What’s your inner child trying to tell you?
Posted by siteadmin on October 24, 2024
Enjoying “Ice Cream for Breakfast” by Laura Jane Williams about rediscovering your inner child and this post really helps to show how we can nurture, nourish and where necessary heal our inner child so that we can thrive fully as adults.
Sometimes we learned lessons or developed beliefs as children which can get in the way of open learning and adapting. By tapping into the child parts of ourselves that are vulnerable and impressionable we can be both “the grown up” and the child providing unconditional self love, self-compassion and self-support.
As adults we can help our inner child untangle the feelings - Read More
Could counselling be right for me?
Posted by siteadmin on August 8, 2024
I am so fortunate to work with so many gifted clients – not least that they have the awareness and courage to reach out from themselves to ask for support when facing life’s challenges.
And more than that…
Each person is so unique in the way they communicate and make contact. It can come through the power of the spoken word, music, writing, poetry, sport, movement, hobbies and interests, travel and so much more. We don’t just talk in our work together, we connect so that we can make sense of the challenges together and explore new perspectives, new thoughts, curiosity and - Read More
Can you take a compliment?
Posted by siteadmin on July 2, 2024
On my walk this morning I passed a beautiful cottage garden in which a gentleman was busy tending to. I stopped to tell him how much I admired his garden and he thanked me and then immediately pointed out the weeds, overgrown areas and how he should be doing more. We chatted some more before I continued on my walk.
What made me feel sad was how his face had lit up with genuine thanks when I spoke to him but how quickly he focused on what he felt was negatives of his beautiful garden. It made me think how often - Read More
Control – what does this mean?
Posted by siteadmin on June 13, 2024
Much of our lives are actually not in our control and yet we can find ourselves focusing and ruminating on the words and actions of others and in turn then our responses. Stepping back and looking at what we can realistically take ownership of in ourselves and that which we have very limited or non-existent influence over can create space to fulfil our potential selves and better serve ourselves and the relationships we enter into with ourselves and others.
Why do we keep doing the same thing?
Posted by siteadmin on June 13, 2024
The desire to re-visit and put right, alter or make amends often results in us making the same decisions resulting in the same outcomes. Many of our re-visited patterns are done so unconsciously in an attempt to unconsciously recreate an unresolved part of ourselves in the present day in order to heal it. Armed with only our own way of doing this inevitably results in the same outcomes and so the pattern of re-visit will emerge in different guises attempting to be seen by ourselves and re-worked. Counselling can help challenge those patterns and crucially by curious around why the - Read More
Care & Connection
Posted by siteadmin on May 16, 2024
Back from a weeks break and just sitting in my office reflecting on my time.
Where ever I am in my life be that my physical or inner presence , the people I care about come into my thoughts. They may rest a while and then continue on their way or they may sit a while longer before moving on. In those moments often I learn something about that person that perhaps I hadn’t seen before or it confirms something that feels important for me and perhaps then also for them.
Wherever I travel between those times when I am next with - Read More
What were you told you’re not?
Posted by siteadmin on May 1, 2024
What were you told you’re not?
Not sporty, not careful, not academic, not quiet, not practical, not thoughtful, not funny, not handsome, not sociable, not beautiful, not deserving, not…not…not
This can equate for many a innate sense of not feeling good enough, low self worth, low self esteem, a sense of lacking or being lesser in some way, low confidence and so much pain with . Pain that can show itself in depression and anxiety, skin conditions, ruminating, flu like symptoms, constant aches and pains, headaches, sickness…in short any way the body can try to express that sense of deep sadness and - Read More
Emotional Wellbeing Information services
Posted by siteadmin on March 14, 2024
Suffolk has a range of wellbeing services to support children and young people in our community.
The Source is a great user friendly and highly accessible website providing information, advice and support for young people. Their contact details are
www.thesource.me.uk/wellbeing
The Emotional Wellbeing service is also available for children and young people aged 0-25 years.
From their website you can access confidential information, advice and support for children, young people families and professionals. You can also make a referral about the emotional wellbeing or a child or young person in east and west Suffolk and get information about emotional wellbeing support and local - Read More
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