Loss is something we all experience, yet it can feel incredibly isolating when it happens to us. When people hear the word bereavement, they often think of death. But in reality, we can grieve many kinds of losses throughout our lives—some visible, some quieter, and sometimes harder to name. As a counsellor, I often sit with…
“Sometimes the smallest steps in the right direction end up being the biggest in your life. Tiptoe if you must but take the step”
Seeing a counsellor can help you to explore issues in your life that you are struggling with. This happens within in safe, trusting and confidential relationship. It can be a huge step to make that contact, to begin to acknowledge the difficulties you are experiencing. It is normal to be nervous about it and to…
Lives can be so busy that we rush around from one thing to the next. We are on autopilot, not paying attention to the moment we are in, not seeing what is around us, but planning the next thing we have to do. Being able to take time out to focus on what is around…
Something to think about? Sometimes we give so much of ourselves we neglect us. We are kind to others, yet would we speak to other people how we speak to ourselves sometimes? How can you be kinder to you? Perhaps by beginning to be more mindful of how you speak to yourself. Maybe focus on…
Do you know? Or is your life so busy that you don’t make time for what makes you feel good? Maybe you feel you don’t deserve it? Maybe you have lost someone and feel you can’t be happy again? Or is it you give, give, give because it’s what you do? It’s so important to…
I love this quote, it has really resonated with me. Sometimes we can spend too much time worrying about what other might people might be thinking of us.
