Magic Hands : Calm Minds - Counselling, Reiki and Bowen

26/11/2025

Would you like to know more about how stress and sleep are related, and how to help get better sleep if stress is keeping you awake?

💜 This video might help.

Would you like to know more about how stress and sleep are related, and how to help get better sleep if stress is keeping you awake? This video might help.

25/11/2025

I had no choice.
People in movies say this all the time; it’s the basis of most plots.
They had no choice, and therefore they should be immune to the consequences of their actions...

Is this really true though? 🤔

💜 Grab a cuppa and find out ⬇️

I had no choice. People in movies say this all the time; it’s the basis of most plots. The protagonist has to go to Columbia, or kill someone, or rob a bank, because if they don’t Something Dreadful will happen. They have no choice, and therefore they should be immune to the consequences of thei...

24/11/2025

6. Enjoy yourself 🎄

It's not your responsibility to ensure everyone has fun at Christmas, or to keep the peace between warring relations.

💜 Other grown-ups can take responsibility for their own behaviour. If they can't, see point 3 from Friday.

21/11/2025

5. Plan ahead.... 🎄

It's a strange thing that even though Christmas is on the same day every year, it still manages to catch some of us out.

While this year May was 187 days long, December is as usual only 6.

💜 So plan ahead and make sure time is allocated for the things that are important. If there isn't enough left over for the other, less important things, don't do them. Or delegate to other family members - even Santa has helpers!

20/11/2025

4. Money isn't everything 🎄

There's huge pressure to spend a lot on presents, particularly for children, but don't feel obliged to spend more than you can afford.

💜 Preloved gifts can be just as good as brand new stuff but much, much cheaper - and reduces the amount of waste too, so it's good for your wallet and the planet.

19/11/2025

3. You're not a hotel 🎄

You don't have to host anyone in your house that you don't want to.

So what if you've 'always' done it?

💜 Tell your family that this year it's closed house at yours.

18/11/2025

2. You're not a restaurant 🎄

If you're hosting Christmas dinner don't feel you have to make it something amazing. Trying to make dishes you wouldn't normally do just makes it more likely something will go wrong.

💜 And don't try to please everyone; obviously take account of allergies, veganism etc.
but you don't have to provide 5 courses of everyone's favourite food.

17/11/2025

1. Be a bit selfish 🎄

So many people feel under pressure at Christmas to do what's expected of them by family or friends, or to outdo the people on their Instagram feed.

💜 This year, do what YOU and your immediate family want instead.

14/11/2025

✨ If you would like to book some emotional or physical therapy, or have any questions, you can get in touch via email or phone ⬇️
💻 therapist@magichandscalmminds.co.uk
☎️ 07974 203480

13/11/2025

Yes, please do!

💜 Most of my work comes from referrals and recommendations and I'm always delighted when a client recommends me to someone they know.

💜 You can pick up a card or leaflet from the clinic, or send them the link to my website or my page.

💜 Potential counselling clients can also find me listed on welldoing.com and the therapist's directories at emotionaltherapeuticcounselling.org.uk or nationalcounsellingsociety.org.

12/11/2025

💜 Biology – Genetics, ‘hereditary’ or ‘congenital’ depression, hormonal imbalance, serotonin deficiency, pregnancy.

💜 Physical - brain disfunction, chronic illness, specific health conditions.

💜 Emotional – past trauma, lack of childhood nurturing, bad events.

💜 Environmental – exposure to stressors, inflammatory conditions, toxins, alcohol or drugs in the womb, social isolation, socio-economic factors.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions or need some support 💜
💻 therapist@magichandscalmminds.co.uk
☎️ 07974 203480

11/11/2025

💜 The first person to recognise depression was Hippocrates (Greek physician, 460-370 BCE) who called it ‘a melancholic state of mind’.

💜 Galen (Greek philosopher, 129AD-c.216) considered a ‘melancholic personality type’ to be caused by an excess of black bile, leading to an imbalance in the four humours which were responsible for all physical and emotional health/illness.

💜 The word depression comes from the Latin deprimere -‘to press down’ and has been in use since the 14th century.