• 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…

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  • 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…

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  • A CHRISTMAS POEM FOR ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

    It’s Christmas time, with sparkly lights, and presents to be wrapped. A time of year for many that can leave us feeling trapped. As adults we look back to Christmas times when we were young. The memories we find there,…

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  • Liam Payne: why things must change

    I have been thinking a lot over the last few days about the tragedy of Liam Payne’s passing. Back in the day, I remember dancing around my bedroom to One Direction songs, in a state of complete joy. Although I…

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  • limiting beliefs

    “I’m a born worrier” and other limiting beliefs

    Sitting in the waiting room at my local GP surgery last week, I was interested to hear another patient explaining to the man next to her, her limiting beliefs, “I’m just a born worrier. I worry if I don’t have…

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  • doomscrolling

    Doomscrolling: junk food for the mind

    Doomscrolling. We all do it. It’s become almost an addiction. How often do we walk along the street, watching people almost walk into a lamp post because they are so engrossed in…what, exactly? Junk, that’s what. Facebook, Tik Tok, memes.…

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  • what is hypnotherapy?

    Last week I gave a talk to a local networking group, and one of the things I discussed was, what is hypnotherapy? It’s important to address this, because there is a lot of misinformation about hypnosis and some of it…

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