The AmbiSENSE® Protocol
Making sense of emotions – at home, at school, and at work.
Why AmbiSENSE® exists
Most of us were never taught how to sit with our emotions – let alone understand someone else’s.
So we end up reacting to behaviour instead of the feelings underneath it.
We raise our voices.
We shut down.
We tell ourselves to “get on with it.”
What if we could make sense of what’s really going on beneath the surface?
What if calm, connection and compassion became our default, not our last resort?
AmbiSENSE® is the framework I created to do exactly that.
It helps families, schools and workplaces turn emotional chaos into clarity – so people feel seen, safe and understood, and behaviour begins to change for the right reasons.
The Six Pillars of AmbiSENSE®
Each pillar represents a key element of emotional understanding and environmental harmony — together, they create the conditions for calm, safety, and growth.
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Recognising emotions as data — understanding what they’re trying to tell us before we react.
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Building trust and empathy through meaningful communication and shared understanding.
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Taking emotional insights and transforming them into positive action, resilience, and lasting change. A proactive approach to emotional well-being.
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Finding the space between emotional intensity and calm — responding with steadiness, not suppression.
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Creating environments where everyone feels accepted, valued, and psychologically safe. Using psychological evidence-based practice.
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Making sense of experiences with curiosity and compassion — because learning starts with listening.
What AmbiSENSE® does
When emotions go unseen, frustration quietly builds – in children, staffrooms and leadership meetings alike.
You see the outbursts, shutdowns and “I just can’t do this anymore”… but not always the patterns underneath.
AmbiSENSE® helps you:
💬 Bring calm to the chaos
Understand the emotions behind behaviour so you can respond with confidence, not control – whether it is a pupil, a colleague or a team.
💛 Create psychological safety
Build spaces where people feel safe to speak up, make mistakes and tell the truth about what is really going on.
🌿 Build emotional intelligence
Turn outbursts into understanding, tension into teamwork and overwhelm into awareness – with shared language across home, school and work.
🤝 Strengthen connection
Grow trust, empathy and communication that hold firm even when things get hard, so people stay, not just survive.
Schools report fewer escalations and calmer corridors.
Families describe smoother mornings and less shouting.
Teams feel safer, braver and more honest.
Want to see how AmbiSENSE® could work in your setting?
Where AmbiSENSE® is used
AmbiSENSE® sits at the heart of everything I do – from family coaching and parent programmes to leadership development and workplace wellbeing.
It’s about more than “managing behaviour” or “fixing performance”.
It’s about understanding people: the emotions, experiences and unseen stories that shape how we show up every day.
When we start seeing what’s really going on beneath the surface, we create:
Calmer homes – with fewer explosions and more repair
Stronger schools – with safer corridors and supported staff
Healthier workplaces – where people feel safe to speak up and stay
If you’re reading this thinking, ‘This is exactly what we need’, let’s explore how AmbiSENSE® could look in your world
Ready to bring AmbiSENSE® into your family, school or organisation?
The Impact of AmbiSense®
When we use this framework, we start to see transformation – not just in individuals, but in the spaces we share.
✨ Greater emotional awareness and regulation
Children, staff and leaders can name what they feel and recover more quickly from overwhelm.
💬 Stronger communication and connection
Trickier conversations become safer, and people feel able to ask for what they need.
🌿 Calmer, more compassionate environments
Homes, classrooms and meetings feel less volatile and more predictable.
💛 Reduced stress and burnout
Adults spend less time firefighting and more time doing the work that actually matters.
🌈 A shared language of understanding
Across home, school and work, everyone uses the same words and routines to support nervous systems.
These aren’t just “nice to haves”.
They’re the ripple effects of emotional safety – and they’re exactly what AmbiSENSE® is designed to create.
If you’d like to see these shifts in your family, school or organisation,
Ready to bring AmbiSENSE® to your world?
If you’re ready to bring calm, connection, and psychological safety into your world, let’s start with a simple conversation.
We’ll talk about what’s happening now — and how AmbiSENSE® could help you see it differently.