Young Soul Education CIC – A different way forward
I want to share a bit about Young Soul Education CIC and where it really came from. It wasn’t something I set out to create. It grew out of years of lived experience and trying to make a system work that clearly wasn’t.
For a long time, we were stuck in the same pattern.
One good day. Four bad.
A few hours here and there.
Constantly back and forth to school, trying to make it work.
Then after a month or so, she would shut down completely.
Withdrawal mode. Feeling awful in herself. Like she was letting everyone down. Angry at herself for not “just going to school”. Unable to explain why she couldn’t. Just frozen.
Her body was constantly in survival. Physical symptoms all the time. Always feeling unwell. I remember thinking she was ill all the time, and no one could really explain why.
That was the point where I started studying the PNEI system. I needed to understand what long-term stress was actually doing to her body the nervous system, hormones, immune response. It finally made sense. Her body didn’t feel safe.
And if I’m honest, years of living like that was making me ill too. The stress. The worry. The constant cycle. Something had to change.
That change started with a conversation.
I asked my daughter what she actually wanted. I told her I wanted to work with her.
She said she didn’t want to be different from her friends. She didn’t want to be homeschooled forever. She wanted school she just couldn’t get there. Even the word school sent her straight into survival mode.
So I suggested something else.
What if, on the days school isn’t an option, there was somewhere she could go instead?
A space to regulate.
To calm her body.
No pressure.
At her pace.
That’s how Young Soul Education started.
Not as a replacement for school.
Not as a forever alternative.
But as something in between.
As I started looking at the bigger picture, the numbers were hard to ignore. Around 1.8 million children are experiencing EBSA. Many are masking. Many don’t fit neatly into SEND. They’re the in-between children — and they’re being missed.
That’s where the frustration sits. The statistics show how much change is needed, yet the support doesn’t match it. Funding exists, but very little is aimed specifically at this group. Parents are burnt out. Children are stuck. And there’s no clear pathway.
Funding is a minefield. Criteria. Boxes. Emails that don’t get replies. It’s slow and it’s hard.
But here’s what I believe.
We are in a transition. The old ways are dying. And these children — sensitive, intuitive, deeply feeling — are the ones who will change how things are done.
The way they experience the world isn’t a weakness. It’s a gift.
They need to be nurtured. Protected. Empowered.
Not shamed for being sensitive to their environment.
Not pushed to fit systems that were never designed for them.
If we get this right, these children won’t just survive — they’ll help lead change.
That’s why I keep going, even when it’s slow and frustrating. And that’s why Young Soul Education matters.
If you feel what I’m saying and believe change is needed too, please get behind this movement — through funding, sharing, or spreading awareness.
This isn’t about doing something different for the sake of it.
It’s about doing better.