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What does it mean to connect?

11 Mar 2019

In our modern world using social media to connect is standard practice. Last month we commemorated “Safer Internet Day” where my c ...

Loss of a child: How can a parent move forward?

08 Mar 2019

It’s universally understood that the loss of a child, outliving one’s offspring is unnatural, devastating, the worst pain one can ...

Loss of a parent: Adults grieving and coping

27 Feb 2019

The relationships we develop with our parents can be as varied as our appreciation of musical styles. Some of us aren’t to ...

Losing a loved one: A child’s perspective

20 Feb 2019

A fundamental sense of loss can accompany a variety of life events. Death of a loved one, divorce, the moving away of chil ...

Letting go of controlling behaviours

23 Jan 2019

Dieting, the consumption or overconsumption of food and restructured understanding of what food represents can enable some anxiety ...

Healing a toxic relationship with food

18 Jan 2019

In the run-up to Christmas, we were bombarded with the message that eating till we burst is an indulgence we deserve. A co ...

New year, so what?

02 Jan 2019

It’s another new year. And so what? The pressure to transform overnight, to resolve all of life’s issues, and to b ...

The experience of loneliness at Christmas

20 Dec 2018

In the run-up to Christmas and well into the New Year many people experience loneliness.   The type of loneliness I a ...

Managing expectations at Christmas

19 Dec 2018

It really has begun to look a lot like Christmas. Having only been a few short weeks since the clocks have gone back, the ...

Having a mentally healthy Christmas

11 Dec 2018

Christmas as we know can be a wonderful joyous time. It’s a time for giving and receiving, spending time with our families, friends ...