October 2024

It distorts how you ‘hold’ things, if you are not held. If when we’re very young we’re not held in a way that helps us to feel safe, loved and cared for by the people close to us then it can create distortions in the way we hold things for ourselves as we grow up – we learn to suppress, repress, lock away, block off and compartmentalise….

September 2024

Being calm and relaxed enables flow – being anxious and tense creates blocks and paralysis.

July August 2024

Negative thinking about the past creates DEPRESSION in the present. Negative thinking about the future creates ANXIETY in the present. FEAR is created when the mind gets caught up in making False Evidence Appear Real.

May/June 2024

“When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had.”    A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

March/April 2024

“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.”  –  John O’Donohue

January 2024

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”  Aristotle.

October/November 2023

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”  Dalai Lama

August/September 2023

As we manoeuvre our way through the golf course of life do we have access to all the different kinds of clubs we need in our toolkit? Sometimes we need to be prepared to pick up and use a club that we’ve not used in a while or forgotten about and sometimes we might need to invest in some new clubs to use!

July 2023

The counselling process often includes reconnecting with parts of yourself you may have put away or avoided that are now stopping you from becoming ‘whole’ and awakening to who you really are.

May/June 2023

“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.”  Mandy Hale