Heart In Mind, Saint Neots (2026)

16/10/2026

Does anyone else get to Friday and immediately start thinking about all the things they haven’t managed to do this week?

The emails still sitting there, the washing, the jobs around the house, the things that have been moved from one to-do list to another.

And somehow, even when we’ve had a really full week, it’s those unfinished things that seem to get all our attention.

I’ve been noticing how easy it is to turn the weekend into another opportunity to catch up.

As though we need to get everything sorted before we can properly relax or enjoy ourselves.

But when does that ever happen? There’s always something else!

I’m trying to get better at recognising that I can have things left to do and still go out and enjoy myself.

I can leave the washing, go for a walk, spend time with friends or have a lazy morning without spending the whole time thinking about what I should be doing instead.

And some weekends I’ll manage that better than others.

So perhaps this weekend we can leave a few things unfinished and make a bit of room for the things we actually enjoy.

The list isn’t going anywhere. ❤️

15/10/2026

New small-group Breathwork Sessions in Buckden ❤️

Hello everyone!

I'm really excited to be opening up my Heart in Mind space for small-group Conscious Connected Breathwork sessions, and I'd love to welcome some local people along.

If you've never tried breathwork before, it's a guided breathing practice that gives us an opportunity to connect with our bodies, explore our emotions and take some time away from the busyness of everyday life.

Sometimes we carry so much without even realising it, and breathwork can offer a space to notice what's happening within us.

There's no pressure to feel anything in particular, release anything or get it right. Everyone's experience is different, and I'll be there to guide and support you throughout.

I'm keeping the groups small, with just six people in each session, so there's plenty of space for everyone.

Saturday 14 November 2026

❤️ 9:30–10:30am
❤️ 11:30am–12:30pm

£15 per person

📍 Threee Rooms
27C Silver Street
Buckden, Cambridgeshire
PE19 5TS

I'm a qualified breathwork facilitator, somatic practitioner and integrative counsellor, and creating a welcoming, supportive space is really important to me.

To book your place:
https://clientportal.uk.zandahealth.com/clientportal/heartinmind

Simply select Book a Class and choose your preferred time.

A short health screening and consent form is required before attending, as this style of breathwork isn't suitable for everyone.

If you're curious but have questions, please feel free to message me.

I'd love to welcome you along! ❤️

15/10/2026

Have you ever felt like everyone else was given a set of instructions for how to belong, and somehow you missed yours?

I see this so often in the young people I work with.

That feeling of always being slightly on the outside.

Watching how other people behave, what they say, how they respond.

Trying to work out what everyone else seems to know without even thinking about it.

Am I saying the right thing?

Was that a strange thing to do?

Why does everyone else seem to find this so easy?

And yes, growing up involves figuring out who we are and where we fit. Most of us can remember wanting to belong.

But for some neurodivergent young people, this isn’t just an occasional feeling.

It’s something they carry with them every day.

Imagine how exhausting it must be to spend so much time watching yourself, adjusting yourself and trying to be more like everyone else.

And somewhere along the way, you can begin to believe that the person you naturally are isn’t quite right.

That you need to be different to be accepted.

I think this is why helping young people understand themselves is just as important as helping them develop strategies to navigate the world.

Discovering what they enjoy, what matters to them, what feels comfortable, what drains them, and who they can really be themselves around.

And helping the people and environments around them become more understanding too.

Because belonging shouldn’t mean having to constantly change who you are.

And perhaps one of the most important things we can help a young person discover is that they’re not someone who needs fixing.

They’re someone worth knowing.

Just as they are. ❤️

Belonging SelfUnderstanding

14/10/2026

Sometimes the body notices something before we have the words for it.

I think there’s often an expectation that when we come to therapy, we need to talk.

We need to know what we’re feeling, explain what’s been happening and somehow find the words to make sense of it all.

But what if we don’t have the words?

What if we don’t even know what we’re feeling?

Sometimes we can spend so much time going round and round in our heads trying to work something out, when there’s a whole other part of our experience we haven’t really paid attention to.

Our bodies.

