When The World Feels Hard (A Pocket Feelings Guide For The Days The News Comes Home)

What to say when the news reaches your children, words to borrow for every age, and small ways to make home a soft place to land.

Wars on the news. Prices going up. A phone that never stops buzzing - and then the kids come in asking for a snack, and you have to put it all down and be soft again, just like that.

If the world has felt heavy lately, it isn’t because you’re weak; it’s because you care. This guide is for those days.

Inside you’ll find:

• My poem Winter Rides On and On
• Gentle rules for when the news reaches your children
• Words to borrow for under-5s, 5 to 8, 9 to 12, teenagers, and at bedtime
• A true story from my own life about letting hard things be felt
• A kinder news habit, for you as well as them
• A two-minute practice to come back to the room you’re in
• Small things you can do together, because doing something softens the helpless feeling
• Lines to say to yourself before sleep
• A support page for when you need more

You’ll get two versions: one made for reading on your phone, and a printable A5 one.

12 pages. Your download arrives by email straight away.

You can’t fix the world before teatime, but you can make home a soft place to land.