Pearls of Wisdom

Selective mutism is not shyness, rudeness, or avoidance. It is silence as survival — a nervous system strategy that locks the voice when speaking feels unsafe. For some, the words are there, oceans of them, but the throat closes and nothing comes out. This blog explores selective mutism through lived experience, poetry, and trauma-informed healing, with gentle prompts for reflection and reconnection.

We all carry the echoes of our younger selves — the child who laughed, cried, and longed to be accepted. This gentle inner child healing exercise uses a childhood photo, breathwork, and presence to help you reconnect with that younger you. It isn’t about rushing through a quick fix, but about taking time to listen, promise, and remember joy. A tender doorway into emotional recalibration, it offers a way to meet yourself with compassion and begin restoring authenticity.

From phonics checks to GCSEs, children in the UK face more than a dozen formal assessments before 17. Each test whispers that performance equals worth. But your worth is not measured in grades. Many who didn’t thrive in school grow into the most resilient, creative, and compassionate adults — the square pegs we need now more than ever. Emotional Recalibration helps untangle self-worth from old labels and remind you: you are not broken, you are becoming.

If I had three lives, I’d marry you in two… Sarah Russell’s poem captures the longing for alternate selves — the lives we imagine but don’t live. In this reflection, I explore what those “unlived lives” can teach us about healing, why pausing is essential for recovery, and how Emotional Recalibration invites us to live this one life more fully.

Discover how activating your vagus nerve can support emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and trauma recovery. Includes somatic tools, yoga, and guided practices.

The father wound is not simply the grief of a man not being present... Healing the father wound requires emotional courage, inner child healing, and compassionate witnessing.

Discover how childhood emotional wounds create limiting beliefs and subconscious filters that fuel anxiety, low self-worth, and the inner critic. In this post, trauma-informed therapist Stella Dove explores the roots of self-doubt, the impact of early sensitising events, and how Emotional Recalibration Therapy can help you heal from the inside out. If you’re ready to stop feeling not enough and start reclaiming your voice, this reflection is for you.

Most of us don’t realise how powerful a daily meditation practice can be. It’s not just calming — it’s transformational. This playful and poetic piece reveals why making space for stillness is essential for nervous system regulation, emotional clarity, and cosmic alignment. Something beginning with M... might just change your life.

Healing isn’t linear, and mindset work isn’t always graceful. Sometimes it’s like attempting a Chinese handstand in lotus position… and farting. But just like stretching into a new shape, emotional growth takes repetition, courage, and a willingness to feel awkward. This post explores why Emotional Recalibration Therapy is like soul-gym for your inner child — and why six weeks can change the way you move through life, love, and yourself.

What you suppress stays in the body—shaping your breath, your heart, your health. This is a letter to the woman (and man) longing to release and return.

Avoiding difficult conversations might feel safer—but it slowly erodes your truth. This is your call to courageous communication and radical self-respect.

At ninety-two, a father reflects not on achievements, but on regrets. What was left unsaid. What was left undone. This short piece asks: can we choose differently, now—before it’s too late?

Stella Dove Emotional Recalibration Guidance Emotional Recalibration To Heal The Ache. 2025 has started with blessings for me. I’ve...

This practice involves breaking a wooden arrow with the soft part of your throat, symbolising the breaking of mental and emotional barriers.

Energy flows where attention goes. What you look for, you will find — especially in healing. This 21-second video is a reminder to focus gently, somatically, and with soul.

“You do not have to be good.” Just let your body love what it loves. A quiet offering for anyone feeling lost, lonely, or in need of belonging. Mary Oliver's Wild Geese meets Emotional Recalibration — and something inside you may begin to soften.

Some techniques take years of mastering. Some people claim they can fix things in a day. This is somewhere in-between. These 6 Tips to boost self esteem are just enough to help stop that nagging feeling of not being quite enough...

The Road of Life can get a bit bumpy from time to time can't it? It's easy to feel that all is against you when this happens.