From the outside, everything might look like it’s going well. You may have a stable job, supportive relationships, a home, routines, responsibilities. You’re coping with life, doing what’s expected, getting through each day. Yet somewhere inside, something doesn’t feel right.   Many people quietly carry a feeling they struggle to explain. A sense of being lost, disconnected or strangely empty, even though nothing obvious is “wrong”. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering “wh

If you are thinking about counselling, you may be wondering what actually happens in a session; will someone analyse you? Give you advice? Tell you what you should change?   Person-centred counselling is very different from what many people imagine therapy to be.   Rather than being something that is  done to you , it is a process we engage in together to help you understand your emotions at depth, recognise patterns in your life, learn to value who you truly are and live in

"Going Analogue" is a current trend on social medial where people are intentionally moving away from digital engagement and instant access- yes, I hear the irony of an online trend encouraging you to be less online! Still, it deeply resonates with my thoughts on mental health in the modern day.   "Going Analogue" encourages small changes like: leaving your phone at home, visiting shops and restaurants instead of ordering online, listening to music without multitasking or en

I am becoming increasingly interested in our human nature and I have found that if you zoom out far enough, humans are honestly a wild success story.   Once upon a time, we weren’t the only humans wandering around. There were other human species; cousins of ours living in ice, forests, mountains and deserts, but we were the ones who made it through. This wasn’t because we were the strongest or the fastest, but because we were the most adaptable.   We learned to: ·      Live i

Anger is one of those emotions we’re often taught to fear or suppress. It can feel explosive, unpredictable or shameful; something to keep a lid on or push away. However, anger is rarely the real problem. More often, it’s a messenger calling our attention to something deeper that needs to be heard.   When anger shows up, it’s often protecting something vulnerable beneath it like pain, fear, sadness, disappointment or a deep sense of not being seen or valued. It can rise when

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