13/08/2026
🌿 Team Meeting | Wellbeing, Regulation & Connection 🌿
Tonight, our team came together for a really meaningful and powerful professional learning session with Anne Louise, our Social Inclusion Specialist, who supported both our centre and the Archer St centre through an Educator Wellbeing Training session. 💙
The focus of our evening was on wellbeing, stress, regulation, mindfulness and the importance of looking after ourselves as educators, because we can’t pour from an empty cup. 🫶
We explored the different levels of stress and what happens when we move outside our Window of Tolerance. We reflected on what hyperarousal and hypoarousal can look and feel like, and how stress can impact our ability to connect, communicate, think clearly and respond rather than react.
One of the biggest takeaways was that regulation is contagious. When we are overwhelmed, this can influence the people around us, including our children and our fellow educators. When we are calm, connected and regulated, we create an environment where others can feel safe, supported and able to regulate too. 🌱
We also explored the PACE approach:
✨ Playfulness – using warmth, lightness and connection
🤍 Acceptance – communicating that people are valued, even when things are difficult
🔎 Curiosity – wondering “What might be happening?” rather than immediately reacting
💜 Empathy – responding with compassion and understanding
Our team practised different mindfulness, regulation and distress-tolerance strategies and, most importantly, connected these strategies back to our everyday practice with children.
We reflected on those moments when a child may appear unsettled, overwhelmed, frustrated, withdrawn or dysregulated and asked ourselves:
What might they be experiencing?
What is their body telling them?
How can we support their regulation before expecting them to regulate themselves?
How can our own response create safety and connection?
The session also gave us an opportunity to turn the lens back on ourselves. We talked openly about recognising our own signs of stress, understanding when we are moving outside our window of tolerance and finding practical ways to pause, reset and prevent burnout. 🧘♀️🌿
Most importantly, tonight wasn’t just about professional learning, it was about connection. We slowed down, shared, laughed, reflected and created space to check in with ourselves and one another.
We are incredibly grateful to Anne Louise for such a engaging and meaningful session. 💙
Our educators give so much of themselves every day. Taking the time to care for the people who care for our children is just as important as everything else we do.
A regulated educator creates the conditions for regulated children. Connection comes before correction. And wellbeing starts with us. 🌿✨
