EmotionAll with Pauline Lawson

EmotionAll with Pauline Lawson Emotional Literacy & Behaviour Expert Educator. Specialist in supporting children, teens, families & educators Facts and Fun in whichever way works!

'There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in.' Desmond Tutu

At EmotionALL I provide fun, upbeat, engaging, and interactive - 1:1, Group, and bespoke emotional & self-development coaching opportunities, for children, teens, and those that care for, raise, and educate them. I also provide coaching oppor

tunities for those not raising and supporting children and young people too! I provide interactive packages both at your HOME or AWAY (where I can bring an interactive experience on zoom)

Check website for all additional and up to date info - www.paulinelawson.co.uk - and a whole host of testimonials. On the website you can contact me through the CONTACT ME Booking Form. Our thoughts, feelings, and emotions drive our output and behaviours. At EmotionAll I believe in going 'upstream' and working with those thoughts, feelings, and emotions as opposed to popping a sticky plaster over the output and the emotions. I walk alongside people from all walks of life, providing the supports and scaffolds needed, until they have the skills to go it alone! I always start with a Complimentary Discovery call and we can together decide on the best course of actions. We all have emotions and we just need to learn to work WITH then in healthier and more helpful ways! No one size fits all, and this is why each school package, group package, 1:1 package are all created in a bespoke way, following on from consultation. I can bring the fun that supports children to learn and also work with the teen that is 'too cool' for anything that makes them feel self-conscious. I use my own skills, knowledge, experience, and extensive qualifications, to bring my Creative Coaching to yourself, your workplace, or your family. Book a Discovery Call today!

Still spaces on our Wednesday evening social skills group!Lots of games, activities, and Lego to support that social ski...
29/08/2026

Still spaces on our Wednesday evening social skills group!

Lots of games, activities, and Lego to support that social skills learning!!

Get in touch - message or comment - and we can get your child booked in!!

Still spaces in the upcoming Tuesday groups!Kids 5-6pmTweens/teens 6.15-7.30pmSpaces in both groups. Message or comment ...
29/08/2026

Still spaces in the upcoming Tuesday groups!

Kids 5-6pm
Tweens/teens 6.15-7.30pm

Spaces in both groups.

Message or comment and i can share the links ☺️

Kids are back to school 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 yaay!Something I hear a lot from children and teens, particularly at the start of a new s...
29/08/2026

Kids are back to school 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 yaay!

Something I hear a lot from children and teens, particularly at the start of a new school year, is a LOT of information about what is going on within their school with regard to adults & staff!

Who is returning, who isn’t, why someone is off, health information, how many years a teacher has been teaching, which year groups they have or haven’t taught and, of course, opinions about how good a teacher might be.

“Mrs X is an NQT.”

“Mrs X has never taught this year group before.”

“Mr Y has been teaching for 20 years.”

And somehow these facts can become real judgements about how experienced, capable or good that teacher is.

Job shares can bring a whole new level of comparison too.

“Mrs X is better at maths.”

“Mr Y is stricter.”

Then someone leaves and there is panic because that teacher organised Sports Day, played the piano at assembly or ran a particular club. Nobody else can possibly replace them!

I’m not convinced all of this is simply child chatter. Some of it has clearly come from adult conversations.

Part of the problem here is … Children don’t have the same filter as adults. They can hear a small piece of information, fill in the gaps and create their own story, which can then become a very fixed version of events.

There is a school of thought that says if we share more with children and involve them in everything, it helps reduce worry and anxiety.
Sometimes it does.
But sometimes the information is simply too big, too adult, or not actually theirs to carry.

Children deserve honest information about things that affect them, and their voices absolutely matter.
But there are also things that belong in the adult realm, including personal information about staff, and adult opinions about colleagues.

We are the adults, and part of our job is being the filter.

Not every piece of information needs to make its way into a child’s world.

29/08/2026

All my EmotionALL studio visitors will know Keith best for welcoming the kids at the door for classes, and making sure they all get matched up with their parents at the end.

He is also responsible for all the family board games Sundays!

And he gets all those details onto my website too.

Well now he has his own new adventures starting - a big job change as one career finishes and a new one opens up - 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Trainee driving instructor in and around Midlothian - I’ll pop the link in comments 👇🏻👇🏻

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1 SPACE in both of this evenings KIDS GROUPS!!4.45-5.45PM6PM-7.30PMP2 - P6 Approx - recommended age.We all have emotions...
28/08/2026

1 SPACE in both of this evenings KIDS GROUPS!!

4.45-5.45PM

6PM-7.30PM

P2 - P6 Approx - recommended age.

