Cosmos Counselling

21/10/2026

Five important questions. Why not choose just one question to explore? Find a piece of paper, a pen and give yourself 10 minutes or so. What could you learn about yourself?

10/09/2026

Love this resource! Just a helpful reminder when it gets tough. 🙏🏽

Helping kids navigate big emotions like anxiety, anger, or feeling left out isn't always easy, but having the right tools makes all the difference!

My Compass of Self-kindness gives children actionable self-talk scripts and coping strategies tailored directly to how they are feeling—whether they made a mistake, feel nervous, or are overwhelmed.

Why Parents, Educators, & Counsellors Love This Tool:
Promotes Self-Regulation: Helps kids process emotions like anger, fear, or frustration independently.
Encourages Positive Self-Talk: Replaces negative thoughts with grounding phrases like "I am learning," "My feelings are okay," and "I can handle this."
Provides Concrete Action Steps: Gives children clear options, such as taking a break, asking for help, or using calm tools.
Versatile Use: Perfect for calm-down corners, classroom boards, counseling sessions, or home fridge displays.
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21/07/2026

Some children are punished for the very skills they have never been taught.

A child who screams, hits, refuses, hides, cries or shuts down is not always choosing to be difficult. They are often struggling with feelings that are simply too big for them to manage.

Emotional regulation is not something children are born with. It develops through safe, patient and supportive relationships.

Imagine if every adult understood this before reacting to a child's behaviour.

Less shame. Less punishment. More understanding. Better outcomes.

Free WHAT IS EMOTIONAL REGULATION IN CHILDREN? POSTER

LIKE the photo and comment "CHILD" and we will send you a message with a link to a free PDF of this resource.

03/07/2026

Have you tried dancing? 💃 🕺

27/06/2026

There’s a lot of sh*tty things about being autistic, this is another one: the inability to feel negative emotions safely.

Frustration can turn into self injury, confusion can turn into a meltdown, and irritation can turn into hitting and throwing.

It's well known that autistic people can experience emotions more intensely…which seems unexpectedly poetic when joy turns into euphoria.

But the flip side is that some people’s nervous systems experience a genuine crisis every time they feel disappointment.

Really sit with the implications of that.

Maybe you accidentally tear your art project for the second time in a row and you feel so immensely upset that your body hurls itself onto the floor screaming.

People will say it’s a discipline issue, and generally those people are wrong. Some autistic folks truly live with a nervous system that cannot safely contain the intensity of what it feels.

That said, it is absolutely possible to learn coping strategies and build more control, but that often takes years of practice.

The takeaway is that “extreme emotions” in autism are usually the result of what someone cannot control, not what they’re trying to do.

When you cannot safely experience distress, it can cost jobs, can cost housing, it can cost relationships. And as someone who is autistic and works with autistic people, in my view, that’s one of the most disabling aspects of autism 🖤

20/06/2026

That is the definition of strong. 💪

07/06/2026

Keep dancing, people! Exercise with a smile!

05/02/2026

I saw this story on the news and thought we just don’t know what our kids or, indeed, ourselves, are capable of when we have to dig deep. This lad’s determination and bravery is just awesome.

Austin Appelbee is 13 years old.

He recently failed his swimming assessment because he couldn't swim 350 metres continuously.

Last week, he swam about 4 kilometres through choppy ocean waters - where sharks are known to frequent - to save his family's life.

When their inflatable paddleboards drifted out to sea off the WA coast, Austin's mum - with her heart in her mouth and as a last-hope desperate prayer - sent him back in a leaking kayak to get help. When that failed, he ditched the kayak and then the life jacket (it was slowing him down) and swam.

For four hours. Through waves and wind. Who knows what was in the water. In open ocean.

He told himself, "Not today. I have to keep going."

When his legs buckled on the sand, he ran another 2km to call emergency services. His family was rescued just as darkness fell.

Police called his efforts "superhuman." (His swimming instructor probably wishes they'd seen this side of him.)

This is a heroic story. I love it. But I'm sharing this because:

Austin didn't become a different kid in that moment. The same determination, grit, and love that got him through those waters was already there. The crisis just revealed it.

I'm constantly reminding parents - you don't know you're resilient until you have to be resilient. And being resilient doesn't usually feel resilient. It feels like "I can't" far more than it feels like "look at me being awesomely resilient".

We spend so much time worrying about whether our kids are ready for life's challenges. Whether they're tough enough. Capable enough. Whether we've done enough.

Austin's story reminds me that kids have reserves we can't always see in the everyday moments. And that when it really matters, they'll find what they need.

What an incredible young man.

03/02/2026

I agree - our young people need education on healthy relationships and where to get support if needed.

25/12/2025

Hoping everyone’s day has gone as you wished. Sending love, hope, joy and new beginnings.