Lucy Hoskins Counselling

23/03/2026

We live in a world that says, 'I will be happy when....' 'I can relax when....' and it leaves us believing that the life we want is always in the future, something we have to wait for.

Happiness, peace, fulfilment, love, excitement, is within us, we create it. You can be happy now. You can change things now.

Don't like your job, change it
Feel lonely, go and meet people
Feel disconnected or numb, practice mindfulness
Feel misunderstood by people, take time to understand yourself

So much is within your control.

I always say, regret feels so much worse than any other feeling. Don't regret the life you could have had.

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🎶 Song of the day on my playlist is Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, 'rein me in'

18/03/2026

When I find myself overthinking, procrastinating, feeling anxious, feeling every emotion or nothing at all, I know I need to reconnect with my body and just be. The beach, music and meditation play a big part of my life.

Music in particular can help me connect to feelings I may be avoiding or change my mood completely. Music can say so much when sometimes we don't have the words. My playlist is a mixed bag of songs that connect me with my sadness, anger, hurt, inner wounds, but also my happiness, excitement and optimism. I can go from crying to laughing, anger to peace in a matter of minutes. Music is an outlet for me. Something that grounds me but also speaks for me.

What's on your Music playlist?

13/03/2026

Connection is what matters. Connection allows people to feel heard, feel seen and feel held.

Being a counsellor is not just a job for me, it is an extension of who I am.

10/03/2026

I'm not a "post for the sake of a post" person and its important to me to share contrnt that is relevant, helpful, interesting and funny!

So I ask you, what content would you like to see? This isn't about me being the expert, because I don't see myself as that, this is about wanting to create and engage with a community- to offer support, hope, strategies, a way to feel seen, feel understood, to increase self awareness. This is what is important to me.

I would welcome any ideas. Please feel free to share via dm or here in the comments. Only share what you feel comfortable with sharing and knowing that it is on a public space.

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09/03/2026

I have been working on this course for what seems like forever.....

Supporting young people is something which sits very close to my heart and supporting neurodivergent young people has been an add on to this. There is a lot we can't change about the world we live in and the stress it causes to young people, but I greatly believe that we can help young people build their sense of self so they can navigate this world in a way that is right for them.

No more square pegs into round holes. Let's encourage and support young people to feel good about themselves and confident in who they are, regardless of whether they think or behave differently to others. Let's celebrate who they are, show interest in who they are and learn about their world!

This course I am working on is to help parents support their neurodivergent teen. There is no rule book so it's about really understanding the young person and how to do that. I will continue to work on it and hope to be able to offer it very soon.

05/03/2026

As the saying goes, we need to feel to heal

24/02/2026

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25/09/2025

What are you hopeful for? Does that hope fill you with happiness, freedom and positivity or does it make you feel bad about yourself, stuck in a continuous cycle of never feeling good enough?

14/08/2025

To all the young people receiving their college results this week, remember this is one part of your life experience, it does not define who you are.

📌 You are not your results.
📌 Celebrate the wins and acknowledge the disappointment.
📌 Allow yourself to feel whatever you feel and then pause.
📌 Now go forward to be whoever you want to be.

10/06/2025

Its all so easy to judge the behaviour rather than understand what is driving the behaviour. We dont just do things, our behaviour is an outcome, a symptom even and so to change it we need to understand what's behind it.

I've used teachers as an example as I work with a lot of young people and neurodivergent young people who struggle with the school environment. This isn't a blaming post. Teachers are doing their best but we need to acknowledge the impact our draconian school system is having on young people - the rules, the inflexibility, the isolation, the one size fits all approach. It is damaging and we need to do what we can to help young people thrive, not survive.