What are boundaries? We may think of them as perimeters, marked by physical walls, hedges or fences, but what do they mean when referred to in the co…

First one, then another, then a third client asked me this over the last week. Accompanied with “and how do you do it?”  They got me thinking. It can…

Do people describe you as approachable and reliable? Are you the first person that people come to if they want something? Are you always there at a t…

Everyone can feel they have made a mistake but when you feel that you are a mistake, you are experiencing shame. It is a pervasive and destructive em…

It can feel an overwhelming pressure to embrace body positivity and to give your body 100% wholehearted acceptance. Rationally, you may feel resolute…

Probably all of us have experienced punitive self-criticism, where we've judged ourselves more harshly and more persistently than we would anyone els…

Inability to concentrate, being at a loss of what to do, procrastination, lethargy, keeping a grudge etc, these are just a few of the complex psychol…

When scrolling on social media, you’ve probably read a plethora of ‘be kind to yourself’ quotes, maybe engaging fleetingly with this idea. But it’s p…

This is a four-part series about what you need to know to overcome comfort eating. If you are not sure whether your overeating is comfort or ‘emotion…

How often do you talk to yourself?  I guess that at least some of the time, it goes something like this: That was ridiculous! What are you doing?…

“At its root, perfectionism isn't really about a deep love of being meticulous. It’s about fear. Fear of making a mistake. Fear of disappointing othe…

I recently read a poem by Henry Vaughan called The Retreat. A poem about the awareness that one can have about the loss of innocence in childhood and…