Therapeeze - The InnerMe Project, Newcastle upon Tyne (2026)

07/09/2026

This morning, I have spent nearly two hours talking about what happens when a child’s body simply cannot keep going.

First, inside the InnerMe Club, we explored shutdown…..what it can look like after school, how to respond without adding more pressure, and simple strategies that naturally fit into family life.

Not another complicated programme to squeeze into an already full day.🤪

Small changes in how we speak, connect, offer movement, reduce demands and help the body recover.

We also discussed how parents can advocate for their child when school only sees the child who appears to be “coping”not the shutdown that happens once they get home.

Then I delivered the first of five free Lives inside my new When School Feels Hard parent group:

They want to go to school…so why can’t they?

Because wanting to go and having a body that can manage going are two very different things.

A child can genuinely plan to attend the night before, then freeze, panic, become distressed or physically shut down when morning arrives.

They are not changing their mind.

Their body state has changed and with it, the skills they can access.

This is exactly why families need support that looks beneath behaviour, understands the nervous system and helps them work out what their individual child needs next.

And it has left me wondering something…

If your family is experiencing school struggles, after-school shutdown or burnout, what is stopping you from being in these conversations?

Is it that you didn’t know this kind of support existed? You’re unsure whether it fits your child? You don’t have the time? Or something else?

Please tell me honestly below. I genuinely want to understand what families need and what might be getting in the way of them finding it.

Kate

06/09/2026

When your child is struggling with school, it can feel as though everything rests on you.

You’re managing the difficult mornings, trying to understand the behaviour, speaking to school and constantly questioning whether to encourage your child or let them pause.

You don’t have to work it all out alone.

Inside my free Facebook group, I share the InnerMe approach to school struggles….looking beyond attendance, anxiety and behaviour to understand what is happening within your child’s body and nervous system.

Because a child can genuinely want to go to school while their body is still saying, “I can’t.”

Tomorrow, I’m starting a new series of free Lives offering practical, therapeutic support around the questions parents are asking:

• Why can they manage school one day but not the next?
• What can I do when their body can’t get through the door?
• Should I gently encourage them or help them pause?
• Why do they fall apart at home when school says they’re “fine”?
• How can I help them recover and slowly rebuild their capacity?
• What can I ask school to understand or do differently?

This isn’t about forcing attendance or finding another strategy to push your child through the door.

It’s about understanding the child in front of you, building safety and connection, and working out what their nervous system needs next.

Join the free group and leave your question for the Lives:

👉 https://www.facebook.com/share/g/188KCEJnw8/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Kate

06/09/2026

If Sunday night already has you worrying about how tomorrow is going to go, I want you to know there is support beyond just “try again in the morning.”

The School Recovery Roadmap is for families where school has become much bigger than attendance.

Where it is affecting mornings.

Evenings.
Sleep.
Behaviour.
Family life.
Confidence.
And the way your child feels about themselves.

Over 8 weeks, we work through what is actually happening for your child and turn that into practical support.

🧐You’ll understand the WHY underneath the behaviour.
🧐You’ll learn how to spot changes in capacity.
🧐You’ll have practical steps to support recovery at home.
🧐You’ll get school scripts, templates and advocacy tools so you are not trying to explain everything from scratch.

And you’ll have live support from me to apply it all to your own child and situation.

The aim is not to hand you more information.

It is to help you feel much more confident through this school year.💯

Confident understanding what your child is showing you.
Confident supporting recovery.
Confident recognising when something is too much.

And confident clearly explaining to school what you are seeing and what your child needs.

School Recovery Roadmap starts 14th September.

8 weeks LIVE | Founding beta £660 (Never to be repeated at this price)
Payment plans available.

Comment ROADMAP if you want the details or cl!ick below to join now:
https://www.innermeproject.com/school-recovery-roadmap

Kate x

06/09/2026

Something rather lovely is growing inside the InnerMe Club… and honestly, you’ll want to see what’s been added this month 👀

The InnerMe Club isn’t simply a folder full of downloads you forget to open.

It’s a therapeutic support space for the whole family.

A place to bring the tricky mornings, the big behaviours, the confusing body signals and those moments when you’re thinking:

“I know my child is struggling…but what do I actually do now?”

This month, members have received:

✨ A Morning RHYTHM Planner
✨ A Response Guide for Parents
✨ A School Gate Decision Flowchart...and more!

Practical tools you can pick up and use when your brain is already full and everyone’s nervous system is wobbling.

Inside the InnerMe Club you’ll also get:

😊 New therapeutic resources and teaching every month
😊 Two live support sessions with me each month
😊 A growing on-demand video library
😊 The complete RHYTHM resource hub
😊 A private forum for ongoing support
😊 A free 20-minute welcome call with me

It’s support for understanding your child, but also for noticing your own needs, strengthening connection and helping your whole family find a steadier rhythm.

Because parents need more than another generic parenting tip.

You need somewhere to ask questions, make sense of what you’re seeing and receive advice that considers the child behind the behaviour.

The InnerMe Club is £40 per month, with no long-term commitment. You can cancel whenever you need to.

And while you’re still wondering whether to join, the resource library is quietly getting bigger… 👀

Come and join us here: https://www.innermeproject.com/inner-me-club

Kate xx

06/09/2026

But what if they really are “fine” in school?

What if they’re joining in, completing their work and holding it together all day…

…but their nervous system is still under constant stress?

A child can look settled and still be working incredibly hard inside.

