Sleep deprivation is experienced by many people. It affects your health much more deeply than just causing morning meeting drowsiness. Your cells repair themselves more rapidly at night time. The body produces higher levels of human growth hormone, which promotes cellular renewal, and your digestive system gets a break.” So if you skip it, you […]
Mindfulness
So What is Mindfulness Meditation? Mindfulness is the awareness of what is going on within your mind and body or outside in your environment in the present moment, without judgement, simply accepting what is. It is the ability to still the mind, or at least to slow it down for a period of time. Being, not Doing. It […]
Breaking the cycle of needing a man in our lives!
We have to break the cycle many women have of ‘needing’ a man in their lives to ‘save’ them. When it is often traced back, it is the abandoned little girl who never felt loved or accepted, wanted or enough. We as children are unable to deal with these emotions, we don’t understand why we […]
What are the stages of Counselling
The first stage of counselling involves the client talking through their concerns whilst the counssellor listens and makes sure that they understand. The client needs to feel heard and not judged. With young people this can involve using puppets, paintsor sand. In order to enter the clients world the relevant materials need to be used […]
What is a divorce coach
The key to finding a competent divorce coach is researching your coach’s background – What are their expertise what do they specialise in. Whether it’s law, finance or counselling and deciding if it will lend itself to helping you navigate your divorce. Some divorce coaches only have experience of being divorced themselves. Now do not […]
What is the therapeutic relationship?
There as some basic fundamentals that need to be in place in order for therapy to be effective, The most important being trust in the relationship. Once they are then in place the work can be start and change can be effective The client will be helped to find out and to exercise more of […]
Being crippled by stress, anxiety, or depression
I work wit a lot of stressed out employees. They often enter into my practise reluctant or even see Counselling/Coaching as a last resort. Below is a testimonial from one such beautiful lady. “I started counselling to address depression and anxiety via a recommendation from my employer, and I was dubious having had poor experiences […]
Are you married to a Sociopath?
What is a sociopath, you may be wondering? Sociopaths are “people with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour”. They aren’t just rapists or serial killers you see on televisions. They can be more than that and are all around you, disguised as your family members, friends, colleagues, and even someone […]
The Pots!!!!
Pots I ask you what do you do for self-care? What is self-care you ask? I was not taught that at school, I was taught Maths, English, Science even Religious Education but not self-care, what is it? Well, let me share with you one of the world’s best kept secrets. If you visualise metaphorically you […]
Stress
Whether it is short-term or long-term, the impact of stress can be devastating, not just for you but also for your family and friends. Stress is a normal human response to any incident that upsets the balance of your life. This means that even happy, positive events such as a promotion at work or your […]