We all have emotions and building our emotional literacy skills & knowledge is essential …. And we do it with more than a sprinkle of fun and mindful activities!

Just message or comment and you could fill these last few spaces!

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

27/08/2026

Yes 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Still some limited spaces in some of Friday kids classes -

Reach out for the block of classes … emotional literacy skills & knowledge! ☺️

Classes will resume TOMORROw!!(Then Tuesday & Wednesday next week)As will those Friday & Saturday 1-to-1 sessions And ev...
27/08/2026

Classes will resume TOMORROw!!
(Then Tuesday & Wednesday next week)

As will those Friday & Saturday 1-to-1 sessions

And even those Sunday family sessions.

All diaries updated !

Looking forward to getting into the new session and new term swing of things!!

Yesterday - the boring part - I cleaned, dusted, and organised all the things we’ll need during this upcoming block!!

After a busy July a refresh was needed ☺️

Availability- SOME CLASSES HAVE JUST ONE SPACE!!

Friday kids 4.45pm-5.45pm - SPACE
Friday kids 6pm - 7pm - SPACES
Friday tweens/teens - 7.15pm-8.30pm - FULLY BOOKED

Tuesday kids 5pm -6pm SPACES
Tuesday tweens/teens - 6.15pm - 7.30pm SPACES

Wednesday Games/Lego - 5.15pm - 6.15pm SPACES

It isn’t a new concept.Even if so many Facebook gurus tell you it is!Across my 25+ year teaching career, emotional liter...
27/08/2026

It isn’t a new concept.

Even if so many Facebook gurus tell you it is!

Across my 25+ year teaching career, emotional literacy was always part of what I was doing.

What changed was my ability to build all of that experience into a business of my own.

For many years, I was given school leadership roles based around behaviour, relationships and policy.
Too often, those policies were built around punitive discipline structures, getting children to comply and teaching them to be the adult version of what was considered ‘good’.

I always did things differently - firstly by instinct, then with knowledge.

When I was creating behaviour and relationship policies, I would point people towards the literacy and maths policies.

There were never punishments for getting your spelling wrong, or consequences for struggling with fractions.
There were interventions, scaffolds, additional teaching and support.

So why wouldn’t our Health and Wellbeing policies work in the same way?

A child struggling with emotional regulation, relationships, anxiety, impulse control or understanding their own behaviour doesn’t need more power, control, fear or shame.
They need education, emotional literacy, adults who understand what is happening in the brain and nervous system, and appropriate scaffolding when they can’t yet do something independently.

I’m glad to say that when I visit schools now, I see far fewer policies built entirely around punishment and compliance.
Things are changing.

But a policy is only useful if it makes its way into everyday practice.

If we genuinely believe in supporting children, then that needs to be reflected in our classrooms, corridors, conversations and responses too.

That isn’t a new idea. We just need to keep getting better at putting it into practice.

Rules of EngagementHere is one of those things that happens in real life in schools, but doesn’t always make it into the...
26/08/2026

Rules of Engagement

Here is one of those things that happens in real life in schools, but doesn’t always make it into the training days!

We all know those engaging children who seem to live to wander the halls.

They ask for the toilet, head to the office, or get sent on an errand with a teacher-imposed time limit.

Do they stick to that time limit - never 🫣

I’ve been there, sitting in the office or putting up a display when a little voice appears behind me asking if I need any help, or how my weekend was.

And they know things.🧐

Your dog’s name, whether you have children, your hobbies, what you did at the weekend. They can strike up a conversation with almost anyone they meet.

It is an absolute talent.

We don’t want to ignore them or dismiss them. Relationships matter.

But we also need to remember that you are probably one of many adults they have stopped to chat to on their journey around the building.

Meanwhile, their teacher is wondering where they are.

And classmates notice.

If one child regularly leaves class, takes their time, chats to adults around the school and returns long after they were expected back, it can quickly create a narrative that some children get different rules from everyone else.

Whether that’s true or not, perceptions matter.

So we definitely need some rules of engagement.

Acknowledge the child of course -

“Lovely to see you.”

Then straight to the boundary.

“Where should you be right now?”

Most likely to classroom 🤷🏼‍♀️

No long conversations. No accidental invitations to linger.

Help them get there.

“I’ll walk with you.”

It is not about ignoring the child. It is about not reinforcing the wandering habit.

We can be warm, interested, and connected whilst still holding clear boundaries.

When the adults around a school are consistent, everyone benefits.

Support the child, support the teacher, support the other children and support one another.

Sometimes the MOST helpful thing we can do is simply get that little wanderer back to class.

Aww no - a Legend 😢
25/08/2026

Aww no - a Legend 😢

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