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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...

In both couples and individual psychotherapy, a common theme in the way clients present is that there is much they want to say in their...

Happy Samhain! According to Pagan tradition, today we celebrate the ending of the summer and look forward to the coming winter. ...

“If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.” Marion Woodman...

“Recognising the difference between power and love is difficult if we were raised in a home where power was disguised as love” Marion...

“The greatest changes stem from the darkest experiences. We fall apart to become new. We go through the dark to fly to the sun” Matt...

I created this blog in collaboration with #UKCP a few weeks ago to take a look at the impact of bullying and our collective...

My inspiration this weekend is Mary Oliver’s The Journey. Wishing you a weekend enlivened and uplifted by your own journeying. One day...

Sometimes there are no words. Awful things happen to those we love and we simply do not know what to do or say. This can be a very...

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...

“Introversion is not something you fix via extroversion. You fix it by seeing it as something not to be fixed. Let introversion exist. ...

Today I want to talk about dissociation, and ways of supporting yourself in coming back into connection when you feel you have detached....

I remember coming across the idea of your heart smiling in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat, Pray, Love, at the time it really lit me up. ...

I had an interesting insight the other day as I spotted an old pattern that had popped up and taken root unnoticed. Sitting with a...

"We all need freedom and security, which is why when the world doesn’t feel safe, we often don’t feel as free." Esther Perel At first...

“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...

Take time to see the sky, find shapes in the clouds, hear the murmur of the breeze and touch the cool water. Walk softly and peace will...

Now we're into September, families country-wide will be back into the rhythm of school and working weeks after the different pace of the...

Not so long ago, the thought of 'living in sin' as a stable family unit, of same sex marriages, of gay couples raising children or of...