Do you feel inspired to turn over a New Leaf ? Well it is that time of year when everybody is thinking about a fresh start, new year resolutions and perhaps wanting to make a change for the better. For many January in particular can be a miserable month – Christmas is over, you may be waiting … Continue reading New year… what does it mean to you?
Christmas can be a time for celebration but for many people it can be a time of stress, anxiety, disappointment or loneliness, especially for those going through difficult time. My family loves Christmas but I often enter the festive season with a little trepidation... Christmas comes with high expectations of perfect, happy families enjoying wonderful … Continue reading Christmas: Festive or Frantic?
How do you look after you when you have so little time? I am always talking about self-care. We understand how important it is, but also how tricky it can be. How do you look after yourself when you have so little time? Self-care is far from easy. When our self-worth is on the floor, … Continue reading The Self Care Question…
With the clocks going back on Sunday 27th October there's not much we can do about the changing weather and long, dark nights. But we can fight back against seasonal mood slumps. Light plays a huge role in our moods and daily rhythms and this is where the two chemicals in our brains really come … Continue reading With the nights drawing in how can we feel happy when we maybe SAD?
The truth is counselling is purely about having time devoted to helping yourself, for whatever reason, it is about self -care. I remember when I was first told that I would benefit from counselling, I was 19 years old during the early 90’s and had just moved away to university. I was incredibly homesick and … Continue reading Myth Busting-Counselling Myths and Misconceptions
Do you feel inspired to turn over a new leaf in September? Or is this just me? Following on from my blogs on ‘goodbyes' and ‘change’ I feel inspired to think about self-care and what better way than to think about new beginnings! September seems to be a great month for a fresh start, new … Continue reading New Beginnings, Is September the new January?
A new home, a new part of the country to familiarise myself with, new friends to make and new work to focus on. This is my New Leaf. Change is something that I am very familiar with as I am part of a world where I have to move on every few years. I often … Continue reading Accepting change, a personal battle…
How are you with goodbye’s? Saying goodbye is the hardest thing that most of us do. Endings by definition are final and are therefore something that most of us find difficult. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” So with the ending of my time in Somerset just round the corner I have … Continue reading Goodbye, farewell, adios – it’s all about endings…
