# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbnCAFYk1be
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68602664-juleswaller-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-04T07:30:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

## Caption

Kids can surprise you.

Not in the small ways. 
In the ways that make you sit back and realise you underestimated exactly how much they’re capable of.

After 100+ missed days, I didn’t know what “back to school” would even look like for her. 

I definitely didn’t expect it to also be a brand new school. 
On her birthday. 

Two huge things landing on the same date, neither of which she asked for.

We prepared her the best we could - nervous system first, not just “just go.” That’s genuinely what the Toolkit is built around.

But on the day itself? 
That was all her.

New building. 
New faces. 
A birthday she didn’t get to plan around. 

🔸 And she did it anyway.

If you’re in the version of this that feels impossible right now - it can look different than you think. 

Comment TOOLKIT if you want what actually got us there.

We did it.  And you can too !

With hope,

- Jules ♥️

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #teenmentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth #teenanxiety

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schoolrefusal, schoolanxiety, teenmentalhealth, teenanxiety, childrensmentalhealth

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