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26/09/2025

Sometimes healing takes us back. 🌰

I was reminded of conkers from my childhood — the excitement of finding the shiniest one, the sting of losing a game, the laughter, and the small heartbreaks that felt so big at the time.

Nostalgia often holds both comfort and pain. In therapy, when we explore inner child work, we’re often invited to revisit those early moments. It isn’t always easy — sometimes it stirs up things we thought we’d left behind. But going back can help us see the child within us who still longs to be noticed, understood, or cared for.

Inner child work isn’t about staying stuck in the past. It’s about gently offering our younger selves the compassion and safety they may have needed then — and still need now. 💛

Sometimes healing looks like a conker in your pocket — a small reminder that the child you once were still lives within you, and still deserves your kindness.

🌰

19/09/2025

🧠 Thinking About Thinking

When we live with ADHD, anxiety, depression, or the long shadows of trauma, our relationship with our own mind can feel complicated. Thoughts can come too fast, too loud, too tangled—or sometimes feel flat and heavy, like they’ve lost their spark.

That’s why I love this book- It’s an amazing visual book that uses humour, colour, and comical cartoons to make sense of what’s happening in our heads. It manages to take complex ideas about the mind and make them accessible, meaningful, and even fun. Anyone who opens it can find something that resonates.

In therapy, the idea of thinking about thinking—metacognition—becomes an important part of healing. It’s not about controlling every thought, but noticing:

✨ What patterns show up in my thinking?
✨ How do those patterns affect my emotions, my body, my choices?
✨ Do my thoughts serve me, or do they keep me stuck?

For ADHD, this might mean catching the constant mental darting. For anxiety, noticing the “what if” spirals. In depression, recognising the heavy, self-critical loops. With trauma, it’s about understanding how past experiences still shape present reactions.

This book offers a light-hearted way into these deep reflections—reminding us that self-understanding doesn’t always have to feel heavy.

🌱 Compassion for ourselves
🌱 New tools for focus and grounding
🌱 Gentle curiosity instead of harsh judgment
🌱 The possibility of stepping out of old cycles

Our thoughts don’t define us—but exploring them with curiosity (and even a little humour) can help us heal, grow, and reclaim choice in our lives.

17/09/2025

On my walking travels I came across this poem, Your Best. It stopped me in my tracks.

It’s a reminder that:
✨ People may misunderstand your intentions — do good anyway.
✨ Your efforts may be forgotten — do them anyway.
✨ You may feel vulnerable — be honest anyway.
✨ What you build might be broken — build anyway.

At its heart: give your best, not because of how it’s received, but because it’s who you are.

As a therapist, this really resonates. In life, in motherhood, in relationships, and in the work I do — there will always be challenges, but choosing to keep showing up with sincerity, compassion, and courage makes the difference.

🌱 It doesn’t matter what comes back to you — give your best anyway.

14/09/2025

This week has been a full one — and a meaningful one.

At work, I’ve been holding space in the Creative Café: conversations, creativity, and connection. It’s powerful to see how sitting together, creating, and speaking openly can spark healing. 💭

On Friday, I joined the with a friend — real talk on womanhood, motherhood, hair care, and connection (with breakfast + coffee ☕). Afterwards, we took time as mothers to walk, reflect, and breathe.

We’ve had interesting walks, noticed new things, enjoyed Sunday roasts in places like Rabbit Hole, and absorbed the rhythms of London life. 🏙️✨

As a therapist, I often remind others of the importance of self-care and connection, but I need those reminders too. In these moments I’ve felt the power of connection and the power of speech — relearning, releasing, and adding to my own life experiences. 🌱

Self-care isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity, for all of us.

01/09/2025

✨ I came across this book on my travels — The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Its strapline stopped me in my tracks:
“How the great rewiring of childhood is causing the epidemic of mental illness.”

📱 Childhood today is shaped by screens. They connect us, yes — but they can also overwhelm us, fuelling anxiety, comparison, and overstimulation.

Sometimes what we need most is not another scroll… but a space to pause, speak, and simply be. 🌱

➡️ Swipe through to reflect.
💬 Do you notice the impact of screens on your own wellbeing or the young people around you?

13/07/2025

🕊️ The White Moth and the Lightness of Healing
Photographed on my window – quiet, still, and luminous.

This beautiful, delicate moth appeared as I was reflecting on the nervous system and the quiet ways we seek safety, rest, and release.

There’s something so symbolic about it — soft, fuzzy, almost cloud-like — as if it holds within it the essence of lightness. And yet, it clings to the glass, still and unmoving. How many of us live like that? Longing for light, but held in place by unseen tension.

In my counselling practice, this image resonates deeply.

