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Books & Resources

Everything I’ve written down, in one place: the three books, and the practical guides I built while raising my own son.

The books

Cover of Finding a Way Through by Peter W

Finding a Way Through

How our thoughts shape our experience, and practical ways to lift your mental state.

Cover of The Mind's Hidden Potential by Peter W

The Mind’s Hidden Potential

How the mind is put together, with techniques for developing your own ability.

Cover of Understanding Anxiety and Depression by Peter W

Understanding Anxiety and Depression

How anxiety and depression show up at every age, the biology behind them, and what helps.

Guides and resources

These are the things I actually used. Not theory, and not a workbook written by someone who has never sat in a school meeting. Each one is a PDF you download, print and write on. They’re locked until you buy them, and once you have, the file is yours for good — no subscription, no app, no login to remember.

14 days

The Observation Diary

The Observation Diary

Fourteen days of structured notes to take into an assessment, so you arrive with evidence rather than impressions.

£7 · PDF

Morning & evening

Routines That Hold

Routines That Hold

Printable routine cards and a weekly planner — outside structure a child can lean on until they can manage from the inside.

£9 · PDF

A reading system

Getting Him Reading

Getting Him Reading

The reading system I built for a boy who couldn’t sit still, and why it worked when the school’s didn’t.

£5 · PDF

All three, together

The Assessment Pack

The Assessment Pack

All three guides, plus a one-page sheet of the questions worth asking at the appointment. Saves £2.

£19 · PDF bundle

Not quite ready yet

The guides above are being finished and typeset now. If you’d like to know the moment one goes on sale — or you’re a school or a group and you’d want several — tell me which, and I’ll come back to you directly.