How is it with your soul? No, I’m not asking about your extensive collection of Aretha Franklin LPs but you – your soul. (Perhaps you’re already running for the hills from this kind of talk but hang around). What do I mean when I talk about ‘soul’? Does it have to be ‘religious’? Try a quick Google and you’ll discover …
Grounding techniques – what are they and how can they help when I’m anxious?
As a child I was a big fan of comics and one of the comic strips I always looked forward to was called the Numskulls. It was based on the idea that there was a team of little beings who lived in the brain of a person and from their headquarters, each department operated different parts of the body. Whilst …
Burnout.
‘You’re burnt out’. The doctor barely looked up from his computer as he updated his notes. Unspoken rage coursed through me. Burn out isn’t a diagnosis. Burnout feels like a weakness and I felt like it was my fault already. Rage at him was quickly followed by shame. How had I got here? I’d got my degree while working and …
You can heal the unfinished business from the past
Shame, fear, a sense of worthlessness, – these emotional wounds are carried by some people every day as a result of past experiences. Those wounds can feel so raw and overwhelming that ignoring it, running away from it, seems like the only option. Confronting that pain head on doesn’t seem possible. As time goes by it may diminish, or be …
MEN-tal health
MOVEMBER (that’s not a spelling mistake!) has become the month when some men choose to ditch the razor and sport a beard – or for those feeling even more daring a moustache, but what’s the point? The aim is to draw attention to men’s health – physical and mental – to encourage a conversation, a conversation that might save a …
Why online counselling isn’t second best.
I’d not heard of Zoom 6 months ago. OK – that’s not quite true. If you had asked me what Zoom was I would have recalled the much loved ice lollipop from my childhood. But since lockdown, Zoom has become the tool that has kept me in touch with my family and friends and allowed me to continue working and …
How to stay mentally well in a pandemic
As I write, we are a couple of days away from entering the second lock down. What will it be like this time? Will it be easier because we know what to expect…or harder – because we know what to expect? Will the shops run short of flour or loo rolls? When will we be able to, not only see, …