Golowhe Therapy

10/01/2026

Finding calm after the storm… 📕 🕯️ 🌪️

Be it the extreme external weather or your own variable internal weather, both can be the creators of turmoil, uneasiness, worry and upheavals if we let them…

However as with most things, it is transient… the storm will pass, the feelings temporary, and moments will fade…

Recently gifted Charlie Mackesy’s newest book, it’s (again) providing one of my moments of calm 🙏 Read as a story, or be inspired at the individual pages, it’s recommend 😌

Always remember…
the storm will pass, calm can be found (sometimes not from where but who), cake can help!, that you matter, and that you are loved 💛 🍰🌙 ✨

07/01/2026

Wintering… ❄️
Thank you Counselling Directory for sharing more of my musings… 👇☺️🌙✨

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/articles/wintering-and-the-permission-to-pause

Winter can heighten stress, fatigue, and low mood. This article reflects on rest, renewal, and winter well-being.

05/01/2026

Anchor Point… ⚓️
What are your anchor points and how anchored do you feel…?

Anchor points are those moments in life that give us focus and bring us into the present… offering some grounding and stability, supporting resilience, and providing the feeling of being ‘held steady’… ⚓️ This is important when life can be likened to being like an ocean… continually changing from calm waters, to rolling waves, to unexpected storms, to navigating new seas… 🌊

Anchor points are individual, and can be thoughts or actions (that might occur daily, weekly, sporadically), which bring a bit of stability and strength in the moment. For example, it could be a particular activity or hobby, a routine, mantra, glimmer, pet or person, interaction, treat, or belief…. It’s the ‘thing’ that grounds you, pulls you down to Earth, brings you calm in a storm, restores you, allows you to breathe again, to be you…

Unsure on your Anchor Point? Here’s some thoughts that might help… ⚓️

⚓️ Make time to identify your anchor points… What matters to you? What is it that you need in your life to bring you stability?
⚓️ Celebrate your values… Our values will be different from each other (and that’s ok), so by being clear on what they are and embracing them will nurture your decisions or actions… and will bring you back again if you feel astray…
⚓️ Maintaining your anchor… as with the seas of life, there can be times of plain sailing or rough stormy waters… looking after your anchor can take time, commitment, attention and effort. However having strong anchor points can mean greater resilience and grounding…
⚓️ Recognise when you might need to recalibrate… as with life, we grow and change, which means sometimes pulling up the anchor completely and moving into unknown waters… with practice of anchoring, finding new stability and purpose should become easier…

As we move into busier moments in our lives, or having to negotiate the unavoidable situations (such as commitments and seasonal changes), knowing and nurturing anchor points can be helpful for the open waters of life ahead… ⚓️ 🌊 🌙 ✨

31/12/2025

Here’s to 2026… ✨
As we step into a new year, it feels like an opportune moment to confirm that my private counselling offerings and fees will continue unchanged…
✨ sessions can be outdoors in nature as ‘walk and talk’ style in various locations in mid-Cornwall…
✨ or they can be in person at Hamleys with Your Time and Place on Wednesdays…
✨ or at Badger Forest School’s Higher Wheal Martyn site on other days
✨ or online if you’d prefer…

🌙 supporting young people (11yo+), teens and adults.
🌙 concessionary rates available for students, registered sight impaired (CVI) individuals, and low income households - please ask upon enquiry.

To discover more, please visit my website: www.golowhetherapy.co.uk 🌙 ✨

✨ Ecotherapy and wellbeing group offerings also available…
✨ Further updates to follow…. ☺️ 🌙 ✨

29/12/2025

Let it go…. 👇 🙏 Rather apt for this time of year… 💛🌙 ✨

27/12/2025

Shhh… it’s winter… nature’s mostly quiet, still, pausing, resting… what do you notice (if at all)? ❄️

Slow down… take a moment, pause… there’s no need to rush… how are you feeling? 🤍

Go inwards… listen to your heart and mind… breathe… what are you grateful for? 🙏

Embrace… there are so many moments between the moments… the inbetween moments… the everyday, maybe mundane, maybe routine moments - yet these can bring the colour to our life palettes… 🎨

So before the ‘next moment’ or event or date of significance is reached… before you look ahead and forget about the now… be still, slow down, embrace and be mindful… the present is a gift and something we can be thankful for 🌙 ✨

[Art credit: Elaine Bayley]

