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When Your Child Starts EMDR: A Mum's Guide | Chaos to Calm

When Your Child Starts EMDR: A Mum's Guide | Chaos to Calm

When Your Child Starts EMDR: A Mum's Guide | Chaos to CalmSami Ward
Published on: 27/07/2026

Your young person is starting EMDR therapy and nobody told you what to expect. What EMDR is, the tiredness after sessions, and how mums can help.

Knowledge is Power Resources and LearningFor Mums: Holding It Together
Walking on Eggshells Around Your Adult Child? What Helped.

Walking on Eggshells Around Your Adult Child? What Helped.

Walking on Eggshells Around Your Adult Child? What Helped.Sami Ward
Published on: 20/07/2026

The moment I realised I was checking my daughter's face before speaking in my own kitchen, what hypervigilance is, and the 3-second tool that helped.

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Loving an Emotionally Dysregulated Adult Child: The Grief Nobody Names

Loving an Emotionally Dysregulated Adult Child: The Grief Nobody Names

Loving an Emotionally Dysregulated Adult Child: The Grief Nobody NamesSami Ward
Published on: 13/07/2026

Grieving the relationship you hoped for with your emotionally dysregulated adult child? You're not alone, discover the Pause, Lower, Less approach.

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When You Find Out Your Child Is Self Harming: What to Do First

When You Find Out Your Child Is Self Harming: What to Do First

When You Find Out Your Child Is Self Harming: What to Do FirstSami Ward
Published on: 06/07/2026

The moment you find out your child is self harming is one of the most shocking moments a parent can face. This honest post is for every mum who has been there and doesn't know what to do next.

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She Doesn't Want to Come. But She Doesn't Want to Be Left. And Both of Those Things Break My Heart.

She Doesn't Want to Come. But She Doesn't Want to Be Left. And Both of Those Things Break My Heart.

She Doesn't Want to Come. But She Doesn't Want to Be Left. And Both of Those Things Break My Heart.Sami Ward
Published on: 29/06/2026

She doesn't want to come. But she doesn't want to be left either. This honest post is for every mum grieving the life their child should have had, even while being proud of how far they've come.

Emotional DysregulationKnowledge is Power Being a Mum of Daughter with BPD Real Life & The Bit We Don’t SayFor Mums: Holding It Together
When You Leave, Everything Falls Apart. And It's Not Your Fault.

When You Leave, Everything Falls Apart. And It's Not Your Fault.

When You Leave, Everything Falls Apart. And It's Not Your Fault.Sami Ward
Published on: 22/06/2026

When you leave, does everything fall apart? This honest post explores what fear of abandonment really looks like in young adults with emotional dysregulation and what mums can do when they come home to a hard week.

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