Then, when they reach home, the place their body feels safest….that stress may come out as:

Tears.
Anger.
Control.
Exhaustion.
Shutdown.
Trouble sleeping.
Or being unable to return the next morning.

This doesn’t mean school is lying.

It doesn’t mean parents are causing the behaviour at home.

It means we’re seeing one nervous system responding differently in two different environments.

Attendance only tells us whether a child got through the door.🚪

It doesn’t tell us what it cost their body to stay there.🧐

We need to stop debating where the “real” struggle happens and start sharing what each environment is noticing.

Because when home and school put both halves of the story together, we can finally understand what the child needs.

Follow The InnerMe Project to learn more about what sits beneath school attendance and how I can support the nervous system, not simply manage the behaviour.

Kate

05/09/2026

The first week back doesn’t only affect children who struggle to get through the school gates.

This morning, me and the girls were getting ready to go to a café.

Nothing physically demanding.
Nothing particularly difficult.

Yet we still had overwhelm, tears, shouting, crying, arguments over tiny things and lots of seeking connection.

Because after the first week back, even a simple plan can feel like another demand to an already tired nervous system.

You might notice:

• Fight – shouting, arguing, controlling or becoming angry
• Flight – rushing, avoiding, refusing or unable to settle
• Freeze – going quiet, getting stuck or struggling to make simple decisions
• Shutdown – exhaustion, withdrawing or wanting to do absolutely nothing
• Seeking safety – needing you close, following you around or becoming more emotional

This doesn’t mean your child is naughty, ungrateful or that the weekend has been ruined.

Their body may simply be saying, “That first week took more out of me than you could see.”

So if emotions are bubbling over this weekend, lower the pressure. Make plans smaller. Leave more space between things. Offer closeness before correction.

And remember: even enjoyable things can feel hard when a nervous system is still recovering.

Understanding doesn’t mean having no boundaries. It means recognising what is underneath the behaviour so we can respond to what the child actually needs.

Kate

05/09/2026

Meet Tommy Turtle 🐢

Tommy is the Safe Squad member I want you to think about when your child gets to the end of the day or the end of the week and just seems completely done.

🐢They might go quiet.
🐢Want to lie down.
🐢Need more sleep.
🐢Not want to talk.
🐢Lose interest in things they would normally enjoy.
🐢Want to stay home.
🐢Seem like they’ve got absolutely nothing left.

And that can be really easy to misread.

It can look like laziness, avoidance, attitude or “they just can’t be bothered”.

But sometimes it’s their body saying:

“I’ve used everything I had.”

Tommy helps us think about shutdown, low capacity and recovery.

He reminds us that after lots of coping, sensory input, social demand, masking, unpredictability and pressure, a child’s body may need far more recovery than we realise.

And recovery does not always look productive.

Sometimes it looks like doing less.

Being quieter.
Needing familiar things.
Wanting more time at home.
Having less tolerance for everything.

That doesn’t mean we ignore what’s going on.
It means we get curious about what their body may be asking for.

Tommy is part of my InnerMe Safe Squad a group of characters designed to help children, parents and schools understand what might be happening underneath behaviour in a much simpler, more visual way.

You’ll be seeing much more of Tommy and the rest of the Squad in some of the new practical resources I’m developing too.

If your child becomes a bit of a Tommy after school or at the weekend, drop me a 🐢 below.

Kate xx

04/09/2026

You’re probably noticing far more than you realise.

If school is hard for your child, the clues are often in the little things at home.

🧐Maybe they come home and sleep for hours?
🧐Maybe they barely eat on school mornings?
🧐Maybe Sunday night feels completely different to Saturday night?
🧐Maybe they can do clubs, days out or see friends in the holidays, but once school starts again, everything feels harder?
🧐Maybe they’re more snappy, more controlling, more tearful or just completely done by the time they get home?
🧐Maybe they need the whole weekend to recover?

These things are important.

They help show us how much effort your child is using to get through the day.

And this is the bit I really want parents to know:
you do not need a perfect diary or pages of notes.

For one week, just jot down a few simple things:

* What mornings are like
* What they’re like after school
* What they’re eating and sleeping like
* What happens on school days compared with non-school days
* How long it takes them to feel like themselves again

That can give you a really useful picture of what school is actually costing them.

And it can help you explain things more clearly when you’re speaking to school too.

Because sometimes the most important information about a child is the bit nobody sees once they walk through the school gates.

Who is going to try it next week?
Kate

04/09/2026

If school is already feeling hard again, the School Recovery Roadmap is designed to help you understand what’s happening ..... and know what to actually do with that understanding.

Across 8 weeks, we’ll work through:

Week 1 — Why is school so hard right now?
Week 2 — What is their body trying to tell us?
Week 3 — What is making things feel too much?
Week 4 — What does recovery actually look like? (for your child)
Week 5 — How do we make life feel more manageable again?
Week 6 — What does my child need from education now?
Week 7 — When do I hold, pause or gently move forward?
Week 8 — Where do we go from here?

The aim isn’t to give you another load of information.

It’s to help you reach a point where you can say:

“I understand why my child is struggling. I know what I can do at home to support recovery. I can recognise what is becoming too much. I can explain clearly to school what we are seeing. And I feel much more confident about what my child needs next.”

School Recovery Roadmap starts 14th September.
8 weeks LIVE | Founding beta £660
Payment plans available.

Comment ROADMAP and I’ll send you the details.

Kate x

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