Are you haunted by memories of childhood trauma? Do you find yourself grappling with anxiety, depression, or relationship difficulties, perhaps stemming from a mother wound, father wound, or other painful experiences in your past? If so, you're not alone. But there is hope for healing, and one powerful tool in [...]
What does relationship anxiety look like? Relationship anxiety is a very common form of anxiety. It is the feeling of intense worry when you are either separated from your partner or there is an emotional threat (disconnection) to the relationship. There are very good reasons why you have developed [...]
Do you (secretly) dread the holidays? Have you got family members you feel you have to see but you would rather stay away from them? Perhaps you are navigating co-parenting with a toxic ex as well. The holiday season, while often portrayed as a time of joy and togetherness, can [...]
How do you feel when your partner is out of sight? Do you often become preoccupied with worrying about your relationship if your partner is away from you for, for example, when they go to work elsewhere or you live in different addresses? Perhaps you start imagining potential situations of [...]
When you are approaching a new task at home and even after a few trials, it is not working out for you, how do you feel about the prospect of having to ask for help from your partner? Or how do you feel when you do not know something and [...]
James* took pride in himself for being a rational man who doesn’t get emotional and he excelled at work. However, although he looked cool and collected on the surface, internally he always had a feeling that he didn’t belong and he had to prove himself to earn people's respect. [...]
The greatest pain of all – the mother wound, the emotional absence of your mother in your early years. The first part of this 2-part series looked at what the mother wound means and how it can impact your well-being as an adult. The mother wound can be defined as [...]
Perhaps the most painful of all feelings is the awareness that your mother was not there for you emotionally as a child, this creates the mother wound. She might have been physically present but emotionally absent. Perhaps she was (is) very critical and she was telling [...]
Healing your heart after a toxic relationship “Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” - Unknown Jane* was in her early 30s when she started going out with Mike after they met when they were [...]
Recognising the signs of a toxic relationship Peter* is a big, manly man who is successful at work as a project manager. On the outside, you would not know that there is nothing unusual going on in his life. He has been going out with Kirsty for 5 [...]
