Gill Parkin Counselling & Psychotherapy

Gill Parkin Counselling & Psychotherapy Supporting, encouraging and empowering you to rediscover your va-va-voom and live your life with a renewed sense of passion and purpose.

03/04/2026

“I don’t know what I feel”
is actually a very advanced emotional state.

Because at least you noticed…
that you don’t know.

Which is already more awareness
than most of us had in 2007.

So we keep it simple:

Where is it in the body?
(We start with geography.)

Two words.
(Not a full TED Talk. Just two.)

“Makes sense.”
(Shockingly powerful. Slightly suspicious at first.)

Wait 20 seconds.
(Your nervous system will file the paperwork.)



Feelings don’t need to be solved.
They just need to be acknowledged
so they can stop yelling.



Emotional intelligence is less about having the perfect words
and more about staying long enough to notice what’s real.



And if you want to help others do this —
to sit with feelings, name them, and move through them with care…

Become a certified mindfulness meditation teacher:
https://certify.mindfulnessexercises.com/

A damp, rainy morning - quite a contrast to the last few mornings, which have been sunny and bright!!The weather can hav...
24/03/2026

A damp, rainy morning - quite a contrast to the last few mornings, which have been sunny and bright!!

The weather can have a real impact on your mood can’t it? If we take a deeper look though, aren’t there always things to be grateful for….even if that’s just a cosy spot for a wee nap!! 💜🐶

Our anxious mind would lead us to believe that we can’t handle this….It’s simply not true…..By avoiding the tough stuff ...
19/03/2026

Our anxious mind would lead us to believe that we can’t handle this….

It’s simply not true…..

By avoiding the tough stuff we’re unintentionally reinforcing this belief…

We stay within our comfort zone…and our world shrinks…we stay small…

What might it be like to accept the discomfort and to step into and through it, I wonder? 🤔

You are allowed to be terrified and frustrated and completely imperfect while you do the hard stuff (which with anxiety - 85% of tasks fall under this). You are still doing it and that is what actually counts.

What a great idea - putting anxiety in its place and creating a ‘no worry zone’!!! https://www.facebook.com/share/1ApfKP...
17/03/2026

What a great idea - putting anxiety in its place and creating a ‘no worry zone’!!!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1ApfKP4bSB/?mibextid=wwXIfr

My therapist told me that anxiety is a bully and, like all bullies, it needs to be put in its place. To my relief, she knew exactly how to do it

What a difference a bit of sunshine makes - first outside coffee of 2026!!!☕️
17/03/2026

What a difference a bit of sunshine makes - first outside coffee of 2026!!!☕️

16/03/2026

If current world events are leaving you feeling anxious or unsettled, you're not alone.

Here are some ways to cope 👇

16/03/2026

It sounds so simple; and maybe it is…..but it can be an ongoing work in progress to manage the unhelpful thinking at time can’t it!? 💜

I've been re-reading this little gem recently  and it's packed with practical ideas for what we can do to look after our...
06/02/2025

I've been re-reading this little gem recently and it's packed with practical ideas for what we can do to look after ourselves when we're struggling!!

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologi…

Could today be one of these days?
14/03/2024

Could today be one of these days?

A day is not lost if you failed to tick off a list, or a diet was broken.
A day is only lost if you forgot to say something kind to yourself, or another.
If you forgot to pause and search for a tiny spark of beauty amongst the drudgery, glimmering like gold in the mud.
A day is only lost if you forgot that life, even in the worst of times, is still a gift.
A gift you so very much deserve to live through
and not just survive.

Donna Ashworth
‘Wild Hope’ https://amzn.eu/d/08apIDA

Art by one of my favourite artists Bettina Baldassari - BettiPigna

We’ve all been there!!!
07/03/2024

We’ve all been there!!!

05/03/2024

I know you’ll love this 🤣

There’s a lovely line in this ‘Chase the light to stay right’ …… not a bad philosophy for life!!!☀️
29/02/2024

There’s a lovely line in this ‘Chase the light to stay right’ …… not a bad philosophy for life!!!☀️

Leap…

Without this extra day once every four years, we would eventually lose our seasons as we know them. This day exists solely to keep us in track with the sun and I love that thought. Chasing light to stay right. Whatever you do today, look for the light. And whilst we are doing that perhaps we can take a little leap in the direction of the sun too. Reach for something shiny you’ve been afraid to feel deserving of. It’s all about the light, this life. It’s all about staying with the light…

Donna Ashworth

Art by the amazing Catrin Welz-Stein



(Thank you all for your lovely well wishes yesterday on my paperback launch 🌱☀️ Sunday Times bestseller https://amzn.eu/d/i4ZqNVF)

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