An overview of how the body and mind manage emotions, stress, and energy levels, and how regulation changes with environment, fatigue, and demands.
Understanding Self-Regulation
A simple explanation of the mental skills that help us focus, plan, organise, and manage daily tasks — and why these skills can feel harder at certain times or for certain people.
What is Executive Function?
Practical ways to make routines more manageable, reduce overwhelm, and support sustainable habits.
Everyday EF / SR Supports
A reframing of “motivation” that highlights why capacity fluctuates and how to work with your brain instead of against it.
Capacity Over Willpower
Simple, effective approaches that help with organisation, regulation, and managing overwhelm.
Reflections to help you explore the “why” behind certain responses, without judgement or shame.
How environment, history, and stress shape the way ADHD traits appear, and why experiences vary widely.
A grounded look at how ADHD shows up day-to-day — attention shifts, time-blindness, emotional intensity, and overstimulation.
Gentle prompts for self-exploration and understanding why certain patterns might have developed.
A clear introduction to a model that helps us understand distress by asking, “What happened?” instead of “What is wrong?”
PTMF & Trauma-Informed Perspectives
How relationships, environments, and experiences can create patterns of threat or safety.
A clear introduction to a model that helps us understand distress by asking, “What happened?” instead of “What is wrong?”
Templates and approaches that consider capacity, energy, and executive functioning differences.
A quick reflective tool to understand emotional, mental, and physical capacity for the day.
Guided questions to support clarity and self-understanding.
As The Willow Project continues to grow, additional guides and tools will be added to reflect ongoing learning and practice.
For personalised support or guidance, please explore the Services page or reach out through the Contact page.