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We all have habitual ways of behaving. They are comfortable and normal, and mostly they are not even on our radar, we just act and speak...

“We are imperfect because we are alive” Matt Haig In the Comfort Book, Matt Haig reflects on the reality that we are a mess, and the...

There is a truth I learned way back in my training that has stuck with me and I wanted to reflect on today. It is the reflection that if...

“Don’t fear the dark: it's a natural part of the journey. The most beautiful butterflies emerge from the darkness of the cocoon; the...

Our relationship with our self is the most important one we work on in psychotherapy, given our self-relations inform all of our...

I popped into my kids school this week to talk to the Early Years and Key Stage 1 children about Spiritual Practice and Meditation. We...

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...

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...

It is a very common occurrence for people to have a discomfort with silence. I wanted to reflect a little today on the benefits of...

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

I've had a good old move around at home recently, changing the purpose of several rooms, and moving lots of furniture and it's contents. ...

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...

Do you say yes when you feel maybe, or even no? Or does it take a resounding inner YESSSSS for you to decide something is right for you?...

I had a profoundly moving experience recently, of sitting in the company of women, in a space of deep trust and warmth. I was...

“When I am at home with myself, everything I do ends as a love poem” Yeats What we experience depends on our state, on our way of being,...

As a psychotherapist and trauma therapist, a big theme in my work is somatic wisdom. The body remembers, we are all mammals, and to...

Anger is an unpopular emotion, and frankly it gets quite a bad press. The caricature of an angry person is red faced, steam coming out...

We’re not always in touch with all of the capability, wisdom and resourcefulness we have inside. While we are all multi-faceted, it's...

Here we are, another festive season over, and the winter ahead of us. The Christmas lights are coming down. For many people the coming...

I’ve had the pleasure of making some new connections personally and professionally in recent weeks, which has felt good after the...