About Slow Breaths

Welcome to Slow Breaths. I’m Simonne, and I created this little business in Cairns, Australia with the support of my incredible family.

If you’re here, you’re probably caring for a child through BIG feelings. That matters more than you know.

It’s what led me here.

Slow Breaths came from what I kept seeing over time, in classrooms, in counselling spaces and at home. Kids trying to make sense of big feelings without really knowing how.

And I kept thinking… there has to be a simpler way to help more children.

Something that felt gentle.
Something clear.
Something that works in real moments.

That’s where Slow Breaths began.

It’s built on a belief I hold deeply, that every child deserves to feel safe, supported and understood.

Everything here is designed to help children understand their feelings and know what to do in those moments.

And I’ll keep creating with that in mind, to support children as they grow and the people who care for them.

Simonne x

Grounded in Experience

My work spans education and mental health, supporting children, families and adults across Australia.

I have worked as a provisional psychologist, supporting clients of all ages in individual and group settings, and as a guidance counsellor across primary schools, high schools and distance education.

I have also worked as a Behaviour Support Practitioner, supporting children and families with a range of social, emotional and behavioural needs.

Before pursuing psychology, I spent more than 10 years in my first passion, teaching, including internationally.

I hold first-class honours in psychological science and have completed seven years of tertiary study across psychology, education and linguistics. I also hold a BA, BEd, DipPsychSc and BPsychSc (Hons I).

This depth of experience shapes every Slow Breaths resource.

The Story Behind Slow Breaths

  • Slow Breaths began long before it had a name.

    My work with children began in the classroom where I spent over a decade teaching and learning alongside them. Every day, I saw how deeply children feel, and how they try to work through those feelings in the only ways they know how. Some found ways that helped. Many didn’t.

    What stayed with me was how much those moments mattered. How easily they could shape a child’s confidence, their relationships and the way they saw themselves.

    Then I became a mother.

    And everything I had seen in other children suddenly felt closer. More personal. I found myself thinking not just about what children go through, but about what they are given to help them through it.

    I knew I wanted something different for my own children.

    I wanted them to grow up understanding their feelings, not feeling overwhelmed by them. I wanted them to have simple, steady ways to move through those moments with confidence. To feel capable, not confused.

    That’s what led me back to university to study psychological science.

    I wanted to understand more. Not just what children feel, but why, and what truly helps.

  • From there, I worked as a provisional psychologist and later as a guidance counsellor, supporting children and families in a more focused way. Across both roles, I kept seeing the same thing.

    When children are given the chance to understand what’s happening inside them, something shifts.

    You can see it in them. The relief. The calm. The way their shoulders soften. The way they begin to trust themselves.

    Those moments stayed with me.

    And over time, they shaped what Slow Breaths would become.

    Slow Breaths was created to make those moments more possible.

    Not just in therapy rooms or classrooms, but in homes, in everyday life, in the small moments that matter most.

    It’s about giving children simple, meaningful ways to understand their feelings, and giving the adults around them something steady to guide them.

    Because when a child begins to understand themselves, everything changes.

    And sometimes, that change begins with something small…a few slow breaths.