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I have a gnarled old piece of wood that sits on my desk in my therapy room. I picked it up years ago in some woodland near Durham, I...

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. ...

My weekend poem this week is called The Abyss. I wrote it in 2011. It speaks of trauma, of the fragmentation inside that happens when...

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...

May is Maternal Mental Health Month, and it’s a theme that resonates with me. We tend to think of maternal mental health as being a...

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...

Today’s poem is hot off the press, I wrote it a few weeks ago. Wishing you a weekend filled with the joy found in the spaces between…...

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...

In my reading lately about Trauma and our responses to it, I’ve been drawn to noticing the fawn response, which is not talked about so...

I found this poem I wrote in 2011 today, and felt moved to share it. In my recent reorganisation I have created a music and meditation...

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...

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...

I had an interaction with a former colleague a short while ago which was a great reminder of the importance of knowing my worth. We had...

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. ...