children’s blood pressure came out last week.
It looked at more than 443,000 children across 21 countries.

Hypertension has almost doubled since the year 2000.

Not in one place.
Across the world.

Most headlines will point to weight.
But weight is only one reflection of the environment children grow up inside.
Blood pressure does not rise from nowhere. It is one place the strain shows.

Because look at the rhythm many children now live in:
Mornings without natural light.
Screens before their nervous system has even woken.
Long indoor days.
Overstimulating classrooms.
Food that spikes and crashes blood sugar.
Less movement.
Less time outside.
Noise, pace, pressure, interruption.
Parents stretched thin and carrying their own dysregulation.

From the outside it can look like rest.
Sitting still.
Switching between screens.
But physiologically it is not rest.
It is stimulation without grounding.

And you see the strain show up wherever it can:
in mood, in sleep, in appetite, in restlessness,
in mouth breathing, in headaches and fatigue,
and now in rising blood pressure across continents.

Underneath all of this are the quieter foundations we often forget:
minerals, sleep, hydration, safety, light, dark, movement.

These are the cues a developing system depends on.

It is rarely one thing.
It is the accumulation.

A pace and pressure their biology was not built to carry.
The good news is that physiology responds when the load shifts.
When light returns.
When movement returns.
When safety and rhythm return.
When food supports steadiness rather than adding to the strain.

Children adapt to what we build around them.
This data asks us to look honestly at what we have built
and ask whether it is truly built for them.

Global prevalence of hypertension among children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhou, Jiali et al.
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health,

20/11/2025

Collagen Support Begins at the Barrier

We speak often about collagen — how to preserve it, how to rebuild it.

But collagen isn’t created in isolation.
It depends on the integrity of the skin’s barrier, the presence of essential minerals, and an internal state of calm.

The Nourishing Cleansing Balm is designed with this in mind.
A balm that cleanses, but more importantly, one that protects.
Organic jojoba oil mirrors the skin’s own lipid profile, carrying vitamin E, zinc, and copper — key nutrients in collagen formation. Beeswax offers gentle purification, sealing in hydration without disrupting the microbiome.

100% natural. No stripping what the body has worked hard to build.
Just a quiet, grounded formulation that makes space for repair.

Because when the skin barrier is respected, collagen isn’t just preserved — it’s invited.

This is the starting point:
Not a fix, but a return to what the body already knows.

Find out more: https://theconsciousparent.co.uk/product-category/skincare/

17/11/2025

CORE Cleanser & Pregnancy

Pregnancy can make the skin more reactive — to texture, scent, even clothing. This sensitivity isn’t a flaw. It’s part of the body’s innate intelligence, dialling up its defences to protect what matters most.

We recommend CORE Cleanser from The Conscious Parent Company which is formulated with that wisdom in mind.
100% natural. Organic. No essential oils.

Just a minimal, purposeful blend of natural oils and butters that cleanse without stripping the skin barrier.

It supports dry, oily, hormonal, or sensitised skin — all common (and valid) shifts in pregnancy.
Cleansing becomes a quiet ritual: one that removes build-up while respecting the skin’s evolving needs.

Because in pregnancy, less isn't compromise.
It's care — refined.

See our Core Cleanser info for more. https://theconsciousparent.co.uk/shop/nourishing-cleansing-balm-core/

13/11/2025

Skin in Transition

Stretch marks and scars are signs of structural change. They appear when the skin has been asked to stretch, repair, or hold more than usual.

Pregnancy. Growth. Recovery. Surgery. Stress.

These changes are not cosmetic concerns. They’re biological responses.

We take a supportive, not corrective, approach to skincare.

We recommend formulations designed to respect the skin’s barrier, encourage elasticity, and nourish repair — without disrupting the skin’s natural rhythm.

Scar Drops are formulated to support the appearance and texture of healing skin, using ingredients known to help soothe, soften and fade skin markings with gentle and regular application.

It simply provides what the skin needs to restore balance. See our range https://theconsciousparent.co.uk/product-category/skincare/

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