Louise Halling work

10/06/2025

Please share this post far and wide :)

I am breaking my social media break (!) for a v good reason… To share this “beach access” survey to anyone with any kind of disability. Please, please fill this in if that description applies to you (or send/ forward / share with any friends who are disabled - anyone in the UK who has any interest in going to the beach at any point!). Thanks! 🙏

Please click the link to complete this form.

31/05/2025

Time for a scrolling break for mental wellness. Contact me via website/ email 🙏

22/05/2025

Having a disability has taught me when to say yes and when to say no:

“….the content of my website might make me sound like Superwoman, but trust me, I am not! My very real limits mean that I am careful and thoughtful about what I say yes to, making my committments matter.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ​

18/05/2025

Really looking forward to watching this series…and hoping it gives people insights as to HOW therapy works and how it can help people to make changes towards wellness.

The BBC has been given access to talking therapy sessions. What it reveals is striking - how managing the mind can transform lives.

17/05/2025

“….. My work gives me meaning, purpose and vitality.

I’m also a mum, wife, friend, artist, avid reader, water lover and long-distance carer for three much-loved but fiercely independent (!) elderly relatives, a role that tests my patience and keeps me grounded and frazzled in equal measure. All of this, and the content of my professional experience might make me sound like Superwoman, but trust me, I am not! Life is messy and I have my fair share of doubts, fears, vulnerabilities, pain, fatigue, limits and bad days. I'm human, not polished, and my lived experience as a disabled woman shapes much of who I am and how I work.”

Read more at:

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ​

12/05/2025

I’ve made myself a new website to reflect the various professional ‘hats’ I wear. Do take a look and get in touch 🙂

www.louisehalling.com

08/10/2024

Parents, fill in the blank ✏️

We know that being a parent can be challenging, and living with a muscle wasting condition may bring additional complexities. It can sometimes feel tough — but you’re not alone. 🧡

Join our virtual therapy groups, where you can connect with other parents who understand exactly what you're going through. Our welcoming and confidential space, led by a therapist, is here to provide the support you deserve.

Sign up today: https://loom.ly/doZUyUs

22/06/2024

So so so so important.

16/06/2024

Thinking of all the many people for whom Father’s Day is hard, painful, awkward, traumatic or a smack in the face. These sort of days can totally SUCK! Stay off social media if you can… Life is hard enough without reminders… Get some fresh air and be excessively gentle with yourself. 🙏

10/06/2024

“I found the world to be
Woefully lacking in safe places…
So l became one.”

💚

(Warren Welsh)

17/05/2024

To anyone in the market for buying a Father’s Day gift…. Is this the kind of gift you would buy for the father of your children? I get a plethora of adverts selling these kinds of presents and cards, casting Dad into the role of ‘hero’. What is a hero? A strong, fast, charming, good looking, muscular, funny, protective, rescuer who never fails, and is NOT ALLOWED TO BE WEAK! Gosh…

I would urge us all to stop and think about the immense, unrealistic, unreasonable pressure this puts onto men and the unrealistic image this creates for our children (especially boys) to have to emulate… All this expectation on men/ dads is, in my opinion, quite damaging. Is this what modern masculinity has boiled down to?? What a heavy weight…

Some more healthy news for your children might be for them to hear and accept that men and dads are HUMAN. Yes. HUMAN. Shocking, isn’t it? Because humans are not immortal! They are vulnerable. Fragile. Often weak, often scared, often exhausted, anxious, sick, or sad. Human beings let others down, cry, need help, need others and disappoint us.

If we encourage our children to idolise their Dads, it’ll be a terrible day when they discover their Dad is not superhuman (and, believe me, that day will come). Yet if we allow Dads to be the imperfect and beautifully flawed humans that they are, then we allow our children to freely live out their astonishing, inbuilt ability to embrace others with an unconditional and wide-reaching love and acceptance. And THAT is a gift indeed…

05/05/2024

To ANYONE who has any connection to boys - boys who either already are or will become- teenage boys, it is imperative that you read this (written by my very talented, award-winning friend) and, if you possibly can, listen to the Radio programmes mentioned (also made by the same friend). They are stunning programmes - 5 short but punchy listens - and oh so so soooo important. This is ground breaking work. A much needed voice in this space. Her voice has been all over the media this week in many forms. Thank you to the boys who spoke (beautiful boys) and, of course, to Catherine! Catherine Carr

I travelled the country interviewing teenage boys. I found openness, thoughtfulness, honesty and vulnerability on topics from s*x, to po*******hy, feelings and isolation