Tanya Hemmings Psychologist : Clinical

24/01/2025

An inspirational heartening message about finding your bearings on your journey. Thanks Bradley Millar💫🧡

So, you are stuck at an intersection. You have been idling for what feels like a lifetime – the horns of others’ progress honking at you as they pass you by.  You are unsure if you will ever be happy again. You are unsure of where exactly it is you fit in. You are disillusioned […]

01/01/2025

2025 wishes for profound inner healing and kindness to self and others ✨️

Before you jump straight in to telling yourself how to be better this year…

Before you look in the mirror and tell yourself how to look better this year…

Before you write down all the things you plan to do better this year…

Maybe take a moment to sit with the person you are right now. The one who has gotten you this far.
The one who has helped you over however many hurdles and shared with you so many successes.

Maybe take a minute to recognise all of the ways you are already so much better than you realised.

Recognise your strength,
your courage,
your kindness,
your resolve.

And hold on to that.
Don’t discard the you that got you here.
Don’t shame her,
guilt her,
doubt her.

But love her instead.

And maybe you’ll realise
that - despite what you first thought -
there isn’t quite as much ‘bettering’ to be done
after all.

*****

Becky Hemsley 2024
Beautiful artwork by Judít Labòría at Pilgrim of the Moon art.

07/09/2023

Wonderful therapeutic program being offered - see details below :

21/07/2023

Fantastic opportunity to find out more about EFT

17/06/2023

Speak kindly to yourself 🌻

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26/12/2022

The Festive Season is a joyous time but can be overwhelming, lonely, and oftentimes too much to cope with. SADAG will be open every day, 24hrs a day. Please call us to speak to a Counsellor.

23/12/2022

Profoundly said, thanks Naomi Holdt

I am not going to wish you a Happy Christmas. I am not going to wish you a Merry one.
“Happy times” are not happy for everyone. They’re not for every season.

There are those carrying heartbreaking losses…
Those carrying heavy burdens…
Those whose strength has run dry…

So I am not going to wish you a Happy Christmas. Those words would be meaningless.

Instead,
I wish you an Honouring Christmas.

A Christmas in which you honour yourself,
In which you honour whatever emotional space you are in…

So often,

The louder the world celebrates,
The more painfully obvious the void within.

The shinier the twinkling lights,
The deeper the wound is torn open.

The more joyful the dancing,
The greater the loss is exemplified.

There’s no pause button on all-embracing emotions.
Pain…
Grief…
Heartache…
Exhaustion…
The ones we often attempt to disguise with masks of merriment.

I am not going to pretend I don’t see your tears,
I am not going to hope the carols drown them out.
I am not going to wish you a Happy Christmas…

I wish you an Honouring Christmas instead.

No emotional space is linear:
One moment you may be erupting with laughter,
And the next, erupting with tears.

Allow yourself to be wherever you are.
To feel whatever you do.

Take off that mask.
You don’t have to wear it.

If you’re feeling heavy this Christmas, honour your grief, your loss, your pain, in whatever way feels right for your soul…
Honour the space you are in…

I wish you the healing that comes when you allow yourself the gift of vulnerability…
When you allow yourself to just BE…
Exactly as you are…

I wish you an Honouring Christmas.

With all my love
Naomi 🎄♥️🎄

11/11/2022

Say kind things... a critical voice makes you wither inside and feel not good enough

Something important to keep in mind. 💡

26/10/2022

🌹🌹🌹 Take care and set aside time to be present 🌹🌹🌹

13/09/2022

Highly recommended retreat at The Rest, residential retreat in the Karoo from 1st to 5th November. Contact Paula 073 169 2716. It's a blissful, peaceful and insightful workshop.

05/09/2022

Plant a seed, it's time for renewal 🌱🦋🦎

01/09/2022

Spring is on me 🌸🎉🌹