THE POWER OF POSITIVE
Ok ladies, hands up who resonates with my latest poem below? We’ve all been there. We try to be that perfect parent, the one who never shouts. But when we find ourselves in a negative mindset, we just can’t help…
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GREY SKIES: SEEING THE BEAUTY IN YOUR GREY
Grey skies are above us, heavy with emptiness. No joy, no sorrow, in these skies, no fine weather to bless. How can these skies be so heavy and yet hold nothing at all? Grey skies full of numbness, so no…
take one step: a poem about living for today
Take one step, and leave a watermark in the dew, Until the grass beneath rises up anew. Each step, each effort, all too fleeting No lasting impact, our endeavours beaten. We strive and toil, to make a mark Upon this…
John Lewis Christmas advert 2025
Like many others, I was looking forward to the John Lewis Christmas advert again this year. It has become as much of a tradition as turkey and tinsel, and the anticipation is akin to that feeling of barely contained excitement…
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Kid’s corner: life skills
How can I get started with cleaning my room, helping at home or remembering to do my chores? What should I do if I feel overwhelmed by new responsibilities like looking after myself or my space? Growing up is not…
Posted in: UncategorisedHow to stop people pleasing for business owners
This is a question I wish I had asked much sooner in my own business journey. My background before I set up Open Skies Hypnotherapy in 2023 had been modelled on people pleasing, leaving me unfulfilled, frustrated and drifting through…
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Mother’s Day
And so, it is Mother’s Day again and I wanted to acknowledge that this is a difficult day for lots of people – those who have lost their Mum, those who will never be a Mum, and those who have…
CONSTANT
My life is shifting, the rug has gone, from right beneath my feet I feel so numb and lost right now, I can barely even eat. Like the sands upon the beach, that do not hold my weight I sink…
Tagged: anxiety, burnout, fulfilment, how therapy works, HUMAN NEEDS, limiting beliefs, overwhelm, trauma
what we need to thrive
When I was young, my teacher taught us how to plant a seed We gathered together all the tools, and things that we would need Some moist compost, to fertilise, and set the seed alive A snug container, some water…
Tagged: HUMAN NEEDS
STARS: A POEM FOR MY CLIENTS
I can remember nights as a child, when the skies were dark and vast, we had no streetlights, where we lived, and I could see the stars. They twinkled right above my head, they were bright, like Christmas lights They…
Tagged: fulfilment
