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Wercurious therapy Welcome to weRcurious (formerly Counselling with Naomi) — online global therapy for adults.

Relationship therapy is also available, whether it be for: a couple; intimate partners; or a mother and adult daughter relationship. Counselling is available online, via Zoom, for either individuals or couples.

World Maternal Mental Health Day | May 6, 2026Marching for MothersThere’s a lot of noise around motherhood.Advice. Expec...
06/05/2026

World Maternal Mental Health Day | May 6, 2026
Marching for Mothers

There’s a lot of noise around motherhood.
Advice. Expectations. Pressure to cope.

But underneath that, there are many women quietly struggling.

In many countries, as many as 1 in 5 new mothers experiences some type of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMADs). These illnesses frequently go unnoticed and untreated, often with tragic and long-term consequences to both mother and child.

And the wider picture matters too:
• 7 in 10 women hide or downplay their symptoms
• 1 in 10 dads develop depression during this time
• 20–25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage or stillbirth

Not because people don’t want help.
Because they don’t always feel able to ask.

Maternal mental health isn’t rare.
It isn’t a weakness.
And it doesn’t look the same for everyone.

It can show up during pregnancy.
After birth.
Or months later, when everyone else has moved on.

This year’s theme, Marching for Mothers, is about more than awareness.
It’s about changing how we respond.

• asking her how she really is
• listening without fixing or judging
• recognising distress instead of dismissing it
• remembering that partners struggle too
• understanding that grief, loss, and trauma are part of many maternal stories

Because supporting mothers supports families.
And ultimately, it shapes the wellbeing of the next generation.

No one is immune.
But no one should have to go through it alone.

This is not about saying all men are dangerous.It is about acknowledging that many women move through the world carrying...
06/05/2026

This is not about saying all men are dangerous.

It is about acknowledging that many women move through the world carrying an awareness that violence, harassment, intimidation, coercion, assault, or fear are not rare possibilities. They are lived realities.

Women are taught to check the back seat of the car.
To message when they get home safely.
To hold keys between fingers.
To avoid certain streets.
To stay alert.
To not “provoke.”
To be careful who they trust.
To calculate risk constantly.

And yet when women speak openly about that fear, they are often called dramatic, paranoid, bitter, hostile, or unfair.

Fear does not appear out of nowhere.
It is shaped by experience, stories, statistics, culture, and survival.

At weRcurious, I think these conversations matter.
Not to create division.
But to create honesty.

Because minimising women’s fear has never made women safer.

Today, my sister’s name is being carried through London.Heidi Towner.She died by su***de on 08 August 2022, aged 55. Jus...
26/04/2026

Today, my sister’s name is being carried through London.

Heidi Towner.

She died by su***de on 08 August 2022, aged 55. Just 5 days after my 52nd birthday.
Now I am 55.

My life will never be the same again.

I miss her every day. Most days I well up, feel that lump in my throat. Grief sits quietly and loudly all at once. And still, I show up. For myself. For others. I have chosen to live.

I wish Heidi could have chosen to live. She couldn’t.
And I will never really know why.

I would give anything for one more day. One more week. One more month. One more year. One more forever.

Today, Ben West is running the London Marathon carrying a flag with over 5,000 names of people lost to su***de. Heidi’s name is one of them, because I put her forward. Because she matters. Because she is my sister. Because she deserves to be remembered.

Ben’s work exists because his younger brother Sam died by su***de at just 15 years old. Out of that devastation, he created Reasons To Stay.

Reasons To Stay is a su***de prevention project offering anonymous letters of hope to people in crisis. A simple but powerful interruption. A reminder that someone, somewhere, cares.

In its first month alone, over 1 million letters were read, and 81% of people said they felt better afterwards.

If you’re struggling, please don’t do it alone:
https://reasonstostay.org
https://www.benwest.org.uk

Heidi. My sister. Always.

***deloss

I commented “not all men, but always a man” on a video of a husband beating his wife in front of their child.This post i...
15/04/2026

I commented “not all men, but always a man” on a video of a husband beating his wife in front of their child.

This post is about violence against women and girls. This particular case took place in Vietnam.

And to be clear, no, it is not *literally* always a man.
But statistically, overwhelmingly, it is.

That is the point.

According to the World Health Organization (2025), **nearly 1 in 3 women globally have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime**, most often by an intimate partner.
UN Women reports the same figure: **1 in 3 women worldwide**.

In England and Wales, **1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse**, and **one woman is killed by a partner or ex every five days** (Refuge, 2024).

This is not rare.
It is not an anomaly.
It is not just “culture.”

It is systemic.

Some of the responses to my comment are in these screenshots.

Yes, some people called it out.
But alongside that:

Deflection.
“What about male victims?”
“Women are more violent.”
Blame.
Jokes.
Abuse.
And narrowing the conversation to anything other than what was in front of us.

One comment stood out to me, the one highlighted:

“A comment can make these men mad rather than the actual abuser on the actual news…”

Exactly that.

More anger at a sentence… than at a man beating a woman in front of a child.

Yes, men can be victims too. That matters.
Yes, violence exists in all types of relationships.

But this post was not about every possible scenario.
It was about a pattern that is globally recognised and widely evidenced.

Shifting the focus away from that doesn’t challenge the reality.
It avoids it.

If naming a pattern feels more offensive than the violence itself,
that’s worth paying attention to.

