I work as a Counsellor – providing talking therapies to a broad range of clients. Much of the work I do is well chronicled in general terms by others across the internet – examples of depression, anxiety and trauma brought about by a range of issues in a wide range...
All relationships can be challenging and encounter good days and bad days from time to time. All couples have their differences and see and feel things uniquely which frequently gives rise for the need to reconcile an on-going range of differences. It is important...
I have just read the fabulous book by Kate Griggs, and as someone who isn’t - as far as I’m aware – dyslexic; I have been interested, for some time to learn more and understand the condition. The book is fascinating and an easy read, it is very matter of fact, to the...
I’m a man, a man in my 50’s, and if I were a woman, I would probably spend much of my time thinking or perhaps more likely worrying about the menopause. A few months ago, I watched a TV documentary on Channel 4, presented by Davina McCall called Sex, Myths, and the...
Sleep why is it important? Sleep is especially important to our health and wellbeing; it cannot be emphasised enough how much our bodies need sleep. Sleep quality is important to our health and those with poor sleep patterns are liable to experience daytime...
Ethan Kross has written an interesting book that confronts that rarely discussed subject – the voice we all have in our heads… the one where we talk to ourselves. You know the one, the voice that very occasionally says ‘well done’, but more likely admonishes or...
What is Long Covid? The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recently defined Long Covid as the continuing symptoms of Covid-19 for twelve weeks or more – where the symptoms cannot be satisfactorily explained by an alternative diagnosis. The...
Many of us have found the time particularly during the pandemic to walk. It’s been a good way of getting away from things and an excellent way to get some fresh air and much needed exercise. But is walking always good for our mental health? I have been an...
Sixty percent of each and every one of us is water. And almost 90 per cent of our blood is made up of water – so much of what we are is H2O. There are no simple rules about how much water we should drink – and yes you can drink too much, and it can cause health...
For over a year now our ‘normal way of being’ has been changed and disrupted in a way that few of us could ever have imagined. Shops, pubs, restaurants, and gyms all closed, millions working from home, millions furloughed from work and sadly many of others made...