Fern Green Wellness Counselling

21/08/2025

These cards were recommended in a counselling group.

Sometimes counselling is about getting back in touch with ourselves and our values. I'm hoping these cards can be a helpful resource for people to have some guidance on what's important to them. Giving simple ideas in how to prioritise and practice what matters most 🦋

I'll also be using them personally 😊

15/08/2025

The Heath is looking so beautiful right now.

We stopped at Westleton Heath, just a little before Dunwich Heath 💚

07/08/2025

It grew!

I'd given up on my acorn because the shoot had gotten stuck in the glass. It was abandoned up on the high shelf for months. Did a bit of dusting and couldn't believe my eyes 😁

Just need to pot it up in the garden ready to find the perfect place to plant it 💚

20/07/2025

'A study using functional neuroimaging (fMRI) found lower activation of the brain structure that signals fear and threat (the amygdala) after a 60-minute walk in a natural environment compared to an urban environment. This finding was associated with reports of feeling “restored” and having improved attention. Another fMRI study found decreased blood flow in the prefrontal cortex, which correlated with self-reports of decreased “rumination,” after a 90-minute nature walk compared with an urban walk. These studies are just scratching the surface; I expect much more discovery on the neural correlates of improved well-being in the next few years.'

This is just a snippet about why being in nature is SO beneficial for us, especially if we experience anxiety and depression.

https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/atp-nature-and-the-brain

I'm doing the final pieces to finish my Forest Therapy Practitioner Course, looking forward to being able to offer this service, alongside counselling :)

Senior Associate Dean of UNR Med Melissa Piasecki, M.D., answers when, why and how we need nature in our lives.

16/07/2025

A lovely thing to get involved in :)

3 days until Big Butterfly Count 2025 lifts off! 🦋

The Large White took the third spot in last year's count with 138,424 sightings, down 38% from 2023.

With over 80% of UK butterfly species in decline, every single sighting counts. Let us know how butterflies are faring where you live by getting out for the Count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

📷: Mark Searle

21/03/2025

Very interesting book with focus on the importance of courage, vulnerability and love.

I do think most of us are actually afraid of being loved. Being seen. May we be courageous enough to be vulnerable and gentle, with ourselves and others 🙂

19/03/2025

I'm very excited to have started this course 😁

Forest Therapy Practitioner 🌲🌳🌱

I look forward to weaving elements into my counselling work but also potentially running group and 1:1 sessions in forest therapy 💚

03/03/2025

One of my latest reads.

It included some handy practices in the 2nd half. This book was a good reminder for me about the importance or being compassionate to myself as well as others. There are many of us who struggle with this I imagine! :)

21/01/2025

Puzzle!

I'm not frequent jigsaw puzzle gal but I really enjoyed making this one.

The zoning in, allowing me to zone out.
The presence.
The unexplainable deliciousness of picking up a piece and somehow knowing exactly where it belongs.
The initial overwhelm at how much there is to do followed by the buzz of seeing it take shape and all come together.

Lovely lovely experience that mirrors so many things in life we go through, come up against.

Trust.
Trusting the process.

17/01/2025

I almost inhaled this book I read it so fast!

An essential read for those experiencing OCD or those wanting to understand it better.

Lily Bailey - Because we are bad

13/01/2025

01/01/2025

Happy new year.
May 2025 be a year of whatever you want and need it to be.
Moving fast or moving slow.
Big change or growing roots 💚