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Do you have these moments when you want to curl up in a ball like an embryo and hide under the covers? When the world seems too hostile a...

There can be many reasons why we may choose not to have children, and they will inevitably be linked to our own unique life story. With...

I started writing this post in January when I was reflecting on the festive season that had just passed. It had been the first year where...

The longer I am living, the more nuanced my understanding of relationships becomes. Having witnessed a wide variety of thoughts, feelings...

Many times, I am reminded of how the instructor of my hypnotherapy training half-jokingly talked about all of us having 'mummy and daddy...

Pregnancy is one of those moments in our life that invites us to review our own childhood and the parenting we received in order to...

It strikes me how often silence is misunderstood. Not only can it be a powerful tool to facilitate sense making. It can also be an...

I have been meaning to write a post about silence for a while. This one is about the power of silence in the therapy room and beyond. At...

My last post invited you to consider a range of factors that might play a role in your struggle to say no. As I outlined, understanding...

Do you know this situation: Someone is asking you for a favour, and your initial gut feeling tells you to say no but you still find...

In my last post, I was writing about what being assertive actually means, why we may choose not to assert ourselves and what could be the...

Have you ever experienced this? Someone is entering a room, and everyone else goes quiet. The person doesn't even have to say anything....

I started the day feeling fairly confident in myself and now this: My seemingly great ideas are not going anywhere, one after another. I...

How have you been? I am asking my client at the start of a therapy session. OK she answers. I vary the polite but often not very...

What used to be the highlight of the year can easily become the most frightening and difficult time when we are without our loved one(s)....

As a child, particularly if we have younger siblings, we may have been given the message that it is important to look out and care for...

In the same way that every human being is unique, the meaning they will give to their work is very individual. Many times, we are not...

One of the things I have noticed over recent years is how widespread the use of the terms love and self-love have become. I may hear...

Unfortunately, we are so very good at talking ourselves down, often multiple times a day, frequently without even realizing it. The...

Since an early age, I have been interested in the meaning of dreams. I remember buying a book about Freudian dream interpretation when I...