What is bisexuality, why does it matter to mental health, and a response to this nonsense plebiscite… Say it is time for dessert and you have the options of cake or pie. The cake is a family recipe and your entire family expects you to or assumes that you would choose the cake. If you… Continue Reading
6 honest articles about being single you need to read
Why can’t we just feel what we feel? If you say ‘I’m sick of being single’ you’ll get a barrage of well-meaning advice about ‘getting out there’. Or even worse, the ‘I Pity You’ look from a smug partnered, even though they’ve just spent your entire visit wiping snot from a screaming toddlers endlessly dripping… Continue Reading
The best self-care is not ‘self’ oriented at all
Aren’t you sick of people missing the point? A really good idea: remembering to engage in acts of self-care- caring for yourself- to live a more fulfilled and enriched life gets taken, messed with, twisted and then somehow becomes yet another way to be a failure in society. As in, if you aren’t happy, if… Continue Reading
Do I have a Mental Illness? What ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ actually feels like
Borderline Personality Disorder: what it really feels like from the voice of lived experience… I’m wary of diagnosis. Not because it’s not useful to understand more about what’s going on with you when things really aren’t right, but because often diagnoses are: Wrong Pathologising Used by professionals to make decisions about a person’s behaviour rather… Continue Reading
Video: How can Narrative Therapy help you?
Ella, my favourite cuddle companion, agrees that Narrative approaches are really helpful for facing life’s hardest moments. Are you looking for a counsellor (or perhaps could use a travelling companion through one of life’s challenges even though you weren’t actually looking)? Do you like the sound of Narrative Therapy? Then you can contact me directly here…. Continue Reading
Your Recovery Break-up Story: Creative and Practical ways to move on from a Painful Separation
Separation is horrendous. Even though we ‘know’ almost everyone on the planet has suffered and survived the end of at least one significant relationship, we can’t help but feel that no one else knows what it’s truly like for us ‘right now’. It’s isolating. Terrifying. Darkness looms in daily, overshadowing any glimmers of sunshine. But… Continue Reading
