So you want to learn to meditate?
Many clients ask about meditation as a relaxation tool. However, meditation is far more than that. I first learned to meditate back in 1999 when I was living and working in Sri Lanka from a Buddhist work colleague. It was an amazing experience. It was simply a relaxation technique. It had no religious content but […]
Depression and Anxiety Support
Depression is a debilitating and scary place to experience. It is not to be confused with anxiety though people do experience the two together. Anxiety is an arousal state, not an emotion, and is a direct reaction to external stress. Anxiety is not a mental health condition. It is part of our human action and […]
Addictions, Counselling and Life Coaching Approaches
Addictions are one of the most challenging experiences one will have in life. It may be codependency in relationships, substances (like alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, tobacco and food). It may be an attachment to behaviours like gambling, sex, pornography, shopping or social media. How do addictions manage to have so much power over us that we […]
What do we need to be happy?
When you come to your personal free consultation for therapy we always talk about your goals and what you would like to get out of counselling. Sometimes clients are very stuck with what they want because they often come to therapy because they are feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, stuck in terms of their life direction […]