About Me
I live in a small market town near Cambridge, England and I am the mother of three girls (now young women).
I have navigated the choppy waters of family life and have first-hand experience of how unhappy it can get: divorce, moving schools and the terrible loss of friends to accidents, as well as all the day-to-day difficulties of school life, siblings and friendships.
Although my girls have now happily flown the nest, I still care deeply for them and my wider family as well as my friends, my garden, my yoga practice and our global and local environment.
A Few Things About Me
- My children think I am eccentric; I like to think it keeps them on their toes.
- I am well travelled and adventurous. I came to the UK from Denmark over 30 years ago for the longest gap year in history. I fell in love with England and the English and have never regretted my decision though I still struggle with the whole Morris Men thing.
- I can and do still laugh at things that happened a looooong time ago especially when it involves friends falling off benches or into water (you know who you are!).
- It’s completely impossible for me to read the chapter in Pippi Longstocking where she boards her dad’s ship and leaves Tommy and Annika behind without crying. Even though I know she comes back in the next chapter.
- I make no apologies for hugging trees and am inexplicably becoming fascinated by bird life; surely a true sign of middle age?
Why This Work Matters to Me
People often ask why I care so deeply about helping families be happy again.
Why I care that so many children and teenagers are struggling with stress, anger, and anxiety.
The answer is simple – and personal.
I know, first-hand, that what happens to us when we are young – and the meaning we make of it – shapes how we live, love, and lead for the rest of our lives.
I entered adulthood, and then parenthood, without a solid sense of my own worth.
I didn’t lack intelligence, love, or good intentions – but I lacked emotional foundations.
And without them, I made choices that hurt me and the people I cared about.
Not because I was broken.
But because I was unresourced.
That experience is why I don’t just work with children.
And why I don’t see a struggling teenager as the problem to be fixed.
I see families.
Because children don’t suffer in isolation.
They absorb the emotional climate around them.
They adapt to what’s unspoken.
They carry what hasn’t been processed.
And unless something changes, they grow up and pass it on.
That’s why my work begins with parents.
Not from blame.
From power.
When parents understand their own emotional landscape – their triggers, their patterns, the legacy they inherited – everything shifts. The home becomes steadier. Conflict softens. Children feel safer without anyone having to be perfect.
This is what breaks generational cycles.
It’s why I work with the whole family system.
And why I believe, without apology, that emotionally grounded parents are the single most powerful protective factor a child can have.
This work isn’t about fixing behaviour.
It’s about restoring leadership, safety, and self-worth – for parents and children alike.
Because when parents heal, children don’t have to carry what never belonged to them.
And that changes everything.
This belief is the foundation of my work and the reason I created the Foundations of Empowered Parenting – a framework for raising emotionally resilient children by leading with calm, clarity, and connection.
The ‘Official’ Bit
Inger Madsen helps parents of teenagers turn conflict, anxiety, and chaos into calm, connection, and resilience.
A leading energy psychology practitioner, emotions educator, and speaker, she’s spent over two decades navigating the wild ride of adolescence with families.
Creator of the Foundations of Empowered Parenting, Inger blends neuroscience, emotional education, and trauma-informed practice with laser-sharp insight to get to the root of family struggles — fast. She has delivered workshops for thousands of parents and partnered with schools across Essex and Cambridgeshire.
Parents who work with her finally process decades-old emotions, set healthy, consistent boundaries with ease, and create the safe, emotionally literate families their teenagers need to thrive.
With surgeon-level laser focus, she has the ability to discern the root cause of unhappiness in the family so that change can happen, fast, saving you and your children years in therapy.
Credentials
- Certified and Accredited Advanced EFT Practitioner (EFTi)
- Matrix Re-imprinting Practitioner
- MLC HOM Lakeland College of Homeopathy
- BA (Hons) Psycho-Linguistics, 1st Class
- Emotions Education 101: Trauma-Informed Education on How to Work With Emotions in the Mind and Body for Lifelong Well-Being
- Understanding Trauma – Working towards Recovery
- Mum of three
