Mindfulness For Children And Teenagers

Mindfulness For Children And Teenagers

I offer gentle mindfulness sessions online or in person for children and teenagers. These sessions are designed to help young people pause, notice their thoughts and feelings, and find calm, focus, and confidence. Skills that can support learning, emotional regulation, and everyday life.

Having personally struggled with anxiety at school, I know how much it can affect learning and wellbeing. Mindfulness provides children with a safe and structured way to slow down, notice what’s happening in their minds and bodies, and build resilience without pressure or expectation.

Details:

  • Format: Online or in-person
  • Session: length: 1 hour
  • Cost: £30 per session
  • Who it’s for: Children or teens who experience anxiety, stress, or difficulty focusing, or who want a calm, mindful space.

Sessions are supportive, practical, and tailored to each child’s needs. The focus is on learning simple tools they can use in school, at home, or anywhere, while creating a safe space to explore thoughts and feelings.

 

8-Week Mindfulness Based Living Course

8-Week Mindfulness Based Living Course

This 8-week course, written by The Mindfulness Association, offers a structured, supportive way to explore mindfulness in your everyday life. It is designed to help you pause, notice your thoughts and feelings, and develop calm, clarity, and resilience.

Whether you’re dealing with stress, overthinking, anxiety, low mood, or the challenges of long-term health conditions, this course gives practical tools to navigate life with more ease.

What Happens on the Course

Across eight weekly sessions, you will:

  • Learn guided mindfulness practices and techniques
  • Explore ways to bring mindfulness into everyday life
  • Develop skills for noticing thoughts and feelings without judgement
  • Build resilience to stress, anxiety, and challenging life circumstances
  • Share experiences with a supportive group (ot in 1:1 sessions, with individual guidance)

Each session is 2 hours long and combines gentle guided practice, discussions, reflection, and practical tools you can use day-to-day

Participants also receive:

  • A course manual (PDF) to print out and follow along
  • Recorded mindfulness practices to support home practice

Please note: Participants are responsible for printing the manual and downloading the recorded practices.

Who This Course Is For

This course is suitable for people who:

  • Want structured support for developing mindfulness skills
  • Are experiencing stress, anxiety, low mood, or overthinking
  • Are living with long-term health conditions or chronic illness
  • Prefer practical, non-judgemental support rather than therapy
  • Want a safe, supportive space to explore mindfulness

No prior experience with mindfulness is needed.

Course Options & Pricing

Small group (up to 5 people)

  • Cost:  £170 for the full 8-week course (2 hr sessions)
  • Small group ensures personal attention while offering peer support

1:1 Course

  • Cost: £265 for the full 8-week course (2 hr sessions)
  • Individual support

Format: Sessions can be held in person in North Norfolk or online via Zoom.

Practical Details:

  • Weekly sessions, 2 hours
  • Spaces are limited to ensure support and continuity
  • Sessions are booked for the full 8-week block
  • Participants receive a manual and recorded practices to support home learning
  • A non-refundable payment is required before the course start date

Why This Course Works

The Mindfulness-Based Living course provides a practical, evidence-informed approach to mindfulness, while allowing for gentle, personal adaptation to your pace, energy, and needs.

My approach integrates:

  • Mindfulness training (since 2017, Mindfulness Association)
  • Lived experience with Multiple Sclerosis, breast cancer, and bouts of anxiety and depression
  • Knowledge of polyvagal theory to support stress regulation
  • A calm, non-judgemental environment where participants feel safe and supported
  • Science backs up the positive changes mindfulness can have

Whether you join a small group or take a 1:1 course, you will leave with practical tools, self-awareness, and confidence to integrate mindfulness into your daily life.

Please note that the course cost is non-refundable, unless in exceptional circumstances.


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8-Week Compassion Based Living Course

8-Week Compassion Based Living Course

COMPASSION-BASED LIVING COURSE An 8-week follow-on course to deepen self-compassion and compassion for others.

It’s often been said that Mindfulness and Compassion are two wings of a bird. One cannot truly exist without the other. This is especially true in times of difficulty.

While mindfulness helps us become aware of our experiences, compassion enables us to meet those experiences with kindness and care, especially in times of difficulty.

This follow-on course is designed for those who wish to deepen their practice and develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves and others. In my own experience, this course has profoundly shifted how I relate to myself and has supported deeper connections in my relationships. This course provides a structured and supportive environment for exploring self-compassion and emotional resilience. Rather than meeting challenges with self-criticism or self-blame, you will learn how to respond with understanding, warmth, and courage, even when things feel difficult.

What Happens on the Course

Across eight weekly sessions, you will:

  • Learn guided mindfulness and compassion-based practices
  • Explore what compassion truly is (and what it is not)
  • Learn to recognise and soften the inner critic
  • Cultivate a compassionate inner ally
  • Gradually widen compassion towards others and the wider world.

Each session is 2 hours long and includes guided practices, teaching, reflection, and gentle enquiry, allowing insights to arise naturally and at your own pace.

