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Helping Families Become Calmer, More Connected and Resilient

Practical, compassionate workshops for parents, foster carers, schools and family organisations

Modern family life can be difficult to navigate.

Power struggles, big emotions, screen battles and concerns about children’s resilience can leave parents and carers feeling overwhelmed, guilty or uncertain about how best to respond.

My workshops help adults understand what may lie beneath a child’s behaviour and respond with greater calm, confidence and connection.

This is not about blaming parents, demanding perfect behaviour or removing technology from family life. It is about helping adults provide the calm, grounded leadership children need while creating healthier habits, stronger relationships and more opportunities for children to flourish in the real world.

Workshops are led by Chelvi Mailvaganan—a certified life coach and qualified therapeutic social worker with more than 20 years’ experience supporting children and families.

“I can’t recommend Chelvi highly enough. She has been an incredible support to our family. Chelvi has helped me understand my own reaction to my son’s behaviour and taught me how to regulate my emotions so I could better support him. She gave me the vision, the tools and the confidence to believe in him and help him manage his emotions in a much healthier way. He is much happier now. He is present in real life rather than online.”

— eLISE

Workshops for Schools and Organisations

I also offer workshops commissioned by:

Schools and parent communities
Fostering organisations and foster carer groups
Family support services
Charities and community organisations
Groups of parents and carers
Professionals supporting children and families

Workshops can be delivered as standalone sessions or developed into a short series tailored to the needs of your parents, carers or staff team.

Sessions can be delivered online or in person and can explore areas including:

Children’s screen use and digital wellbeing
Power struggles, resistance and cooperation
Big feelings and emotional regulation
Parent and carer triggers
Calm, confident family leadership
Children’s resilience, focus and perseverance
Creating stronger family relationships
Helping children flourish beyond the screen

My workshops are practical, engaging and grounded in the realities of family life. They offer adults an opportunity to reflect on their own experiences while developing strategies they can begin applying immediately.

Current Live Online Workshops

This September and October, I am offering three practical online workshops exploring some of the challenges parents and carers tell me they are struggling with most.

The workshops are particularly suitable for parents and carers of primary-aged children, although the ideas can be adapted for different ages, children and family circumstances.

When Your Child Pushes Back

From Power Struggles to Calm Cooperation

Sunday 20 September 2026 | 7–9pm UK

Does getting ready, leaving the house, completing homework, going to bed or switching off a screen repeatedly turn into a battle?

This workshop will help you understand what may be driving your child’s resistance and find calmer ways to hold loving boundaries—without constantly shouting, nagging, negotiating or giving in.

You will leave with practical strategies and your own Personal Calm Cooperation Plan.

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When Your Child Has Big Feelings

How to Stay Calm, Connected and Emotionally Present

Sunday 27 September 2026 | 7–9pm UK

When a child is angry, anxious, disappointed or overwhelmed, it can trigger powerful emotions in the adults caring for them too.

This workshop will help you understand your child’s emotional world, recognise your own triggers and remain connected without immediately trying to fix, fight or withdraw from what is happening.

You will leave with a practical Emotional Presence Plan to help you navigate difficult moments with greater confidence.

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Raising Resilient Children in a Digital World

Helping Your Child Thrive Beyond the Screen

Sunday 4 October 2026 | 7–9pm UK

Children need opportunities to experience boredom, frustration, waiting and disappointment in order to develop resilience.

This workshop explores how parents and carers can help children build concentration, perseverance, confidence and a healthier relationship with technology—without becoming anti-screen or creating another source of family conflict.

You will leave with your own Family Resilience and Digital Wellbeing Plan.

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Early-Booking Price

Book before 17 September 2026 and attend:

One workshop for £33

All three workshops for £99

After the early-booking deadline, workshops will cost £49 each, or £111 for all three.

All workshops are delivered live online. A recording will be provided to everyone who books, so you can still benefit if you cannot attend live.

Book all 3 workshops for £99

“My son was struggling with anxiety and very low self esteem. He found everyday tasks overwhelming and couldn’t see his own worth or where he fitted into the world. At the time, he spent a lot of time playing Fortnite. Getting him off screens was a constant battle. With Chelvi’s guidance, I found ways of helping him. I was able to accept all of his emotions, both positive and negative and gradually rebuild his confidence, bit by bit. Today, he is completely different child. Since starting second school he has become a confident, happy young person.”

— EM

Program Leader

Chelvi Mailvaganan is a certified life coach and qualified therapeutic social worker with more than 20 years’ experience supporting children and families.

Her professional background includes children and family services, therapeutic social work, youth mentoring and community wellbeing. She has also delivered talks, workshops and wellbeing sessions for parents, children, schools and community groups across Kent and online.

As a long-standing meditator, Chelvi also brings a grounded understanding of attention, awareness and the importance of learning to remain present with our inner experience.

Chelvi brings together therapeutic insight, coaching, mindfulness and lived experience as a parent. Her approach is warm, practical and non-judgemental, helping adults understand what lies beneath children’s behaviour, strengthen family relationships and create realistic, sustainable change.

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A Compassionate, Relationship-Based Approach

Children’s behaviour is often a form of communication.

Rather than focusing only on stopping the behaviour, my approach helps adults become curious about what may be happening beneath it. Together, we explore children’s emotional needs, recurring relationship patterns and practical changes that can create calmer, more connected family life.

The aim is not to create a family in which nobody ever becomes angry or struggles. It is to help adults feel better equipped to navigate those moments—holding appropriate boundaries while protecting connection and emotional safety.

The workshops are compassionate, non-judgemental and sensitive to the experiences of neurodivergent, highly sensitive and easily overwhelmed children. There is no expectation of perfect parenting and no one-size-fits-all formula.

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