Being on your own team: The Science of Self-Kindness

Date:      Thursday, 12th February 2026
Time:      7pm to 8.00pm
Venue:   Online via Zoom

Target Audience:  Primary and Post Primary Teachers, SNAs and Early Years Educators

For those working in education, so much energy is devoted to supporting pupils, colleagues, and families that as individuals your own wellbeing is often overlooked.

Being on Your Own Team: The Science of Self-Kindness offers a practical and evidence-based introduction to self-compassion, an approach shown to enhance resilience, emotional regulation, and sustainable caring.
Through gentle reflection and accessible strategies, this session explores why many of us speak to ourselves more critically than we would ever speak to others, and how this internal dialogue shapes stress, motivation, and professional effectiveness.

Participants will:

1)    Learn the core principles of self-compassion, understand the research behind its benefits,

2)    Try out simple tools to reframe unhelpful self-talk and respond to themselves with greater understanding.

This session is designed to create space, insight, and encouragement for those working in education to begin treating themselves with the same warmth and care they offer every day to others.

Bio of Presenter: Emma Lynch

Emma Lynch is a positive psychology practitioner, wellbeing facilitator and career and life transition coach. Emma’s work focuses on supporting individuals through group workshops and 1-1 coaching to find the clarity, direction and goals they need to thrive in both work and life.  Emma has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and is accredited by the EMCC. Emma also combines her experience in positive psychology and coaching psychology with a 13 year career in human resources.