Do you need time for you?Do you feel guilty for wanting it or don't know what you want?Do you struggle to find the time? My Self Care Course is now available ONLINE and will help you understand what Self Care means to you, why it's important, whether you're self-sabotaging, how to include more of it in … Continue reading I’m almost willing to bet you dont prioritise yourself…
Category: Counselling
“How do I start to build trust again?”
For the person who struggles to trust, it can be a very scary thought to even attempt to trust someone. Especially if they have hurt you at some point. Brené Brown introduces us to the "Anatomy of Trust" using an acronym she calls 'BRAVING'. Boundaries: Are you clear about and respecting each other’s boundaries?Reliability: Will you do … Continue reading “How do I start to build trust again?”
Why sometimes love just ain’t enough…
No matter how your relationship story started, you fell in love and had big dreams for your future together and what it held for you both. Sometime has passed and now you feel lost, confused and perhaps a little bewildered as to why things aren’t going to plan. You may feel disconnected from your partner, … Continue reading Why sometimes love just ain’t enough…
Online Community brings Support when its needed most
These days social media is filled with, well everything we seem to ever need. Recipes, news, sports, politics, articles from every expert and guru you could ever imagine and so much information that we could never, ever make our way through even if we wanted to. This kind of flooding of information can very easily … Continue reading Online Community brings Support when its needed most
The Truth About Why You Never Have Time Alone With Your Partner
I would have to say that 90% of couples that come to see me for counselling don't spend enough quality time alone with each other. I'm not talking about that hour or so you get of a night once the kids have been bathed and finally are asleep in bed. I'm talking about being alone, … Continue reading The Truth About Why You Never Have Time Alone With Your Partner
6 Simple ways you can reconnect with your partner
When a couple sees me for counselling, two of the main reasons are to improve communication, and help staying connected with each other. Too often we can find ourselves in a rut so to speak and with no idea how to get out of it. Sometimes all it takes is a change in routine, an … Continue reading 6 Simple ways you can reconnect with your partner
A Paper House – How support helps you to reach goals
Earlier this evening my 5 year old daughter asked me to help her with a project. She wanted to make a paper house. We sat on the loungeroom floor amongst all the supplies she thought she would need to make this house. Paper, scissors, sticky tape and textas. It didn't take long for me to … Continue reading A Paper House – How support helps you to reach goals
Therapy can be a scary word….here’s how I’m changing that
The word therapy is indeed a bit scary. The-ra-py. You say it in your head a few times and then start to have visions of the stereotypical therapist from movies....let me see if I have this right.... I bet you're picturing a stale and clinical room, a lounge just waiting for you lay on it, … Continue reading Therapy can be a scary word….here’s how I’m changing that