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🧠 Therapy for the mental load carriers ☀️
🌻 Finding your voice and creating balance 🧡

31/12/2025

Everybody get into position! Action stations! Go go go!

Chaotic. Is your social media feed filled with sponsored/recommended posts all about doing more, becoming better and entering 2026 with extreme energy... Or is it just mine?

As the New Year begins, there’s often a loud pressure to reset, reorganise and do better than before.

If you’re already tired and overwhelmed, January can feel less like a fresh start and more like another demand. And let's not forget, you've just curated a magical Christmas for everyone around you! Give yourself a minute...

What if the New Year isn’t asking you to try harder, but to slow down?
To notice what you’ve been holding.
To question what you’re carrying into another year.

I’ve written a blog exploring why doing less, rather than more, can be a powerful way to move towards balance.

✨ You can read it (and/or subscribe to it) via the link in my bio.

30/12/2025

I'm just going to leave this here...

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28/12/2025

Urgh it's so frustrating when we know things aren't dangerous, yet our body reacts like they are.

Addressing things with your partner/friend/family member/colleague can feel really frightening if it's not something you've done before or have any frame of reference to hold on to.

It's unfamiliar and new. We don't like unfamiliar and new. We gain comfort from the way things are (even if it's not bringing us joy) because at least we know what to expect.

But things won't change if, if things don't change.

I think the tricky bit comes because we think should be able to do it. "It's just talking! I shouldn't need help to do that! Why am I finding this so difficult!?"

But your body is telling you it is so much more than just talking. The discomfort that comes up is telling you how important it is. It's telling you that this is a big deal.

And I don't mean to add pressure to the conversation by saying that. I mean to offer compassion and understanding to why it feels frightening. And it's ok to want to have someone to talk it through with, to gain clarity, to explore your wants and needs.

This is part of the work that I do in my 1:1 therapy sessions. If you're interested, book in an introductory call. You can do so by sending me a DM or contacting me through my website 🧡

26/12/2025

Hello from the other side... 🎶of Christmas!
(hoping you sang Adele..)

If you're sat in a quiet moment where the noise and busy-ness has settled, I invite you to check-in with yourself and gain some clarity.

How are you feeling?

You might feel:
🧡Relieved.
🧡Flat.
🧡Grateful but exhausted.
🧡Or quietly sad without quite knowing why.

There’s no “right” way to feel once the day is over.

Now that it's a bit calmer, you might be noticing how much you were holding together...and how little space there was for you.

If today brings up anything uncomfortable, you’re allowed to notice it without judging yourself.

Be gentle with yourself today.

And if something feels out of balance, you don’t have to rush to fix it because simply noticing is a meaningful first step.

When you are ready, we can look at rebalancing things together. I currently have spaces for new therapy clients and I am very much looking forward to beginning the new year working with you 🧡.

23/12/2025

You've made it. It's Christmas eve tomorrow, give yourself permission to be done.

No more decorations. No more present buying. No more food lists. No more organisation.

No more. You are done 🎉.

Pour yourself a nice drink and rest. Enter into the Christmas joy that you've spent a long time creating.

There may well still be things on your list, because let's be honest, the list never ends. There's always something.

Something may well have been missed. Accidentally or purposefully. Someone may well be disappointed.

But that's ok. People are allowed to feel disappointed. Let them feel disappointed. They can tolerate it. You can tolerate it. Your relationship can tolerate it.

And if they/you/it can't, there's work to be done ✨. But that can wait until the new year.

I have openings for 1:1 therapy in January. We can work on it together 🧡. Get in touch and we'll sort an introductory session.

21/12/2025

"I don't want to be boring"

"Oh we really should see them though..."

"It's Christmas, we have to make the effort"

Wrong!

You won't be boring. You don't have to see them. And you don't have to make the effort.

Especially if doing so is going to tip you over the edge.

Especially if all you want to do is get under a blanket and watch a Christmas film with your family (or completely on your own).

You're allowed to decline invites. (Chances are they might be quite glad you declined/cancelled as they get a break then too!!).

If the mental load and relationship imbalance has felt heavier this Christmas, my blog post might feel helpful. Comment SCROOGE and I'll send it 🧡

18/12/2025

I could think of 18 things....and I'm sure I've probably missed lots. Feel free to add any extras in the comments ⬇️.

18 EXTRA things. This isn't including all the usual stuff that keeps things ticking over.

If you find yourself in the role of managing all those things, have the conversation around rebalancing now (it's not too late!) so that your Christmas can feel much more lighter (and more enjoyable!) this year 🧡.

Comment GUIDE and I'll send you a document that will help you get the ball rolling 🎄.

17/12/2025

Reclaim that childhood joy!

Stuff like this is part of "the work" that happens from therapy. It's part of discovering what it is you like, what you dislike, what you want more of/less of in your life.

But once you've discovered it, it doesn't stop there. You need to carve out the space for you.

Remind yourself that you matter 🧡

16/12/2025

Admit it, we're aaaall thinking it... 👀.

With the last shopping weekend approaching before the big day you might be panic buying and quietly resenting the entirety of Christmas.

The short answer is 'no'. You don't owe anyone exhaustion for the sake of tradition.

But it's not always as simple as that and certainly more complex than a social media post has space for.

My blog post goes into why you might be feeling the way you do and what you can do about it. It offers insights, understanding and practical tools - Merry Christmas! 🎄

You can find the link in my bio 🧡.

I do my best to write blogs weekly. If you want to be alerted when a new one is posted, you can subscribe too! ✨

15/12/2025

The quiet burn of resentment...

(Doesn't seem very festive to talk about resentment now but it doesn't disappear just because it's Christmas... Quite the opposite!).

It's there with you, but it didn't appear overnight. It grew gradually and quietly and has left you feeling disconnected to your relationships.

It's hard to feel close to someone when you've got resentment on your shoulders!

I want to reassure you that you CAN feel connected, supported and valued in your relationship again. This isn't "just how things are".

In January, I have spaces opening up for 1:1 sessions with me where we can reconnect to your needs, build confidence in expressing them and find balance and support in your relationships again 🧡.

If you're interested, send me a DM or contact me through my website 😊

12/12/2025

Two weeks to go...

I get it, you love the magic of Christmas 🧑🏻‍🎄.

You love creating the perfect run up with fun activities and wholesome cosy afternoons for your friends and family.

But when it's just you on your own, running about and having to faff with this, that and the other to create the magic, do you LOVE it? Do you reaaaally? 👀

I can bet there's a few grumbles, swear words and possibly tears in there too.

That magic and cosiness can still be created, but it doesn't have to all be done by you.

You deserve to enjoy it. You deserve to soak in the joy of this time of the year. Rather than being on the outside looking in.

I hope you find these scripts helpful 🎄. If you, click share ✨

10/12/2025

It feels so ridiculous to type that and basically say "out loud" that that's a commitment I'm making.

But the ridiculousness IS the point.

It shows how easy it is to forget about ourselves when we're running around looking after other people.

Whether that be small children, partners, colleagues... When we're always putting others first, it's guaranteed that we'll get forgotten.

Make a commitment to you 🧡

(and let me know what it is, no matter how 'ridiculous' it may seem... It'll make me feel less self-conscious about sharing mine!)

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