Welcome
Our Why
As parents, we love our children and only want the best for them, but so often we feel lost with the language to use to help them build values and thoughts that will allow them to thrive as they grow. To allow them to navigate the societal illusions or educational constraints they may face that may cause blocks to their innate confidence, resilience, motivation and wellbeing.
To allow them to be all they can be.
If we knew this language, we would use it, wouldn’t we? And if we felt confident in using it, then we would feel able to explore it with our children. Our books will help you begin to use a shared language of growth with your children and help you feel secure that what you are saying is helping you both gain the tools to live a fulfilled life.
An immersive and engaging reading experience
Paperback, ebooks and audible versions, with beautifully simplistic and relatable illustrations, for that priceless story time.
Stories to ignite children's imaginations and parents and teachers’ curiosity, to positively inspire all to connect in a shared language of learning.
Dear Reader,
Our long-term goal is to have a series of children's books as part of a wider project that we call the CourageCoach series. The children's books focus on complex values that we have used over the past two decades to help young people and adults to live fully.
We want to explain these concepts through a story, in a way that young children can understand. So they can build a foundation of helpful language, before the real complexities begin! Our hope is that the books will help children's wellbeing and encourage them to vocalise their struggles and not be afraid of their own greatness, helping them to become all they can be.
We wrote the first book Nothing's perfect and that's ok some years ago when we became conscious that our children were developing language that was creating a foundation of shame and a lack of self-worth. The story is of a young girl called Violet who loves to get things right and is often told that she is perfect. It is not until one day, when things don't quite go to plan that she realises she may not be perfect and that doesn’t feel so good. After talking to mum and dad she realises that Nothing's perfect and that's OK!
The message of the story, is linked to perfectionism. If we believe we are perfect, we will fear failure and be too scared to try or we won't learn from others and never become all we can be.
Creating a relatable story around the topic of perfectionism gives permission to start courageous conversations between parents and children, children and their friends and between adults. The repetitive signature phrase of the book has had a profound effect on our two children, one of whom is neurodiverse, and the other neuro-typical, enabling them to explore the concept with us, their teachers and their friends.
Our ambition is to support parents, teachers and children to build their tool box of language in a way that benefits rather than hinders. And to develop a connected network of Courageous Coaches.
Luke and Grace
