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Miscarriage, the '12 Week Rule' and Jizo

Earlier this year I did some training by the Foundation of Infant Loss. It covered loss by miscarriage, stillbirth and an infant. When I ...

Why Do I Feel Like I am a Different Person at Different Times? Understanding the Several Parts of Ou

‘Why am I so confident sometimes, and the next moment I act like a small child?’ ‘Why do I feel so vulnerable and lost in certain situati...

How to Sleep Better

Nearly very client that comes to see me has trouble sleeping. There's a close relationship between sleep and mental health. Living with a...

How to Manage Your Emotions

We all suffer from emotional overreactions. In the heat of the moment we say something to a person we love without stopping to consider t...

Negative Self Talk and How to Stop It

If you are like most people, you know your inner critic all too well. It is the voice in your head that judges you, doubts you, belittles...

Issues with Trust?

Trust—the act of placing confidence in someone or something else—is a fundamental human experience, necessary for society to function and...

Learning to Say No

Do you wish you could put your foot down sometimes and say no? Many of us feel compelled to agree to every request, and would rather jugg...

Why do we cry and what can we do about it?

Crying is often viewed as a childish or silly thing to do but it turns out that the process of crying is actually rather complex and ther...

Managing Stress - Using Self-Help Techniques for Dealing with Stress

It may seem like there’s nothing you can do about stress. The bills won’t stop coming, there will never be more hours in the day, and you...

Perfectionism

I have worked with many clients who were suffering from anxiety, depression, stress and/or burnout because of their quest for perfectioni...

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