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Today I wanted to blog about increasing vagal tone. The vagus nerves are the longest in our body, and play a key role in the...

The difference between Trauma and Developmental Trauma is one that I often find myself explaining to clients. We can be traumatized by a...

In recent months I have been delving into Brown and Elliott’s comprehensive book about Attachment Disturbances in Adults. It’s a...

“Healing does not mean wallowing in or identifying with injury. Nor does it mean defensive inaction. It means having the courage to...

Out walking a few weeks ago at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, my companion wished the trees could tell us the stories of all they...

When I heard the phrase ‘don’t abandon yourself’ recently, it resonated deeply. It struck me as I pondered that it’s easy sometimes to...

It’s a stressful time at the moment. We are freshly out of two years of pandemic restrictions, there is war in Europe, and families'...

I recently came across a cracking set of questions about letting go. If you’ve a sense of it being time to reflect on what energises you...

I’ve been using this affirmation of late to remind myself that whatever it is that I am experiencing is not ‘mine’ and it’s not stuck. ...

A dear friend asked me recently how I recharge myself. It says something about where my mind was in that moment that I really had to...

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme this year is loneliness. Loneliness is a theme I notice coming up a lot more in...

We all have moments when anxiety is higher. When our underlying, day to day tension is high, anxiety peaks can easily become an issue. ...

When a client tells me or shows me they are overwhelmed, what they are describing is an intense experience. For them, moving past the...

It’s National Walking Month, and isn’t it lovely to be able to walk when and where we want this year, not subject to the restrictions we...

It's sometimes the case that we lose perspective. When times are difficult, or emotions are intense, it is easy to imagine that whatever...

Congruence matters. That sense of rightness that you feel in your body that lets you know that what you are doing is aligned with what...

One of the most useful metaphors I have for the brain is to consider it as a road network. There are some thinking patterns that are...

It is a common wish, isn’t it, the desire to go back. ‘I wish things were the way they used to be’ or ‘I wish we got on like we did...

I want to reflect today on the idea of leaving well. So often in modern living I hear stories of people disappearing from the lives of...

“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few” Shunryu Suzuki I was reminded of this familiar...