🌬️ We carry so much — stress, grief, burnout, fear, loneliness. Often, our bodies hold it all in silence. Our nervous systems adapt, over-function, shut down, or go on alert.
And just like this moth, we may pause—halfway between movement and stillness—longing to feel safe enough to soften.

✨ Therapy can be the light.
A place to offload.
To soften the edges.
To feel again.
To let go.
To breathe.
To return to the self.

When we regulate the nervous system—through breath, presence, and deep attunement—we invite lightness back in. Therapy becomes the space where heaviness slowly dissolves, and something gentle, even hopeful, emerges.

Sometimes healing looks like this white moth:
Not loud.
Not fast.
But tender.
Delicate.
And full of quiet power.

Trauma-informed counselling for lightness, grounding, and release 🤍

28/06/2025

🧠💬 AI in Therapy: Can We Make It Work For Us?

As therapists, we’re always adapting—new research, new challenges, new ways of connecting. Now, artificial intelligence is stepping into the mental health space. From chatbots offering emotional support to AI-assisted clinical notes, the landscape is shifting fast.

But here's the question:
Can we make AI work for us, not replace us?

🤖 Used wisely, AI could:

-Free up time from admin work

-Improve accessibility for clients

-Offer data insights to support clinical decisions

But it also raises concerns:

-Privacy and ethics

-Loss of the human touch

-Bias in algorithms

As practitioners, clients, and humans, how do we hold both curiosity and caution?

Is AI a helpful companion in therapy—or something we should resist?

05/06/2025

🌿 Hoya, Hope & Holding On 🌿

In the shadow of heartbreak—especially as we witness the ongoing genocide in Palestine—hope can feel fragile. And yet, it lives on.

The Hoya plant, with its quiet growth and persistent strength, reminds us: even in darkness, life reaches toward the light. Its vines don’t rush, but they never stop. Just like the will to survive. Just like resistance.

Bringing nature into our spaces is more than comfort—it's connection. To the earth, to each other, and to a deeper belief that healing is possible.

🌱 Hope is not passive. It grows, it climbs, and it holds on.

04/06/2025

🌿 10,000 Steps a Day: More Than Just Exercise 🌿

There’s something powerful about putting one foot in front of the other—especially outdoors. Walking 10,000 steps a day isn’t just good for your physical health; it’s an act of decompression. A quiet rebellion against the rush.

Each step helps untangle thoughts, calm the nervous system, and reconnect you with the rhythm of nature. Whether it's a park path, forest trail, or city street lined with trees, nature holds space for the mind to breathe and settle.

Think of it as moving meditation. Step by step, we come back to ourselves.

🌳 Breathe in.
🚶‍♀️ Step out.
🧠 Let the mind gently work through what needs to surface.

14/05/2025

Building Calm, Connection & Creativity...

Sometimes, words aren’t enough — and that’s where creativity comes in.

Today's LEGO Club — a gentle, supportive space where people can explore emotions, express themselves freely, and find calm....play is not just for children 😊

In the busyness of life, moments of stillness can be hard to come by. Building offers more than just fun — it becomes a form of mindfulness. As we focus on the shapes, the colours, the simple act of creating, we begin to slow down. We breathe. We let go.

Benefits of creative therapy through LEGO include:

- Supporting emotional regulation and inner calm

- Building resilience and problem-solving skills

- Encouraging communication without pressure

- Enhancing focus, patience, and presence

- Creating joy through connection and shared play

Not just about building perfect models — it’s about building confidence, self-awareness, and a little more peace inside😌

10/05/2025

Ever seen a duck lead her ducklings across a road? She steps out first—eyes alert, wings spread wide—not just guiding, but shielding. Her little ones follow, trusting completely.

That’s the heart of parenting—stepping into danger so your children don’t have to.

In Palestine, parents do the same. They hold their children close amid chaos, trying to protect them from violence no child should ever witness. Some succeed. Some are taken. And some children are left behind—too young to understand, now orphaned in a world that’s forgotten them.

Their pain is not distant. Their lives matter.

May we never look away. May we raise our voices for every child, every parent, every family shattered by war.

09/05/2025

"Brain fog, forgetfulness, and lack of focus? It’s not just in your head — it’s in your nervous system."

When we’ve experienced trauma, especially over long periods, our brain adapts to help us survive — not necessarily to help us concentrate, remember, or stay sharp.

You might:

-Struggle to finish simple tasks

-Forget names, dates, or conversations

-Feel mentally ‘foggy’ or spaced out

-Find it hard to focus, even when you want to

These symptoms are common responses to trauma and stress. Your brain may be in a constant state of alert, prioritising safety over memory or clarity.

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re responding exactly how a human being does in survival mode.

Healing is possible. With time, support, and compassion for yourself, your nervous system can find safety again — and your clarity will return.

You deserve care. You deserve to feel clear again🤎

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