Perhaps you’ve noticed your shoulders creeping up towards your ears, or that you’ve been holding your breath without even realising.

Maybe you feel restless and need to move, or you suddenly want to curl up somewhere quiet.

I find this fascinating, both in my own life and in the work I do.

Because sometimes sitting and talking isn’t what we need.

Sometimes we might need to move, stretch, breathe, lie on the floor, or simply sit quietly for a while.

And sometimes we don’t need to do anything at all.

We can just notice.

What’s happening in my body right now?

What feels comfortable? What doesn’t?

Is there something I need?

And we might not know the answers to those questions either!

For me, somatic work isn’t about analysing every sensation or trying to uncover some hidden meaning behind everything our bodies do.

It’s about becoming curious.

Learning to notice the little things, recognising what feels supportive and getting to know ourselves in another way.

I think it’s important that we make space for this in therapy, particularly for people who have spent so much of their lives trying to explain themselves, find the right words or make sense of experiences that aren’t always easy to describe.

Because understanding ourselves doesn’t always have to begin with words.

And therapy doesn’t always have to begin with talking. ❤️

NervousSystem SelfUnderstanding

12/10/2026

Why do we trust ourselves when the energy is there, but judge ourselves when it isn’t?

I was chatting with some friends at our dance show on Saturday about how we can have a few days where we feel like we’ve completely got our lives together.

We’re organised, getting things done, keeping on top of everything and feeling really good about ourselves.

You know those days when you think, YES! I’ve finally cracked it. 😂

And then somehow it all starts slipping again.

And what I realised when I thought about it afterwards is that, for me, it isn’t usually one big thing.

It’s gradual.

One thing doesn’t get done.

Then another.

Something gets put off until tomorrow.

Then tomorrow comes and there’s already something else that needs doing.

And before you know it, you’re looking at this enormous pile of things that need your attention and you haven’t got a clue where to start.

And suddenly that feeling of having everything together has disappeared.

What I find interesting is how differently we speak to ourselves at those two points.

When we’re on top of things, we feel capable, organised, motivated. We trust ourselves.

But when things start slipping, we can be so quick to question ourselves.

Why can’t I just keep it going?

Why does everything always end up like this?

Why can’t I do what everyone else seems to manage?

And I wonder how many of us are measuring ourselves against those few days when everything seems to be working.

As though that’s the version of ourselves we’re supposed to maintain all the time.

But life doesn’t stay neatly organised. Our energy changes. Our capacity changes. Things happen.

And maybe the fact that we can’t maintain that level of organisation all the time doesn’t mean we’ve failed.

Maybe we need to get a little more curious about what happens in between.

Because I don’t think the person standing underneath that enormous pile of tasks is any less capable than the person who was feeling on top of the world a few days earlier.

They’re still the same person.

They’ve just got a lot more to carry right now. ❤️

08/10/2026

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08/10/2026

I was reading more about neuroception this week and something really stayed with me.

That image of a young child in a playground, moving away to explore but every so often looking back.

Are you still there?

Am I safe?

They might not consciously be thinking those words, but their body is taking in so much information about the environment and the people around them.

And it made me think about the children I work with.

The playground. The classroom. The dinner hall. Walking through the school gates. A birthday party. Somewhere new.

There can be so much to take in.

Sounds, movement, faces, voices, other children, expectations, uncertainty.

And sometimes, amongst all of that, what a child is looking for is relational safety.

Where is my person?

Can I come back to you?

Will you still be there if this gets too much?

I think sometimes we can worry that if a child keeps coming back to us, needs reassurance, wants to stay close or needs our help to settle, we should be encouraging them to be more independent.

But I really love the idea that what we’re actually providing in those moments is a warm and nourishing container.

We’re not necessarily fixing anything.

We’re not telling them they shouldn’t feel frightened or overwhelmed.

We’re just letting them experience what it feels like to be frightened and not be alone in it.

A familiar face.

A softer voice.

A hug if they want one.

Someone who stays.

Someone whose presence says, I’ve got you. You can come back here.

And perhaps that’s part of how children begin to feel safe enough to move away again.

They explore.

They play.

They connect.

