Making Changes that Stick Whenever we want to change something significant in our lives and yet remain ‘still’ there are usually difficult times. It’s important to know that those feelings of frustration, and the times when we’re watching ourselves from the outside are VITAL to the process of change-making. Similar to when you are carving… Continue Reading
5 Ways Journaling Can Help You Get Through the Hard Stuff
This is a guest post that I wrote for Tiny Buddha and am republishing with permission from tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here. “In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me… Continue Reading
4 Creative Ways to Use the Internet as Self Care
Full disclosure: I’m a 100% online counsellor and a fierce believer in the power of my friend The Internet, as a potential provider of support and self care for everyone. There have been a number of articles recently questioning whether or not therapy ‘works’ online, and it’s got to be said: they’re pretty dismal and… Continue Reading
Lolly’s backstory reveals disturbing insights about mental illness (can we get back in the time machine please?)
The earth-shattering Season 4 finale of ‘Orange is the new Black’ left us with little room to think (or feel) about anything else. So it’s taken some time to be able to reflect back on other revealing backstories of the inmates at Litchfield’s prison. There will not be any spoilers here about the finale (c’mon… Continue Reading
Counselling for Women in Australia: Why?
Sometimes people ask why I specify that I provide counselling for women, and if I work globally why do I need to mention that I am in Australia [most of the time]? These are great questions! There could actually be lots of reasons, and so in the interest of transparency and you knowing if you’ll… Continue Reading
We Don’t Have to be Confident and Together All the Time
This is a guest post that I wrote for Tiny Buddha and am republishing with permission from tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here. “At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” ~Christine Mason Miller Eighth grade was a bit of a… Continue Reading
