Jul 1, 2026 · 8 min · 8 segments
Working with little boys is 95% of Olwen's clinical work and in this bite she describes a day in her life. She describes her unique 'twist' in therapy sessions, and how she uses the latest…
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Little boys, some who struggle with dysregulation, anxiety, impulsivity, hyperactivity, working memory, attention.
Little boys that require loads and loads of care, connection, attachment, lots and lots of song, lots and lots of that talk, talk, talk, and that serve and return repeatedly to build their brain.
Remember, if we want our children to have happy lives, they have got to have happy childhoods.
And if we want our boys to be happy men, if we want our boys to be happy men and happy fathers, if we want our boys to be happy men and happy fathers who sing and play and talk and have fun with their children, then they have to experience that early on in the critical period of their life.
And what we're seeing is we're seeing that cortisol, that stress hormone linked with stress.
It's really rising in our little boys who are away from their connected caregiver.
Our little ones have to have really connected attachments to the people in their lives.
Little boys, some who struggle with dysregulation, anxiety, impulsivity, hyperactivity, working memory, attention.
Little boys that require loads and loads of care, connection, attachment, lots and lots of song, lots and lots of that talk, talk, talk, and that serve and return repeatedly to build their brain.
Remember, if we want our children to have happy lives, they have got to have happy childhoods.
And if we want our boys to be happy men, if we want our boys to be happy men and happy fathers, if we want our boys to be happy men and happy fathers who sing and play and talk and have fun with their children, then they have to experience that early on in the critical period of their life.
And what we're seeing is we're seeing that cortisol, that stress hormone linked with stress.
It's really rising in our little boys who are away from their connected caregiver.
Our little ones have to have really connected attachments to the people in their lives.
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