Playful tools that nurture kindness, confidence, and self-compassion for children and the grown-ups who care for them.
Meet Booster and Crusher - two voices we all have inside.
One lifts us up. The other tears us down.
Through stories, play, and practise, The Booster Way helps families strengthen the kind voice and understand the mean one.
What Is The Booster Way?
A new language for emotional wellbeing.
The Booster Way helps families and classrooms explore the inner world of emotions with curiosity and compassion. Created by teachers and Self-Compassion specialists, it gives children playful tools to understand their thoughts, calm their feelings, and practise kindness for themselves and others.
Turn the sound on and watch the video below to learn more about The Booster Way.
Choose Your Booster Toolkit
Every toolkit helps families play, read, and grow together... discovering the power of kind self-talk in everyday life.
How It Works
See How The Booster Way Changes Lives
“Things have definitely changed over the last few months…
She’s not beating herself up as much.”
~ John, dad of 9-year-old Sophie
"Kathryn Lovewell walks the talk... She radiates kindness and compassion and has dedicated her life to teaching others how to be more self-compassionate. I especially admire the creative ways she brings self-compassion to kids. Any time with this gifted teacher is well spent."
"The Booster Way is a brilliantly created trauma sensitive approach to strengthening self-compassion, and subsequently, emotional resilience in children. It is fun, playful, practical, and accessible… it provides the foundation for a lifelong trajectory of emotional wellbeing."
“Kathryn Lovewell has developed an innovative and engaging programme for promoting self-compassion in children, The Booster Way. This builds on research literature showing that self-compassion is intimately connected to mental health outcomes.”
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