Sat down to study… fully committed, obviously.Then noticed my lamp. Plain. Boring. Unacceptable.So naturally, studying...
05/04/2026

Sat down to study…
fully committed, obviously.

Then noticed my lamp.
Plain. Boring. Unacceptable.

So naturally, studying had to wait
while I urgently covered it in dot art like this was a critical life task.

Because priorities.

And let’s be honest…
this wasn’t procrastination
this was ✨creative necessity✨

Also… it’s my reading lamp, so really this was essential.

(…the studying can wait. The lamp could not.)

There’s something about hot cross buns straight from the oven that just feels right.These are homemade, gluten-free, and...
04/04/2026

There’s something about hot cross buns straight from the oven that just feels right.

These are homemade, gluten-free, and honestly… better than I expected. Soft, lightly spiced, packed with fruit, and finished with that glossy, slightly sticky top that makes them impossible to leave alone.

No perfection here. A bit rustic, a bit uneven… but real, warm, and made from scratch.

Sometimes it’s not about getting it “just right”, it’s about the process, the smell filling the kitchen, and that first bite when you realise it was worth it. And with a spread of my homemade vegan butter, perfection in every mouthful.

Crafted by me, Naomi
aka craftin-gnome

I’ve recently completed some training that feels very relevant to the world we’re living in right now.It focused on unde...
27/03/2026

I’ve recently completed some training that feels very relevant to the world we’re living in right now.

It focused on understanding the “Red Pill” movement and how it can show up in therapy, relationships, and everyday conversations.

Not in a sensationalised way.
Not in a blaming way.
But in a way that helps therapists stay curious, grounded, and able to work with what’s actually coming into the room.

What stood out most to me is this:

Many of these belief systems don’t come from nowhere.
They often sit on top of experiences of rejection, confusion, shame, or a search for identity and belonging.

And if we meet that with confrontation or judgement, we lose the opportunity for real work.

This training, created by Julia Summers at Haven Therapy, offers a really thoughtful and practical way of approaching something that is becoming increasingly visible, whether we name it or not.

If you’re a therapist, I’d genuinely recommend exploring it.

It’s not about agreeing with the beliefs.
It’s about understanding what’s underneath them, and how to work with that safely and ethically.

If you’re not a therapist, this still matters.
Because these ideas are shaping relationships, self-worth, and how people relate to each other more than we might realise.

As always, curiosity matters.

Some patterns feel like fate.The same relationships.The same reactions.The same outcomes, over and over again.It can fee...
23/03/2026

Some patterns feel like fate.

The same relationships.
The same reactions.
The same outcomes, over and over again.

It can feel as though life is just happening *to* us.

But often, what sits underneath is something outside of our awareness. Old patterns. Early adaptations. Unspoken beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world.

Not conscious. But still quietly shaping everything.

Carl Jung’s words speak to something deeply true — that what remains unseen continues to guide us.

Not because we are broken.
But because we adapted.

Therapy, reflection, and honest self-enquiry can begin to bring those patterns into awareness. And with awareness comes choice.

Not instant change.
But the possibility of something different.

A pause.
A shift.
A new way of responding.

And perhaps, over time, a life that feels less like fate… and more like something we are actively part of shaping.





Some words stop you for a moment when you read them.This quote from Dr. Gabor Maté is one of those.When we grow up not f...
15/03/2026

Some words stop you for a moment when you read them.

This quote from Dr. Gabor Maté is one of those.

When we grow up not feeling wanted, valued, or truly seen, we often learn to find our place in another way. We become the helper. The fixer. The responsible one. The reliable one. The one who holds everything together.

We make ourselves needed.

It can look like strength. And in many ways it is. But underneath there is often a deeper story about belonging, worth, and the quiet ways we learned to secure our place in the world.

For many people, part of healing is gently untangling those patterns and discovering that our value was never supposed to come from how useful we could be to others.

We were always meant to be wanted simply because we exist.

This quote echoes parts of my own life too, which is perhaps why it speaks so loudly to me.

If it resonates with you, you are certainly not alone.

Mother’s Day in the UK – March 15 Tomorrow is Mother’s Day in the UK. For some, it’s a joyful day filled with love, gr...
14/03/2026

Mother’s Day in the UK – March 15

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day in the UK. For some, it’s a joyful day filled with love, gratitude, cards, flowers, phone calls and shared memories with their mum.

But for many others, it can be a complicated day.

Some people have lost their mum and feel the ache of her absence more strongly on days like this.

Some have never had a mum who felt safe, loving or emotionally present.

Some are estranged from their mum for deeply personal reasons.

Some mums and their children live in different parts of the world and cannot be together.

Some are separated by conflict, circumstances, or situations outside their control.

For some, Mother’s Day carries grief, longing, anger, relief, or quiet reflection rather than celebration.

And for others, it is a day where they are celebrated as a mum themselves – though they may struggle to feel worthy of that recognition.

Relationships with a mum are not one single story.

Some are warm and close.
Some are distant.
Some mums are biological, some are chosen.
Some relationships are still hoped for.
Some are remembered.
Some are repaired.
And some are left behind.

However this day lands for you tomorrow, remember there is no single story of what a mum or a mother–child relationship should look like. Your experience is yours, and it deserves to be acknowledged. There is no single way to feel about Mother’s Day, and every experience deserves space.
💜




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