When we only address the symptom, whether it's overeating, withdrawal, or people-pleasing, we're applying a temporary bandage rather than treating the wound beneath. True healing begins when we ask ourselves: ‘What is my anxiety trying to tell me?’

Behind excessive control might be a fear of uncertainty. Behind withdrawal could be a fear of judgment. Behind anger might be a feeling of vulnerability that feels too uncomfortable to acknowledge.

Sometimes, the heaviness we carry isn't our own story at all, but rather an inherited chapter we never chose to read.

Children's behavioural challenges are often viewed through a narrow perspective of individual problems. But what if these behaviors are actually profound messages about family dynamics?

"3 children in every classroom will suffer from a diagnosable mental illness", why do they not say that 3 children in every classroom may be living with loss, family breakdown, parental mental health difficulties (often caused by parent’s childhood trauma), bullying, poverty, abuse, redundancy or anything which may cause distress within a family? After all, there can be recovery in all these issues.