When feelings grow too overwhelming for words, children do not need perfect explanations. They need us.

In this gentle and grounding conversation, Amy Smythe and Denise Bevan explore what happens when emotions become too big to explain, and why a calm, steady presence can be the safety children are searching for.

With compassion and insight, they reflect on how co-regulation, emotional safety, and nonverbal connection help children move through intense moments. They also consider why staying alongside, rather than rushing to fix or explain, allows both children and grownups to find their way through.

This episode offers reassurance that when words fall short, your presence is doing far more than you might realise, along with a kinder, wiser understanding of what it truly means to support a child through emotional overwhelm.