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My Worry Space
When to use it:
For children who carry worry quietly — who can't sleep, who avoid things, who need something to hold their worry in so it feels smaller and more manageable.
How to use it:
You don't need a therapy room. Sit together, let your child lead, and work through it at their pace. A quiet moment at home is all it takes.
What it helps with:
→ Naming and externalising worry→ Sorting what's in and out of their control→ Building a simple, repeatable coping response
Why this works:
Worry grows when it stays inside. When children can see their worry written down — sorted into what they can and can't control — the nervous system begins to settle. This is the foundation of cognitive approaches to childhood anxiety, made accessible for any child.
Using Our Resources
The Growing Around Grief Poster is a useful visual based on Tonkin's theory of grief. A common misconception is that our grief will shrink over time. This visual can be used to explain to children and teens that over time, their world will expand around their grief, making it feel less overwhelming, their grief stays the same, a reflection of how much the person or pet who died means to them.
The Growing Around Grief Poster is a useful visual based on Tonkin's theory of grief. A common misconception is that our grief will shrink over time. This visual can be used to explain to children and teens that over time, their world will expand around there grief, making it feel less overwhelming, their grief stays the same, a reflection of how much the person or pet who died means to them.
The Growing Around Grief Poster is a useful visual based on Tonkin's theory of grief. A common misconception is that our grief will shrink over time. This visual can be used to explain to children and teens that over time, their world will expand around there grief, making it feel less overwhelming, their grief stays the same, a reflection of how much the person or pet who died means to them.
For Schools & Practitioners
The Greenhouse Support Planning Toolkit
Child-led wellbeing planning - in their words, at their pace.
A complete support planning tool that puts children at the centre of their own plan. Using illustrated mats, weather emotion cards, and the FLOURISH framework, children explore their feelings, identify their strengths, and create a Flourish Plan in their own words.
🌱 Ages 4–11 · 🗺️ Two llustrated mats · 🌤️ 8 weather cards ·
📋 Flourish Plan worksheet · 🎬 Training video included
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A safe, consistent space for your child — child-led, creative where needed, and always attentive to the whole child, not just the presenting problem.
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