What is Goulding Sleep Talk System?
The Goulding Sleep Talk System is an auto-suggestion process to communicate with the subconscious mind while children sleep.
You can also read more about Goulding Sleep Talk System in the Goulding Sleep Talk FAQs page
Goulding Sleep Talk was developed for children in the 1970s, and empowers parents to improve and balance their child’s behaviour. The dramatic positive change and calmness it creates permeate throughout the entire family.
It’s for parents looking for a simple, non-intrusive way to develop a child’s emotional resilience, building the mind’s firewall, protecting it against negative suggestions.
It’s been called: The two minute gift with changes that last a lifetime.
It’s easy to learn, and takes parents only two minutes at bedtime, and it cannot be done wrong. It’s absolutely safe, ethical and positive.
Parents and health care professionals have called Goulding Sleep Talk System a powerful self-help process which parents and childcare professionals have been using for more than 50 years.
They endorse it because it WORKS, helping to reduce anxiety and stress, developing a positive self-confidence, empowering children to manage, improve and balance their behaviour, anxiety and relationships.
Michelle’s Story — How "Sleep Talk" came about
Joane Goulding developed the Goulding Sleep Talk System when her daughter, Michelle, was a small child. Michelle had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and Joane was advised by experts to leave her in a large Melbourne institution for people with disabilities, (now closed) and forget about her.
As far as Joane and her late husband Jim were concerned, this just wasn’t an option.
But what were they to do to enable Michelle to enjoy the most happy and positive life possible?
Nothing existed! With trial and error, based on her Joane created a process, often called Sleep Talk after her early books. Michelle had become an aggressive, angry person and very difficult for the family to live with.
The strategies Joane applied, day after day, over many months that created changed behaviours are first described in her 1996 Creating Miracles with SleepTalk booklet.
In 2004, Joane expanded on her first book and published as hard-copy SleepTalk: A Gift of Love Through Positive Parenting. It is no longer available in print.
Continuing on, in 2011 Joane released an updated version called The Goulding Process, while useful it is no longer best current practice.
2026 - Why This Edition Was Updated
In 2026 the Goulding System has been substantially revised and reorganized for this modern edition. While the original principles remain intact, the language, structure, formatting, and supporting material have been updated to improve clarity, accessibility, and ease of use for today’s parents.
This GouldingSystemBook.com website has been designed as a companion to the complete book edition.
Much of the book is available here online, including introductory chapters, supporting explanations, appendices, educational material, and reference sections intended to help readers better understand the broader philosophy and structure of the Goulding System.
Michelle Today
Today, Michelle is in her forties, married and though she still has an IQ of around 45, she attends a local TAFE College (Technical and Further Education), manages her own home, and she and her husband save their hard-earned income to take regular holidays in Australia and overseas.
For Michelle, she knows she is loved, that every day is a happy day, and she always does her best.
Since those challenging days, Joane has refined, improved and taught the Goulding Sleep Talk System, and thousands of families have experienced the joy of happy, confident children who are making the most of their lives, where there had been shy, anxious, aggressive and sad.
The Goulding System is an alternative, medication and substance-free self-help process for parents coping with a challenging child.
Sometimes a lack of knowledge, assistance and/or family support can cause parents to doubt their parenting abilities, feel misunderstood and on a merry-go-round of endless consultations and dead ends.
This process is about presenting a substance-free, safe, non- intrusive and ethical process for parents to use in the safety and comfort of their own home while their child or children are asleep and it’s easy to apply.
The Goulding System is for every parent who wants their children to reach their full potential, and to re-affirm their love to their children.
Goulding System is about teaching parents to work with their own children while they sleep and when they awaken children have a more positive mind set. It only takes parents about 2 minutes per evening and the changes last for life. Parents talk – children listen – waking up bright and happy. Positive feedback has been received for issues dealing with aggression, behaviour management, stress, fear, anxiety and trauma.
The process is particularly helpful when dealing with issues around education and study, co-operation and concentration. Health issues also respond in a positive manner, such as asthma, bed-wetting, nail biting and speech. It also covers and assists families concerned about sibling rivalry and negative communications.
The Goulding System is a procedure that is about developing a child’s emotional resilience and self esteem.
The Goulding System allows the subconscious mind of a child to redefine its belief structure and accept alternate positive suggestions, which upon awakening becomes their truth and reality. Not all children need this process but it’s a given that they will all benefit from it. Goulding SleepTalk gives children the best possible start in life of feeling loved, lovable and confident within themselves.
Benefits of the The Goulding Sleep Talk System for children is:
- The Goulding System empowers parents to help their children to achieve self-confidence and inner strength.
- The Goulding System empowers parents to give their children positive suggestions to help with general and specific issues in their lives.
- The Goulding System is a safe, ethical and non-intrusive process suitable for any family and lasts for life.
- Children’s healthcare professionals have been using the The Goulding System process for over 40 years.
- There are no contraindications with this process – you can do no harm, just follow the procedure word-for-word.
- The Goulding System gives parents a second chance to undo the possible harm caused by unkind words they may have said to their children during a busy day.
The Goulding System Sleep Talk Can Help Children:
- Being hyperactive, hard to control, nervous, agitated or explosive
- Experiencing separation anxiety, fearfulness or general lack of confidence
- Fighting with siblings or being aggressive with others
- Having trouble sleeping or experiencing nightmares
- Being stuck in habits like bedwetting or nail biting
- Struggling academically, labeled with learning disabilities, Autism/Asperger
- Feeling troubled about parental separation or other issues at home
Goulding Sleep Talk has been successful in resolving all the issues mentioned above, sometimes in as a little as a few days, and has been used effectively by thousands of families around the world over the last 40 years since its founders, Joane and Jim Goulding, developed the process for their daughter Michelle, with astounding results.
You can read more about professional recommendations and the successes people have had on the testimonial page.
This very simple 2 minute a night The Goulding System will create everything that it promises if you do it exactly as instructed and stick with it.
Disclaimer: It must be stated that when introducing The Goulding System procedure, some families found that their child did not respond as had been hoped for or expected. However, upon investigating why, it was discovered that the process had not been correctly followed. Help is readily available to assist parents to achieve the results required for their children.