I worked for ten years in a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) with children who struggled to regulate both emotions and…
Category: anxiety
Can Our Thinking Really Be Relied Upon?
We are taught to believe that our thinking can be relied upon and that it’s logical, rational and fool proof.…
When a child gets under you skin!
I am going to ask you (as a parent/carer/teacher/anyone who has regular contact with children) to think hard about the…
An interview with Ella – about worry
I was contacted by Ella’s mum with a photo of the worry extractor machine she had designed and then made. The light goes…
What can we say about anxiety?
My video: What can we say about anxiety? covers what anxiety is, why we evolved it, how it can affect us and…
What can we say about fear?
My latest video: What can we say about fear? looks at the emotion of fear, the fear response and its links to…
Create a worry machine
I created this worry machine a while ago for World Book Day, setting children the task of creating one for themselves.…
Anxiety – a very uncomfortable emotion
Anxiety seems to be very much on the up. I don’t think this is overly surprising. The world seems to…