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 [...]
Mother wound the wound that cuts right to the core of you. It is the feeling left in the body, mind and soul when your mother does not adequately and consistently nurture and soothe you when growing up. Your mother's wound could have been caused by your mother not being [...]
Today you like so many of us on this planet may be affected in some ways by the news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. News like this often brings up difficult feelings related to perhaps other losses in life and, of course, for people living in the UK, [...]
Jake* has a business and he has made it into a success. He has a family with kids and a partner. His life is on the outside very good and people in his environment would not know how the external success and the internal feeling of always being on the [...]
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 [...]
Mother wound, the deep emotional pain that can impact you in so many ways. Perhaps you have learnt to live with it and developed coping strategies, some of which may be helpful whilst others are unhelpful even harmful in the long run such as avoiding situations which feel emotionally challenging, [...]
William* is a man who on the outside looks like he has everything going on for him. He has a good job, a partner and children. William has always felt like there is something missing in his life but he cannot pinpoint what that might be as there is no [...]
As Mother’s Day is approaching, this is to acknowledge that it is not always a day of joy for all. There are many who experience sadness on the Mother’s Day when the mother has not been a source of loving nurturing. Previously I wrote a 3-part series on the Mother [...]
For this month’s post, I wanted to bring together the five most read posts on my website in the past year in case someone hasn’t seen them yet. I started blogging about three years ago. My aim was to be able to give through my writing hope for healing and [...]
Laura* often feels stressed out and tries to be the perfect employee, a partner, and a mother. She is the one who puts 110% effort into everything and always thinks of others. She feels ashamed if she is not able to achieve her standards. She feels that her world [...]
