For over a decade, Donna Stichbury has been quietly watching—observing not just children, but the way adults move, respond, react, and relate to them. Her lens was never judgment, but deep curiosity. What she saw was profound:

So often, our struggles with children are not about them… they’re echoes from our own untended past.

This realisation became the beginning of what would eventually become Inside OUT—a powerful, tender, and transformative approach to caregiving, parenting, and self-understanding.

🌱 Where It All Began

Donna's path was lit early on by the influence of the Pikler Institute in Budapest. Their radically respectful way of being with infants touched something in her—something deep, ancient, and quietly revolutionary. She began to understand: the child doesn’t need fixing. They need space. They need presence. They need us—regulated, healed, and whole.

And so Donna began weaving.

Neuroscience – understanding the developing brain
Nervous system theory – what safety feels like in the body
Attachment – how we connect, disconnect, and come back
Intergenerational healing – where the past lives in the now

And then came Interplay... and everything changed

It was when Donna met Donna Berry, founder of Interplay, that the final thread clicked into place. Berry’s trauma-informed, play-based work gave Donna the embodied language she had been searching for. Suddenly, everything she’d been sensing, observing, and quietly holding for years had a shape.

The healing path wasn’t about “doing better” for the children—it was about untangling our own stories, so they could unfold freely into theirs.

Inside OUT became a space for both adults and children to be seen, heard, and held—where behavior is no longer judged but deeply understood.

When you're ready to explore more, Donna offers deeper guidance.

Attachment Mentoring – personalised 1:1 sessions
Interplay Sessions – play-based trauma-informed healing
Workshops & Mentorship – immersive growth and support