26/12/2025

“…when Christmas is over, the light of the world is still here…” ✨

Go find your light in whatever way that is for you… literally by sun, stars, tree lights or candles; from glimmers of joy and hope; from positive feelings and memories; or from sharing the light from others… 🌙 ✨

22/12/2025

As it was recently reflected, there’s no avoiding it that the festive period is here… and how we navigate our way through it - such as embracing, avoiding, celebrating, masking, tradition making or breaking - will make it different for each of us… 🎄

Despite how it might look or feel, there are still support available throughout this time, some of which are listed further below👇✨

I can also be reached via email throughout the festive season and have some availability for sessions on the following dates:
Tuesday 23rd
Wednesday 24th (until midday)
Monday 29th
Tuesday 30th
Wednesday 31st (until midday)

Or we can step into 2026 together when ‘usual’ hours resume from wb 5th January… you can email to find out more…🌙 ✨

🎄 Support available during the holidays… 🎄
☎️ Samaritans:
offers free help and support line 24 hours a day, 365 days per year: 166123

☎️ Age UK (England):
offers information and support for older people 0800 678 1602 (helpline is open 8:00am — 7:00pm, every day of the year)

☎️ Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM):
provides listening services, information and support for anyone who needs to talk, including a web chat.
0800 58 58 58 (helpline open from 5:00pm — midnight, every day of the year)

☎️ Switchboard:
runs a confidential LGBTQ+ telephone helpline staffed by LGBTQ+ volunteers 0300 330 0630 (helpline open from 10:00am — 10:00pm every day)

☎️ National Domestic Abuse Helpline:
offers free 24-hour helpline for women who have experienced domestic abuse and violence, with all female advisors 0808 2000 247

☎️ SHOUT:
24/7 text support line for young people who would prefer to be supported over messages 85258

☎️ SANEline:
offers non-judgmental and compassionate emotional support. Open between 4:00pm to 10:00pm, 365 days a year 0300 304 7000

☎️ National Su***de Prevention Helpline UK:
offers help to anyone who may be struggling with their mental health and/or thoughts of su***de 0800 587 0800

☎️ Papyrus:
offers confidential su***de prevention advice (young people), contact HOPELINE247 0800 068 4141

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19/12/2025

The Winter Solstice (21st Dec) is almost upon us… the shortest day and longest night… 🌜🌞 where the literal translation of solstice ‘sun stands still’ invites us too to pause and take a moment of stillness… to slow down… to embrace the darkness… to rest…

“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present…” ✨

Before we step into the next season of winter and begin to welcome back the slowly increasing daylight… make peace with the darkness and let go of something that no longer serves you or weighs you down… so that you can move forwards lighter and brighter with the growing light… 🌙 ✨

[Image credit: Lizzie Spikes]

16/12/2025

Low sun
Long shadows
Cold cheeks
Warm toes
Still tree limbs
Berried branches
Rhythmic footsteps
Flowing thoughts
Shared spaces
Nature’s calm
Evening calling
Blackbirds singing
Quiet listening
Walking and talking… 🌙 ✨

14/12/2025

Keeping the calm from this today… 😌 🧘

The term ‘self-care’ might be used a lot and perhaps taken out of context or it’s meaning diluted, however slowing down and honouring ourselves is so important… ✨ When caring for or sharing ourselves to others (be it consciously or unconsciously), for this to be maintained and be most effective, we must look after ourselves too… ✨

For me, this year it has been bringing a consistency and extension to my yoga (and self-care) practice, which brings a definite pause within my weeks… 🧘‍♀️ 🫧 All the gratitude to Sophie of Bodmin Yoga for providing these spaces, and in particular for today’s gorgeous ‘find your inner light’ workshop 🙏

At particular times in our lives or at certain times in the year (such as with festivities and seasonal expectations) the push and pull can be felt perhaps that little bit more than usual… So allow yourself to find some calm and make time for self-care (in whatever way this might look or feel to you)… because as these early daffodils on my leaving show, we need to care, nurture and go inwards for us to then grow, bloom and find the light… 🌙 ✨

08/12/2025

“The plants and the earth are resting, maybe we should too…” ❄️
~Rebecca Raiden

Nature is a wonderful teacher… sometimes we listen and sometimes we don’t… ✨ At this time of year, it’s easy to get caught up in the busyness and forget to slow down and look… winter is coming and that brings opportunity for stillness and rest… 💤 We are nature and its natural for us to be wanting to rest - a little reminder for this week and onwards as we head through this month. Thank you To You From Steph 🙏 🌙 ✨