Laura Muir Counselling & Psychotherapy, BACP Registered & Accredited Member

26/03/2020

And, it is okay to just get by.

Life is strange right now. How you feel is not.

24/03/2020

This is a temporary state. It helps to say it. I worked for 10 years in the hospital system. I’ve been trained for situations like this. I’ve also studied the Spanish Flu. The precautions we’re taking are the right ones. History tells us that. This is survivable. We will survive. This is a time to overprotect but not overreact.

And, I believe we will find meaning in it. I’ve been honored the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ family has given me permission to add a sixth stage to grief: Meaning. I had talked to Elisabeth quite a bit about what came after acceptance. I did not want to stop at acceptance when I experienced some personal grief. I wanted meaning in those darkest hours. And I do believe we find light in those times. Even now people are realizing they can connect through technology. They are not as remote as they thought. They are realizing their phones have phones and having long conversations. They’re appreciating walks. I believe we will continue to find meaning now and when this is over.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a collective loss of normalcy.

09/01/2018

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/improving-ourselves-to-death

What the self-help gurus and their critics reveal about our times.

07/01/2018

Retweeted Asylum Magazine ():

Mental illness is so easily attributed to men in power as a means of denying culpability. It is indulgent and says nothing to people who actually suffer the indignities of being disagnosed and neglected.

11/06/2017

"In spite of the long scientific history of attachment, psychologists have done a rather poor job of communicating what a secure attachment is and how to create one. In the meantime, the word “attachment” has been co-opted..."

24/05/2017

Being in touch with your emotions honestly is what matters.

Feeling sad, mad, critical or otherwise awful? Surprise: negative emotions are essential for mental health

03/04/2017

A rare but interesting example of when an effect isn't actually an illusory correlation.

Whether you like your name or not, its social stereotypes are reflected on you - and you wear them on your face.

02/01/2017

I've been on maternity leave and fairly quiet for six months, but I thought this was a good article for contemplating the year ahead. With hopes for a worthwhile 2017.

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-the-aztecs-can-teach-us-about-happiness-and-the-good-life

In the spring semester of the school year, I teach a class called ‘Happiness’. It’s always packed with students because, like most people, they want to learn the secret to feeling fulfilled. ‘How many of you want to be happy in life?’ I ask. Ever...

05/12/2016

In poor countries, only 1 in 27 people received minimally adequate care. In wealthy countries, it's 1 in 5.

25/07/2016

A cartoon by David Sipress. See more cartoons with the New Yorker Today app: http://nyer.cm/twfNxnF

10/06/2016

New findings may represent the key to a medical mystery first glimpsed a century ago in the trenches of World War I.

14/05/2016

Disappointing but glad she held her ground.

When the Department for Education appointed Natasha Devon as children’s mental health champion, everyone was pleased. But her letters and calls to ministers went unanswered, and now she has been sacked. What went wrong?