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Practical, supportive tools and resources to help you learn, reflect, and create change, at your own pace.

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Resources & Tools

This space is designed to help you explore ideas, approaches, and tools that make inclusion and wellbeing part of everyday life. You’ll find free guides, reflection prompts, and practical recommendations that you can use right away, whether you’re supporting others or looking after yourself. 

 

Everything here is grounded in real-world experience and shaped by the same values that underpin Shirley’s work, compassion, accessibility, and a belief that small, thoughtful changes can make a big difference. 

Free Resources

A growing collection of supportive materials to help you deepen your understanding and practice of inclusion. 

 

Mini Guide to Inclusive Practice: Practical steps for creating more

inclusive spaces 

Understanding Layered Lives: Simple Ways to Support Complex Realities 

Noticing Layers in Everyday Life: A gentle reflection worksheet to help you pause, notice, and respond with compassion. 

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Tools and Recommendations

A growing collection of supportive materials to help you deepen your understanding of layered lives.  

Books for Layered Lives: A Reading List for Understanding, Healing, and Inclusion  

Reflection Worksheets: gentle prompts to help you pause, notice, and reset 

Recommended Reading & Links: carefully curated articles, books, and organisations that inspire and inform 

Featured Resource

A spotlight on one special resource that captures the heart of Shirley’s approach. 

Next Steps

If you’re ready to go deeper, Shirley offers coaching, consultancy, and training to help you put these tools into practice.  

Keep Exploring

I hope these tools and resources support you in your journey toward more inclusive and mindful practice. Keep exploring, learning, and reflecting at your own pace. 

 

If you’ve found something helpful here, share it with others who might benefit too. Together, we can make inclusion part of everyday life. 

New resources are added regularly, so check back often to see what’s new. 

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