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Darkness2Light Solution-Focussed Hypnotherapy

Certified Solution Focussed Hypnotherapist partnering with you to find solutions you need to change It's absolutely fascinating.

I am a Solution-Focussed Hynotherapist and NLP practioner helping my clients to find the best version of themselves and to understand the complexities of their thoughts and how their brain works to help them understand their emotions.

30/01/2026

The Sandwich Generation -

When Caring Becomes Your Identity

Over time, caring can become who you are — rather than something you do. It became my identity after the death of my father when I was the eldest child and my parents lived in France.

I had to settle my father's affairs in France and then start to take care of my mother. This was the start of my caring personality and it has never left me.

My confidence started to feel lower, however, it increased as I had to do so many complicated things to settle my father's affairs in France.

But I eventually felt unsure of what I wanted anymore as I knew that I had responsibilities that I could not walk away from.

Anxiety crept in and my own needs felt unfamiliar and strange.

It was unsettling, especially as I had always been capable and strong. My resilience built up over the years though but I have always thought - "What's In It For Me Now"

I started to want to rediscover myself rather than feeling that I was losing myself so I retrained and started my new career in Solution-Focussed Hypnotherapy.

I am still very much part of the Sandwich Generation with family that needs emotional support, an elderly mother with Alzheimers disease and living with my mother-in-law who is 98.

My husband and I also help with our grandchildren and do school runs during the week.

Are you part of the Sandwich Generation? Please let me know. It's a part of life that we have to accept.

28/01/2026

The Sandwich Generation -

“I Love Them Dearly But I Want My Life Back Please”

This is something many women are afraid to say out loud but feel it daily perhaps when they are taking the grandchild to school or going out to get their mother's medication.

Do you feel like this as you have so many things to do on a daily basis that you cannot be considerate to yourself as you are constantly thinking about others.

You can love your family deeply but long for time on your own, daily periods of rest and a personal life that feels like yours again.

This thing called wanting your life back does not mean that you are selfish. It just often means you have been giving for a very long time. I have been there and still am - are you? 🙄

At midlife, many women begin to feel this tension — between responsibility and selfcare and between duty and need.

That feeling is not a failure. It is a message that must be listened to. Do you agree?

26/01/2026

My Monday Musings - The Invisible Weight of the Sandwich Generation - Are you the Jam in the Sandwich Sue?

1. You may be emotionally caring for your children…
2. supporting your grandchildren…
3. worrying about ageing parents...
4. and working on daily family admin all at the same time...

Many women in midlife like Sue quietly become the emotional and practical glue holding everyone together. I have been there and I still am but I manage it 😉

This is unfortunately the reality of the sandwich generation and it is heavy to manage Sue tells me. She wants her life back. Do you?

If you feel tired beyond words, are feeling completely overwhelmed and as though your own life has been slipping quietly into the background, please know that you are not weak and you are definitely not alone. I and many other women are there with you.

There is a way to move from Darkness2Light, even in the middle of caring for others. I am here for you if you would like to have a chat with me.

23/01/2026

Well Hello There Ladies.

A little video to talk about what us Ladies go through right up to Mid Life and how we all need to have think about our lives at this stage.

In my Wednesday post I talked about what changes can be made at Mid Life to become women that we want to be after our lives of nurturing our families, working, being the go-to person to put things right and becoming unseen and unheard.

We may be going through menopause also and we have lost our confidence a bit and truly want to make changes so that we have our time to become women who can make choices for the next stage of our lives.

Watch this video and let me know how your Mid Life is going.

21/01/2026

My heart truly sings when I see women achieve their Mid Life goals and breakthroughs. I have seen transitions with my own eyes and it's great to see.

I do this work because I have been in this place — navigating family situations, anxiety, career change and self-doubt plus more — and I know how meaningful gentle support can be.

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure of what comes next, you don’t have to walk it alone.

✨ You’re welcome to sit with this for now, and if it feels right, I’m here.

19/01/2026

Menopause at Mid Life is more than physical change — it can touch your emotions, confidence and sense of balance in your life.

Through Solution-Focussed Hypnotherapy and relaxation, I support women to reduce stress and anxiety, strengthen self-esteem and feel more at ease with themselves during this time.

This is not about “fixing” you.

It’s about understanding your lived experience and supporting you with warmth, empathy and care.

🌿 If this feels familiar to you, you may like to take a quiet look at my website or simply hold this thought for a while.

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15/01/2026

Empty Nest, Identify and Confidence. What's this all about?

When the children grow up and life shifts as they move away from home, many women ask quietly:

Who am I now?

Empty nest changes can affect confidence, self-esteem and your sense of purpose — often alongside anxiety and stress.

I help women gently rebuild confidence, rediscover themselves and reconnect with what they still have to offer in their lives at Mid Life — at work, in family life and in their relationship with themselves.

You are not starting again.

