“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”
~ Peggy O’Mara

The Goulding Sleep Talk® Process is a unique, parent-delivered process that acts as the mind's emotional firewall for children.

This process was developed over 50 years ago and has been used around the world by professionals to assist families achieve positive change in their children’s lives and for the whole family.

I facilitate Sleep talk with parents, teaching them how to help their children become empowered and develop mindfulness. Children who have developed beliefs of fear, abandonment, trauma or any sort of stress will behave from an area of flight, fight or freeze. Children, who do not understand or believe they are unconditionally loved and are worthy, cannot move out of this situation and eventually become stuck in their fears, playing them out with poor behaviour, learning difficulties, sleep issues and mood swings.

Sleep talk teaches the parents to replace these beliefs and fears in their child, with unconditional love, safety and security, establishing an inner peace within the child. This allows the child’s nervous system to move out of sympathetic dominance and have the ability to achieve positive change. When a child is secure and loved, they can demonstrate a greater ability to deal with their problems, and this empowerment gives them the capacity to find healthy ways to respond to challenges.   

Sleep talk works with neuroplasticity of the brain, and much like hypnotherapy with adults, allows change to take place at the subconsciousness level.

Sleep talk reduces stress and anxiety in the child, whilst promoting self-confidence. It helps the child develop a sense of calmness and positive self-image. It is a safe and ethical process that is easy to commit to and promotes positive, non-intrusive change in the whole family unit.

 I use sleep talk to teach parents to empower their children, to make their own changes. I find this exciting for everyone concerned, knowing we are creating children with self-confidence and emotional intelligence.  

“If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.”~ Alfie Kohn