When Exams End, But the Stress Lingers: Support for Your Sensitive Child

Exams might be over, or very nearly, but for many families, especially those with sensitive children, the aftermath is just beginning.

Even if your home has stayed calm and you’ve reassured your child that test scores aren’t everything, they’ve still been sitting in classrooms thick with tension. Surrounded by pressure, anxiety and expectation. That energy doesn’t just disappear at the school gate and if your child is highly sensitive, empathic or energetically open, they’ve likely absorbed more than you realise.

What You Might Have Seen:

• Tearfulness or meltdowns after school

• Sudden anxiety, panic attacks or shutdowns

• Nausea or even vomiting before or after exams

• “Not feeling like themselves” but not knowing why

These aren’t signs of weakness, they’re signs of sensitivity. Of a nervous system that has been holding too much for too long, often not just their own emotions but everyone else's too.

Sensitivity Is Not the Problem — It’s a Sign

I work with many families navigating this exact terrain. Sensitive children often appear to be “fine” until they aren’t. They try hard, feel deeply, and sense what's going on beneath the surface, even when no one’s saying a word. Especially in exam season, they’re walking into a soup of other people's stress.

The good news? You can help them recover. And more than that, you can teach them how to recognise and care for their own energy field going forward.

A New Way to Support Them (And You)

With my other hat on, Zenpath, we are just about to release a new bite-sized module that’s perfect for this scenario.

It’s designed for parents and children to do together: short, simple, gentle practices that calm the body, clear the energy field, and help your child reconnect to themselves.

It can be done together, or you, as a parent, may want to do it first and then gently show your child how to care and understand their energy. It could be the best gift you ever give them.

This isn’t about “fixing” your child. It’s about helping them understand themselves and giving their system permission to exhale.

We are creating it now

We are in the midst of it now, so if you would like to know more or go on the waiting list for further announcements, please reply to this saying "Waitlist".