Beat the Autumnal Blues

That last minute burst of summer really was a surprise and a crazy adjustment to the anticipated rhythms of the year. Just as children went back to school and students prepared for college or uni – instead of the usual predictable pattern of settling into autumn...

Shame in Relationships

A recent article by Dr Sandy Miles highlighted the fact that, in the case of trainee doctors, shame is a highly prevalent, though rarely discussed, emotion that is experienced by many of them.  Unacknowledged, it can easily become something that damages their...

Couple Counselling: Pausing to Take a Breath

‘Between the stimulus and the response, there is a space. And in this space, lies our power and our freedom’ (Victor Frankl) It is mid-October, a time of change as leaves turn red and the evenings draw in. It is half term, an interim period, a time to take a breath,...

The Torment of Indecision in Couple Relationships

How many decisions do you think we average per day?  Stop and think for a moment, before being completely sideswiped by the result which is an eye watering ……. 35,000 DECISIONS PER DAY Apparently about 227 of these are food related...

Change

Never was so much owed by so many to so few…has become a mantra in the UK in terms of our debt to the NHS. This same quote is present today under different circumstances in many areas as well as the NHS.  Patterns and rhythms are altered by law.  We,...

Potholes and Pitfalls.

Unfortunately, before the hiccup in our planet’s history which we are experiencing at the moment, I forgot to bring my blog to my present location.  The local technology cannot handle shared devices so I am having to start again after a 6 week gap and without the...