You are uncovering what has always been there and wants to come out.

Take a look at my website: How My Business Inspires Me for more information https://1l.ink/ZXSTJ8D.

I am here for you if you need me.

12/01/2026

Midlife can feel unsettling sometimes and we can feel completely out of sorts. We can ask ourselves what's in it for me now?. What future do I want?

So many changes arrive at once — workplace, family, relationships, menopause, identity, anxiety, self-confidence, empty-next.

At Darkness2Light Hypnotherapy, I gently guide women through this transition using Solution-Focussed Hypnotherapy, relaxation, emotional support and practical tools.

I know this place as I have been there and it sucks.

I’ve lived through trauma, career changes, stress and anxiety, very low self-confidence and menopause myself — and that’s why compassion and authenticity sit at the heart of my work with my client.

However, there is light ahead, even if it feels distant right now 🌗

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10/01/2026

Happy Saturday everyone.

I am back and raring to go with my business and my life. I was not well from the middle of last year and had a major brain operation end October to remove a benign tumour from my brain and which was very near to my left optic nerve and my pituitary gland.

I have had so many medical appointments and MRIs at KIMS hospital in Maidstone and the London Clinic but all is well now. My neurosurgeon was great and he explained everything so well.

Anyway, I have recovered and am just waiting to get a new driving licence as I cannot drive until April. It is standard practise with medical issues and I have had to fill out many forms for the DVLA. 🙃 Yep I thought I was turning upside down sometimes.

I have started to schedule so posts from Monday so please look out for me again guys as this business of mine is my absolute passion and I want to start seeing clients again, either face to face or online.

I also would love to come and give talks about the trials and tribulations of Mid Life women and how they cope with being at a stage in their lives where they say to themselves: "What the f**k will my future look like" with their work life balance, family relationships, may be empty nest syndrome, low confidence and burnout/exhaustion from leading such busy lives.

I know as I have been there and experienced this stage and it can suck sometimes.

But there is light at the end of the tunnel.

21/12/2025

Courtesy of free CHATGPT guys, Happy shortest day of the year and from tomorrow, we can look forward to more LIGHT and not so much DARKNESS.
I so need this and let me know if you do too lovelies xx🌅🌞☀️

13/10/2025

Hi to all my followers. I wanted to show you this fabulous testimonial that I have received from a lady that I have been working with locally and who has become my friend.
This testimonial made my heart sing.

"I was at a time in my life where l had lost my way.

I couldn’t move on from bereavement as much as l tried, my inner voice was telling me to stay home and stay safe.
So l decided that l would talk with Maria and see if she could help me.

After only a couple of sessions and Maria listening to what was happening, she understood which was a major thing for me; someone understood and said they could help me. That alone was a weight off my shoulders.

After a few sessions with Maria, my life is changing. I can focus on what l want to do. I can even come up with plans that l want to achieve. This is down to Maria.

I thank you Maria from the bottom of my heart for giving me a new chapter in my life. The courage and change of mindset to allow me to move forward after such a period of doubts and fears.

I would recommend anyone in the same position as me to get in touch with Maria and get the help that l did and you won’t look back"

If you would like to have a chat with me, please click on this link to book a call.

04/07/2025

Anger and Upset - How do your manage this?

My post yesterday was about dealing with a Spaghetti Junction in our minds when we wake up and feeling that we have no time and we are spinning 100 plates.

If this is you and if you have downloaded and listened to my Progressive Muscle Relaxation, please see my tips here for quietening your mind and body. They will work and I recommend you take 5 mins every day, perhaps morning and afternoon, to practise these.

The main thing is to concentrate on your deep breathing by breathing in through your stomach, feeling your stomach expand and then breathing out and letting the breath go. Take 5 deep breaths and if you would like to, continue until you have had enough.

For just 5 mins. you will feel calm and relaxed and ready to move forward in your day.

I always teach this type of breathing to my Hypnotherapy clients and they get a lot out of the exercise.

Enjoy.

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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Look to the future for what you do want, not what you don’t.

Solution-focussed hypnotherapy is about looking to the future and working towards what you want, not what you don’t want. All of my clients have the tools they need to unlock their future they want, and hypnotherapy helps them to use what’s already within, to make the changes they need in order to achieve their goals. My work will help you to understand what is happening in your intellectual and primitive mind when stress, anxiety, anger and depression happen. We usually respond in the same way in situations and sometimes, we just need to find a different approach. Through various techniques, I work with the sub-conscious mind to make changes for my clients, to help them to see things from a positive perspective which will have an influence over their thoughts and patterns of behaviour. It’s so wonderful to see the transformation in my clients so they can look to the future more positively. I show them their results online, which I can print out for them to take away.

My relaxation MP3, given to them at their Initial Consultation will also help them to sleep better. I offer a free consultation, so please do contact me or let someone else know about me if you think they need my help.