New Year 2022
New Year is always a time for reflection and the making of resolutions. I usually take the approach that resolving to start something fun and affirming is useful. The journalist Ellen Goodman writes:
Creating Healthy Boundaries
Between stimuli and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
Looking After Yourself on World Mental Health Day and Beyond
This year, World Mental Health Day finds us in the midst of a health crisis which has had – and continues to have – a profound impact on peoples’ mental well-being. The uncertainty generated by the global pandemic has left…
Divorce during a recession
The last few months have proved testing to us all in many different ways. From a relationship point of view, some couples may find they feel stronger in pulling together through uncertain times. Others may feel that lockdown and the…
I have a black dog called depression
The current uncertain circumstances may be causing you to ask yourself questions such as: "Am I depressed?" "What does depression feel like?"; or "How depressed am I?" The reactions to the current climate can be both scary and destabilising. Seeking…