Author: Sarah Petherick

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Sarah Petherick

Sarah founded Emotionally Healthy Minds with a clear vision to bring emotional wellbeing and education together. She leads the organisation’s strategic development, partnerships and wider growth, while remaining closely involved in supporting families, schools and professionals. Prior to founding EHM, Sarah worked in education for 20 years and is passionate about ensuring emotional wellbeing is recognised as an essential part of education. She believes in looking beyond behaviour, understanding what may be happening underneath, and creating provision that helps children rebuild confidence, experience success and find enjoyment in learning again.
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Helping Children Overcome the Fear of Making Mistakes

Why are some children so afraid of getting things wrong? Explore the connection between perfectionism, anxiety and confidence, and how children can learn that mistakes are part of growing.
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Why Children Need Boredom More Than Ever in a World of Constant Entertainment

Could boredom actually be good for children? Explore why unstructured time matters for creativity, resilience and emotional wellbeing in a world of constant screen entertainment.
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Why Tutoring Looks Different at Emotionally Healthy Minds

Discover how emotionally informed, personalised tutoring can help children overcome anxiety, rebuild confidence and reconnect with learning.
Sarah, smiling and Emotion Coaching a boy at the EHM Centre

Why I Founded Emotionally Healthy Minds: A Teacher’s Journey to Putting Emotional Wellbeing First

What happens when a teacher starts asking a different question about children’s behaviour and learning? Sarah Petherick shares the experiences that led her to found Emotionally Healthy Minds.