It’s so hard to describe what deep shame feels like. It feels so painful to even talk about the feelings of shame that words dry up; the body feels h…

Work is where those of us who are lucky enough to have a job spend the majority of our time. Gainful employment offers us a living; self esteem; prid…

As science is helping us understand more about how our brains work, we are discovering how certain anxious and traumatic memories can get trapped in…

Often we hear people talk about ‘keeping a lid on old feelings’, and the fear of ‘taking the lid off the box’. Once out, like all the evils of the wo…

How are you feeling today? Has it been a good or bad day? Whichever you have had, much value can be gleaned from it; if we only had good days we wou…

Sometimes it can be really useful to identify ways that you feel leave you feeling more stuck. You may find that these unhelpful habits appear more f…

Sometimes the most capable people find it the most difficult to recognise that they are depressed, until it imposes itself in a way that can't be ign…

Everyone has busy periods when they feel they haven’t time for anything much bar getting the essentials done. But is your life a constant round of ju…

We all take our bodies for granted. They physically support us and care for every organ: heart, lungs, nervous system, etc. We tend to forget that ou…

Do you feel desperate, anxious, unreal, tearful, confused, overwhelmed, exhausted, short of breath? Is your sleep disrupted; are you having palpitati…

Most of us say that we want to be happier; yet ask how that might be achieved and we start to reach for our thinking caps. A few brave souls might sa…

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