Cultivating Calm
Rediscover Your Inner Ease
A self-paced path to clarity, presence, and real self-care
Sounds good, but ...
If a part of you is thinking, “I can’t add one more thing,” I hear you.
Work, family, health, and the visible and invisible load can make even good changes feel out of reach - it's just another thing on the list.
That’s why I built Cultivating Calm the way I have; self-paced, small steps, and zero perfectionism. There are techniques that take 60 seconds, and they're a great place to start, building up to strategies that might take a bit more time, but which nurture and nourish long-term.
You might also be thinking ...
The overwhelm is real
The solution? A clear “start here,” short videos, you set your own pace, gentle check-ins, and options but guidance to choose just 1 thing to explore each lesson and a guidebook to help keep you anchored.
Prioritising me is selfish
The invitation? Welcome to a world where you don't have to earn self-care, where you don’t need to justify self-care. Self-care is a right, not a reward, and not selfish. Here's a gentle mantra for you: “I’m allowed to look after me.”
It won't work, I've tried
Sceptical? Calm is cultivated, not forced. We’re not chasing bliss on day one—just easing the load of stress. Try a few tools, keep what resonates, and aim for better, not perfect, with small consistent steps. The videos and guidebook offer simple, research-backed strategies.
introducing
Cultivating Calm
For women seeking authentic calm in a busy world - no hacks, no hype, no hustle, just evidence-based practices and compassionate support.
A clear guide to understanding stress, supporting your nervous system, and creating real self-care practices that restore and soothe.
What makes Cultivating Calm different?
Informed by Science, Grounded in Real Self-Care
Evidence you can trust
Grounded in current research on stress, women’s health & wellbeing.
Real self-care, not surface fixes
Practical practices that restore and sustain - not quick trends.
Practical and doable
Short lessons and simple tools that fit real life, not add to your load.
Here’s what you’ll explore
MODULE 1
Calm begins here
Welcome and orientation to real self-care
- Calm versus stress and how they feel.
- Real self-care: What it means and why it matters.
- Map where you’re at and what you need next
MODULE 2
Decode your stress patterns
Understand what’s happening and why, then meet stress with skill and self-compassion
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Inside the Stress Lab: Learn the basics of your nervous system in plain language, uncovering what drives your stress responses.
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Wired & Worn Out: Spot the signs of overdrive or depletion and discover practical resets you can use right away.
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Mind’s Mirror: Recognise thinking traps and filters, and develop simple self-awareness strategies to break old patterns.
MODULE 3
The CALM Method
Build simple, lasting habits for everyday calm - practical steps for real life
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CALM in Practice: Learn an easy four-step routine to check in, appraise, focus on what matters, and move with kindness.
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Breathers: Discover quick, practical calming techniques you can use whenever you need to feel more grounded and calm.
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Sustainers: Explore everyday habits - nutrition, rhythms, and environment that support steady calm, not just momentary relief.
- Restorers: Plan for deeper restoration with personal practices that recharge, renew, and build capacity for calm and resilience.
RESOURCE
Cultivating Calm Guidebook
Your practical course companion - full of visual guides, simple worksheets, and gentle prompts to help you build clarity and calm.
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Find meaningful self-care practices that truly support you.
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Map your stress patterns and track your progress with easy tools.
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Try quick calming exercises, ideas to nourish, and space for reflection, all at your own pace.
Let the guidebook anchor your calm - supporting your experience, step by step, from start to finish.
Plus ... for added support
Extra Calm Resources
Rest Rescue Bundle
The ultimate starter-pack of short meditations and breathwork to reclaim your calm. Learn more.
Calm Wallpapers
A soothing set of 7 affirmation wallpapers - gentle reminders to pause, breathe, and reconnect with calm anytime you need it.
Calm Evenings
Unwind and ground yourself with a calm evening routine that leads to restful sleep.
By the end of this course you'll have learnt how to ...
✦ Identify your patterns - understand your Calm-thieves, what impact they have and your usual ways of responding
✦ Cultivate Calm & resilience - build steadier baseline: daily “micro‑practices” that regulate your stress response in minutes, create a plan that fits your life with small, repeatable steps; se short and longer-term strategies to do more than just "get through the next week", instead growing capacity and calm
✦ Strengthen self-trust & clarity - make values‑aligned choices, working with kinder boundaries and sustainable habits; create more headspace with practical ways to lighten the cognitive load and restore energy
All while holding space for yourself with self-compassion
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Here’s what this means for you…
How you'll feel
Cultivating Calm
is for you if…
- You feel stuck in the “tired but wired” loop
- You know you need to slow down, but you don’t know where to start.
- You’ve tried yoga, supplements, or time off - they work short-term but you still feel depleted.
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You value evidence-based strategies from science and psychology, shared in a caring and down-to-earth way.
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You’re ready for self-care that nurtures your whole self and supports sustained wellbeing and real-life change - not just a band-aid solution.
Cultivating Calm
isn't for you if…
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You’re seeking a quick fix or instant results for long-standing issues.
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You prefer approaches that are high-intensity or hustle-focused.
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You need advanced clinical support.
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You’re not ready to explore reflective or personalised self-care practices.
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You'd rather a standardised, one-size-fits-all course.
Hear from women who have been part of our previous programs
"So accessible and so realistic!"
The most helpful thing was that there is no ONE BIG answer. It's the sum of lots of small manageable things ... Jane you made the information and the practices so accessible and so realistic.
- SW
"Highly recommend!"
I highly recommend this course. It’s so good that the information is provided slowly, allowing you to digest and work on the current topic instead of racing ahead.
- MF
"Easy to understand"
The information is presented in an easy to understand way, however ... and Jane is always available to help with queries or requests.
-MS
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SHARING THE COURSE I BUILT FOR MYSELF
Hi, I'm Jane
If you landed on this page and are still reading, it’s probably because you can't remember not feeling stressed, wired and tired, and over it.
I get it. I'm a multi-tasker who has periodically flirted with burn-out (sometimes taking it to third base). I’ve learned I need to consciously and fairly consistently, check my plate to make sure I'm not over-committing or over-engineering my life, and lean on the same strategies I share in this course to keep myself well. That’s why I created this space: to help women feel clearer and calmer without adding more to the overwhelm.
This work is close to my heart, and I’m honoured to share it with you.
Women’s health clinician-researcher with 35+ years’ experience - I’ve facilitated multi-day resilience retreats for cancer and palliative care professionals, and run day workshops for community groups and clients. I help women build calm, capacity, and confidence with realistic, evidence-informed strategies grounded in self-compassion - no guilt, no gimmicks.