Some of the Areas We Explore Include:

  • Why practice compassion
  • The compassionate mess
  • It is not our fault- an evolutionary perspective
  • Creating conditions of safety
  • Befriending the self-critic
  • Finding compassion within 
  • The four compassionate qualities
  • Widening the circle of compassion

Participants are supported through a range of guided practices that strengthen Kindness, courage, resilience, and wisdom

Who This Course is for:

  • Those who have completed the Mindfulness-Based Living Course
  • Want to deepen their understanding and embodiment of compassion
  • Struggle with self-criticism, shame, or harsh inner dialogue
  • Feel ready to explore a kinder and more supportive way of relating to themselves
  • Would like continued structured support in a safe and compassionate environment

This course is not about fixing yourself; it is about learning how to meet yourself with greater care and understanding

Course Options & Pricing

Small group course (up to 5 people)

  • Cost: £170 for the full 8-week course (2-hour sessions)

1:1 Course

  • Cost: £265 for the full 8-week course (2-hour sessions)

Format: Sessions can be held in person in North Norfolk or online via Zoom

Practical Details:

  • Weekly sessions over an 8-week block (2-hr sessions)
  • Small groups to ensure personal attention and shared learning
  • Spaces are limited to support continuity and safety
  • Participants receive a manual and recorded practices to support home learning (Downloadable format, participants’ responsibility to do this)
  • A non-refundable payment is required before the course start date

Why This Course Works

The Compassion-Based Living Course builds on the foundation of mindfulness and offers an evidence-informed approach to developing compassion in everyday life.

My approach integrates:

  • Compassion-based and mindfulness training
  • Lived experience of working with difficulty and self-criticism
  • An understanding of how the nervous system responds to threat and safety
  • A calm, non-judgemental environment where participants feel supported and held

Whether you choose a small group or a 1:1 course, this program offers a gentle yet powerful continuation of your mindfulness journey, supporting deeper self-understanding, healing, and compassionate living.

Please note that the course cost is non-refundable unless in exceptional circumstances.

Hi, I’m Paula

Hi, I’m Paula

My work is shaped by both mindfulness practice and lived experience.

Living with Multiple Sclerosis, and having recently experienced breast cancer, I have been taught the value of slowing down, listening to my body and mind, and accepting life as it is rather than how we think it should be.

I offer a calm, non-judgemental space to talk, breathe, and reconnect, especially for those living with ongoing health challenges, including bouts of anxiety and depression. This is gentle wellbeing support, paced with care, compassion, and understanding.

I am fully qualified in mindfulness-based approaches (since 2017) and trained with the Mindfulness Association to teach the 8-week mindfulness programmes. I am also trained to teach mindfulness to children and am registered with BAMBA (British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches).

I am deeply committed to my own mindfulness practice, continually exploring and embodying its wisdom in my life, and it continues to shape how I listen, relate, and show up in the world. I weave this with my knowledge of Polyvagal Theory, honoring the intelligence of the nervous system, creating space for healing, regulation, and authentic connection.

Corporate Mindful Wellbeing

Corporate Mindful Wellbeing

Supporting wellbeing, resilience, and clarity in the workplace

In today’s fast-paced and often demanding work environment, stress, overwhelm, and mental fatigue are increasingly common. Corporate mindfulness offers a practical and compassionate way to support employees to pause, rest, and respond more skillfully to the pressures of working life. Mindfulness is not about switching off, fixing people, or increasing productivity at any cost. It is about helping individuals develop greater awareness of their thoughts, emotions, and nervous system responses, so they can meet challenges with more steadiness, clarity, and choice.

What Is Corporate Mindfulness?

Corporate mindfulness brings evidence-informed mindfulness practices into the workplace in a way that is accessible, inclusive, and relevant to real working lives.

Through guided practices and reflective enquiry, participants learn how to:

  • Recognise stress responses before they escalate
  • Regulate their nervous systems more effectively
  • Reduce reactivity and overthinking
  • Improve focus, emotional awareness, and decision making
  • Respond to challenges with greater calm and resilience

The emphasis is always on practical tools that can be integrated into everyday work situations.

How Mindfulness Supports the Workplace

Regular mindfulness practice has been shown to support:

  • Reduced stress and burnout
  • Improve emotional regulation
  • Greater resilience and adaptability
  • Enhanced communication and listening
  • Increased self-awareness and well-being

From a human perspective, mindfulness supports people to feel more present, grounded, and supported, which naturally impacts workplace culture in positive ways.

What I Offer

Corporate mindfulness sessions are tailored to the needs of your organisation and may include:

  • Introductory mindfulness workshops
  • Ongoing mindfulness programmes
  • Short guided practices for teams
  • Stress regulation and nervous system awareness
  • Mindfulness for resilience and wellbeing
  • Compassion-based approaches to reduce self-criticism and pressure

Sessions can be delivered as:

  • One-off workshops
  • A series of sessions over time
  • In-person or online via Zoom

All sessions are adapted to suit group size, time availability, and organisational context.

My Approach

I bring a calm, grounded, and non-judgmental approach to corporate mindfulness. My work is informed by:

  • Formal mindfulness training with the Mindfulness Association
  • Compassion-based and nervous system-informed practices
  • Lived experience of working with stress, illness, and emotional challenge
  • An understanding that people bring their whole selves to work

I create a safe and inclusive space where participants are encouraged to engage at their own pace. No prior experience with mindfulness is needed, and practices are always offered as invitations rather than expectations.

Who Corporate Mindfulness Is For

Corporate mindfulness is suitable for organisations that:

  • Want to genuinely support employee wellbeing
  • Recognise the impact of stress and overload in the workplace
  • Value a human-centred approach to mental health
  • Are looking for practical, accessible tools
  • Want to foster a more compassionate and sustainable work culture

Practical Details

  • Sessions can be tailored to the organisation’s needs
  • Delivered in person or online
  • Suitable for small teams or larger groups
  • Clear structure with space for reflection and discussion

If you would like to explore whether corporate mindfulness is right for your organisation, I offer an initial conversation to discuss your needs and intentions.