And when it becomes too much, they know where they can come back to.

I think there’s something really lovely in that.

Safe dependence doesn’t have to be the opposite of independence. Sometimes it’s part of how independence grows.

So if your child keeps looking back, keeps coming back or needs to know you’re still there, maybe they’re not asking you to make them braver.

Maybe they’re just checking that their safe place is still there. ❤️

NervousSystem

07/10/2026

I was talking to a friend recently about how deeply I seem to experience things.

When I’m excited, I’m REALLY excited.

I feel it through my whole body. My brain fills with ideas, everything feels possible and I want to do all the things.

But when I’m sad, disappointed, hurt or overwhelmed, I can feel that just as deeply too.

And it got me wondering how many other people experience the world like this.

Do you ever feel like you’re supposed to be a bit more... even?

Not get quite so excited.

Not be so affected by things.

Not feel everything quite so much.

Because what I’m starting to realise is that I’m not sure I actually want that.

And maybe you don’t either.

Maybe the part of you that feels completely floored by something is also the part that gets ridiculously excited by music, dancing, an idea, a beautiful sky, a conversation or something you’re looking forward to.

Maybe you notice things deeply.

Care deeply.

Love deeply.

Feel joy through your whole body rather than simply knowing you’re happy.

Of course, when you experience things deeply, the difficult stuff can feel huge too. And that isn’t always easy.

But what if looking after ourselves doesn’t have to mean trying to become more even?

What if it’s also about learning how to be with ourselves through the changes?

Knowing when we need to rest. Knowing when something has knocked us. Letting ourselves feel it without immediately deciding we’ve gone backwards or that there’s something wrong with us.

And letting ourselves feel the joy when the joy is there too.

I don’t think I want to experience less of life just so the difficult bits don’t feel quite so difficult.

Maybe it’s about learning to honour the way we experience it.

So I’m curious...

Do you experience things deeply too? And have you ever felt like you should tone that part of yourself down? ❤️

HighlySensitive SomaticAwareness Unmasking SelfAcceptance Neuroaffirming

06/10/2026

Something a little different is coming...

Eliza and I have been talking for a while about what might happen if we brought our two very different ways of working together.

Her world of drawing, creativity and visual thinking, and my world of somatic work, breath, the nervous system and the body.

And this is what we’ve come up with.

Body, Line & Breath: Drawing Your Way Back to Yourself.

This one is especially for the parents and carers who spend so much of their time thinking about everybody else.

The organising. The anticipating. The advocating. The remembering. The worrying. The keeping everything moving.

And somewhere amongst all of that, it can be really easy to lose touch with yourself.

So this isn’t another workshop full of things you should be doing.

We’re going to spend 90 minutes turning some of that attention back towards you.

We’ll play with some simple drawing, breath, movement and noticing what is happening in the body. There is absolutely no requirement to be able to draw, and nothing to get right.

I’m really looking forward to seeing what happens when Eliza and I put our slightly different brains and ways of working together 😂

Tuesday 17 November
10.30am to 12pm
Online

Come with some paper, coloured pens, pencils or crayons, a favourite object and yourself. ❤️

Booking link in bio.

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05/10/2026

I talk about this a lot in my work.

When a child is struggling, we can very quickly focus on the behaviour we can see.

Why aren’t they doing what they’ve been asked?

Why won’t they go to school?

Why aren’t they listening?

Why can’t they tell me what’s wrong?

Why are they getting so angry?

Why have they shut down?

Why can’t they just tell me what they need?

And I understand those questions. When you’re in the middle of it, especially when it is happening day after day, you want to understand what is going on and what you can do to help.

But I’m always interested in what’s happening underneath that.

What is their body telling us?

What feels too much right now?

What are they trying to move away from, protect themselves from or cope with?

What happens if, instead of trying to stop the behaviour, we get curious about it?

Because sometimes a child doesn’t have the words to explain what is happening yet. Sometimes they don’t know themselves.

But their body is communicating.

The shutting down. The running away. The anger. The hiding. The movement. The silence. The refusal. Even the silliness sometimes.

There is information there.

And that’s often where I want to start.

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