Gez Sutherland Clarity Counselling & Psychotherapy

17/01/2026

Perspective check 🚨 It’s so important to realize that everything that’s happened in your life has guided you here, to this moment. Let’s express pure gratitude together for all of it.

17/01/2026

16/01/2026

15/01/2026

Becoming the person you’re meant to be isn’t about waiting until you feel ready.

It means doing things you don’t feel like doing.

Having the uncomfortable conversation.
Setting the boundary you’ve been avoiding.
Speaking up instead of staying quiet.

Discomfort isn’t a sign you’re doing it wrong… It’s a sign you’re growing.

What’s one thing you know you need to do today, even though you don’t feel like it? 👇

10/01/2026

Who can you make smile today?

10/01/2026

10 Common Negative Thinking Patterns and How You Can Change Them
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🧠 Negative self-talk often becomes a habitual brain pattern
🔁 These thought patterns can fuel anxiety and depression, keep your stress response activated, and shape your brain.
✨ You’re not stuck with them
🧠 When you recognize negative thinking patterns, stop automatically believing them, and turn them around, your brain begins to change.
🚦 You can put your mind to work FOR you instead of against you.

This article explains 10 common negative thinking patterns—and how to change them using brain-based strategies.

10/01/2026

1. “The very act of avoiding your emotional world and reality keeps you stuck in it.”

Avoidance feels like escape, but psychologically it does the opposite. When you avoid emotion, you do not exit the experience. You remove consciousness from it. Whatever is not felt does not dissolve. It goes underground, where it quietly organizes your thoughts, reactions, and identity. Avoidance freezes time. You stay psychologically parked at the moment the feeling was too much to face.

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