Free Online Event April 23rd at 6pm UK
Homecoming: Reclaiming the Innocent Child
A Masterclass for Ex-Boarders and Their Partners
Homecoming: Reclaiming the Innocent Child
Free Online Masterclass: April 23rd, 6pm UK
Do you often feel like a guest in your own life?
For many of us, the "stiff upper lip" of boarding school didn't just teach us to be independent; it taught us to be invisible. We learned that to survive, we had to leave our emotions - and our youngest, most vulnerable selves - at the school gates.
Years later, that survival strategy can leave us feeling "stationed" in our relationships rather than connected, and like we don't quite belong in the world we’ve built.
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It’s time to bring that child home
Join me for this intimate masterclass where we move beyond "just coping" and begin the deep work of self-loyalty. Together, we will explore:
Ending the Cycle of Self-Abandonment: How to stop being your own harshest critic and start being your own safest refuge.
The Art of Self-Belonging: Why true connection with others begins with the decision to never leave your own side again.
Rescuing the "Little Self": A gentle, practical approach to reuniting with the innocent part of you that was frozen in time.
It is finally safe to be seen.
Discover the heart behind the mask
At boarding school, survival required a specific kind of armour. We built a "Survival Personality" - a mask of perfectionism, extreme independence, and people-pleasing - designed to keep us safe in an environment that didn't have room for our vulnerability.
You may have lived in this armour for so long that you believe it is you.
But there is a deeper, truer part of you: the one who created the mask to protect the "little self" - the innocent child - inside. By gently uncoupling from this survival shell, we don't just find our "voice" - we find the capacity for the joy, love, and deep connection that the mask has been keeping out.
Key benefits of the masterclass
This masterclass will help you to:
Move from "Stationed" to Connected: Learn how to move past co-existing and into true intimacy by practicing safe emotional co-regulation with those you love.
Reclaim Your Voice and Your Needs: Break the habit of "having no needs." Learn how to identify what you actually require to feel safe and how to ask for it without apology.
The Ultimate Reunion: Deepen the bond with your "little self" so that you are never alone again, no matter where you are or who you are with.
Register now for my FREE masterclass and start building a happier, more fulfilling life.
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What people are saying...
Meg Roundell Greene
"I got so much value from that webinar you hosted - it's so interesting to dive into this! it gave me a very clear idea of what I was doing and why - and how to change it to have fewer disagreements (or at least have the disagreement but manage it in an emotionally mature and responsible way instead of reverting to old habits!)"
B.L.
"I have just finished Sorrel’s six week course for the partners of ex-boarders. For years I have struggled alone, with the impact that early boarding has had on my partner of 40 years. Sorrel’s warmth and wisdom and insight was truly like balm to my soul. I felt validated, appreciated and understood."
Matthew
"I came to see Sorrel following some anger issues I was having after a bereavement, and the work that Sorrel has done with me has been transformative, to say the least. I feel much calmer in a considerably better place and certainly less angry than I ever did prior to the work that I started with Sorrel. Sorrel has an ability to hold a space, a reflective space for you, asking just the right amount of questions that encourage reflectivity and the opportunity to adjust your feelings or behavior accordingly."
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Sorrel Pindar, Facilitator
Sorrel is a trauma-informed relationship coach who works with people who feel stuck in their relationships - especially those who spent part of their childhood in boarding school. Drawing on her own experience of seven years in school, she offers both couples coaching and individual coaching for survivors and their partners.
Her coaching journey began in 2017 when she became an NLP Master Practitioner. Since then, she has trained with Jamie Smart to become a Certified Advanced CLARITY® Coach & Facilitator, and is a licensed One of Many™ women’s coach. In 2025, she qualified as a Relational Life Coach through the Relational Life Institute, giving her some unique tools to work with couples.
Before starting her coaching journey, Sorrel spent 20 years as an osteopath, retiring in 2022 to focus on helping people heal emotionally and in their relationships. She holds a BSc and MPhil in Psychology, and deeply believes in our spiritual “true self” - the inner source of wisdom, creativity, and well-being that enables us all to heal from the inside out.