# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbiMdQFk5iN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68602667-juleswaller-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-02T10:25:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

## Caption

I wasn’t always the calm one. 
Some mornings I had it together. 
Other mornings I was holding it together by a thread, hoping my kid couldn’t tell.

For a long time I thought that meant I was failing at this. 
Turns out, showing up imperfectly - tired, unsure, faking calm until it became real - was still enough. 

What mattered wasn’t getting every morning right. It was staying steady enough, often enough, for things to slowly shift.

She’s at university now. First choice. 

Not because I nailed every hard day - but because I kept showing up on the ones I didn’t.

If today’s one of the hard mornings for you, I want you to know: you don’t have to have it together to be doing this right. We did it, imperfectly, and you can too.

It’s not possible to get this right every time - because it is so so hard.

With care,

- Jules ♥️

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #schoolstress #teenmentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth

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schoolrefusal, schoolanxiety, schoolstress, teenmentalhealth, childrensmentalhealth

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