Redefining The Festive Season
What Do I Actually Want This Season to Feel Like? Every year, the Christmas season seems to speed toward us with a tidy checklist: ✔ decorate ✔ buy gifts ✔ attend events ✔ try to do it all with a … Continue reading →
Boundaries Aren’t Grinchy Or Naughty
How to Protect Your Peace Around Family It’s the season of togetherness. Of dinners that stretch for hours, full houses, full calendars, and full hearts. But if you’ve ever left a family gathering feeling emotionally wrung out rather than uplifted, … Continue reading →
When The Festive Cheer Feels Forced
Why It’s OK Not to Be Merry Everywhere you look, there’s sparkle. The shops are playing the same cheerful songs, lights twinkle from every window, and social media feeds are filled with perfect Christmas moments. But for many people, that … Continue reading →
Expressing Needs
As a therapist, I often have conversations about what people are struggling with in their day-to-day lives. They form basic categories such as having too much on, feeling like they are the ‘responsible’ one, no time to do their own … Continue reading →
The More I Do
Sometimes it feels like the more I do, the more I have to do. It’s a never-ending cycle. That feeling is very real—and you’re definitely not alone in it. It’s like progress just reveals more work, instead of reducing it. … Continue reading →
New Starts
Let’s Talk About New Starts New starts can be exciting, terrifying, or both at once. They often come with a mix of hope and uncertainty partly because we are leaving behind what’s familiar and stepping into something uncharted. Some people … Continue reading →
Endings
When Therapy Ends: Why Goodbyes Matter We don’t talk about endings enough and this is especially the case in therapy. When you start therapy sessions, there’s often a sense of urgency, hope, or overwhelm. You’re focused on getting through something, … Continue reading →
It’s Obvious
It’s Obvious, Isn’t It? Is this a question, a statement or a deflection from talking in more detail about a problem or issue? Many of my clients, both adults and children, often say something along these lines. When someone says, … Continue reading →
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf
Yes, I know! I’ll huff and I’ll puff and all that. You may remember the characters from your childhood, or indeed you may have regaled the tales to your children, or they have watched them immortalised by Walt Disney. We … Continue reading →
Every Day Is A School Day
The phrase “every day is a school day” means that learning is a continuous process throughout life, not just confined to formal education or school. It suggests that we can always gain knowledge and experience from various interactions and situation. … Continue reading →