When life or relationships feel confusing or difficult – it helps to have a good shared map
I Matter® Relationship Health Learning
Learn a shared map for relationship health - at home and work
You care deeply about the important roles you have at work and at home but, right now, life and relationships can be stressful - sometimes overwhelming - and you can find it difficult to know what to focus on for best results.
I Matter offers a step-by-step learning programme. You can go at your own pace and build yourself solid foundations while committing to becoming stronger in every role.
I Matter learning helps you in relationships with children and with adults and builds your confidence for managing challenging situations and making a positive difference.
👉 Build your Relationship Health Foundations
👉 Or, Start with an introduction
👉 Try the 2 minute Relationship Check
We know that mental health and physical health are important, but what about 'relationship health'?
What happens if you start thinking about Relationship Health as a priority?
Why I created the I Matter Resources
I'm Dr Cathy Betoin, clinical psychologist and creator of the I Matter Framework and relationship health learning journey. I help professionals and the children, adults and families that they work with to understand each other and work better together, at home and at work.
Across more than 30 years in health, education and community settings, I saw many professionals and families wanting to help children and other adults but experiencing a lot of confusion including:
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Not knowing what to focus on
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Not understanding how healthy relationships develop
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Families and teams pulling in different directions
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Feeling uncertain about what can make a difference
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Finding conflict difficult to navigate constructively
I developed the I Matter Learning Journey and the Five Steps and Five Stages to help people with varied start points gain some shared language so as to be able to explore these questions in more depth. My own learning continues too. Curiosity is a powerful place to begin.
Do you have tricky moments with children, parents, colleagues or your own family?
I Matter is for professional, parenting-caring and personal learning
Focusing on relationship health can feel sensitive, but the skills that support it are often overlooked - and are key to wellbeing.
Learning more can help you make sense of what is happening and find a way forward in a wide range of situations at home, at work and in your community.
What to expect? Imagine 6 months time:
Instead of feeling pushed and pulled about by everyone else's needs and by everything that is happening at work and at home, you can step back and think about your own choices and priorities. You have gained some new ways of understanding what is happening. The old confusion has given way to confidence that you can figure things out.
You can see and feel the positive difference that is making for you and others - both with children and with other adults. Challenges remain but, you see them differently and are enjoying deepening your understanding and skills. You are out of the deepest Fog and the way forward looks much more interesting! That's what an I Matter Learning Journey is all about.
How does it work? First decide on your starting priorities
The same I Matter relationship health ideas can give you a foundation for every role. Choose your top priority focus for your learning, but remember that many of our community are balancing at least two if not more of these home and work competing priorities.
Working or living in Kendal? Explore Kendal Locality options
Dip your toe in, build your foundations, then deepen your learning—it's one step at a time.
The online programme can be supplemented by a range of study support options
What people say about I Matter Learning Resources
People are using the ideas to understand more and make a practical difference at home and at work.
The way the ideas are brought together creates a beautiful and accessible map for anyone interested in improving their confidence and relationship health.
Professional
I Matter has given GPs, schools, services and families a shared language and structure that helps us understand our roles and support young people and families more effectively.
GP
We help you build calmer, more connected relationships for these uncertain times
Start with one step
Explore an introduction, reflect on what feels relevant, and decide whether you want to learn more.
Help shape what comes next
The I Matter Resources are continuing to develop through conversations with people exploring questions around relationships at home, at work and in their communities.
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53 Stramongate
Kendal
LA94BH
United Kingdom
