What began as a set of playful, child-created picture books is now becoming a revolutionary emotional resilience framework — simple enough for a four-year-old, powerful enough to transform homes, classrooms, and entire systems of care.
Rooted in ancient wisdom.
Reimagined through story.
Designed for the realities of modern childhood.
The Bowly Can Approach is inspired by the powerful Hawaiian metaphor of The Bowl of Light — a teaching about human potential, resilience, and the truth of who we are.
Adapted into a modern, playful, child-friendly model that gives a child:
Light - Everything a child is, can do, likes, has, wants and is growing into.
Stones - The frustrations and challenges that temporarily block that light — normal, movable, and never a reflection of who the child is.
Emotions - Signals. Information. Clues that tell us when a part of the light is being covered.
This language gives children a way to understand themselves.
It removes shame.
It reduces overwhelm.
It builds identity, confidence, and inner strength from the earliest years.
Born From Stories Children Helped Create
Before it was a model, it was a character — Bowly, the little light-filled bowl, imagined and shaped by hundreds of children across the UK.
The Bowly Can... picture books combine humour, silliness and story with deep emotional wisdom. Children laugh, learn, and light up — and adults gain a practical way to talk about big feelings, tricky moments and daily resilience.
Bowly isn’t just a character. Bowly is a doorway — into emotional literacy that feels natural, joyful and shared.
