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Hello and welcome to House of New Thinking! 

 

This space is designed for individuals and professionals who are curious about self-development, intuitive intelligence, and lifelong learning.

 

Here, you’ll find a range of training opportunities tailored for personal growth, CPD, and academic development — all centred around building greater self-awareness and deeper understanding of human behaviour.

 

Just exploring? Visit the blog to discover reflections on real-life experiences, the behavioural patterns they shape, and practical strategies for creating more positive outcomes.

 

Prefer to listen and learn? Check out the House of New Thinking podcast, where I delve into educational themes, personal and professional growth, and the role of learning in both formal and informal settings.

 

Whether you’re here to grow, reflect, or simply explore, there’s something here for everyone on their journey of self-discovery.

Please note: All training and content are for educational purposes only and do not replace professional advice from qualified healthcare providers such as GPs.

MEET SHARON

With over 25 years of experience across schools, specialist settings, community programmes, and further and higher education, Sharon has developed deep expertise in understanding challenging and unproductive behaviours, disengagement, and the complexities of motivation.

Her passion for learning has been a lifelong driver — not just for her own growth, but as a powerful springboard to help others reconnect with the art of learning for personal development and transformational change. What sets Sharon’s approach apart from other self-development programmes is this unique blend of educational insight, lived experience, and a vision rooted in intuitive connection and purposeful growth.

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BOOK YOUR 3 DAY CPD WORKSHOP

This CPD (Continuing Professional Development) workshop is for professionals exploring personal growth for their practice. Find out how self-aware you really are and what intuitive intelligence means to you in this educational and interactive 3-day CPD workshop. From adapting behaviours more effectively, building interpersonal relationships and developing stronger leadership skills to trusting your instincts with decision making, book now!

COACHING & DEVELOPMENT

Looking for a self-development course? Choose from bespoke 1:1 programmes for individuals or 1:1 tutoring for those looking to enhance self-development alongside their academic study skills.

ONLINE COURSES

Register your interest for a 10-week online self-paced course in self-development coming in 2026!! These courses are designed for anyone over the age of 18 whether you are new to thinking about personal growth or more advanced and exploring other ideas to continue with developing a growth mindset.

STATE SCHOOLING AND THE REPRODUCTION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

This book critically explores the role of state schooling in the reproduction of social class inequalities in the UK. By uniquely combining critical ethnographic methods with participatory and visual research, it foregrounds the experiences and recollections of working class adults in relation to their past schooling.

Drawing upon her own lived experiences, Jones theorises the experiences of her participants using an analysis of Marxist, Bourdieusian and Freirean frameworks to uncover relations of power and illustrate how schooling has reduced individual agency and sustained lived inequalities. By creating space for a Visual Intervention within Critical Ethnography (VICE) alongside her analysis of class and society, Jones successfully illuminates that working class struggles are not permanent, and that agency can be activated. The book also addresses an important need by centring research from the lived educational experiences of the working class, and, in particular, working class adults. Making a unique theoretical and methodological contribution using an innovative combined methodology approach, the text ultimately highlights the potential of empowering disadvantaged individuals by raising critical consciousness.

Though it is focused on the experiences of adults, this book has important understandings for all sectors of education and will be of interest to academics, researchers and students interested in the sociology of education, research methods in education, social inequality, social class and education politics.

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Series 1, E1: This series critically explores adversity and trauma, what it is and how it plays out in an educational context. In this episode, Aidan and I discuss the types of behaviours we see as educators when trauma has been embodied and how trauma can be released through drama and movement of body.

Series 1, E2: This series critically explores adversity and trauma, what it is and how it plays out in an educational context. In this episode, Jesus and I discuss trauma as real pain and how pedagogical knowledge is paramount for any professional working in this area to engage with conversations.