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Breath Practice to Help Manage Anxiety

The second of two blogs focussed on how attending to our breathing when experiencing anxiety can support regulation of the autonomic nervous system

The Psychology of Gift Giving

The Festive Season is associated with gift-giving. Gifts can through up complex emotions and feelings, and trigger past hurts. This blog explores some of the psychological emotional complexity of gifting.

Reflecting on Burnout:

A holistic look at how burnout provides opportunity to reflect upon questions of meaning and purpose.

Finding a Way Through Loss: What Can Help with Grief?

A look at how self-compassion and self-care can support you as you experience grief and loss. This is the final blog in a in-depth series of five exploring grief, loss and bereavement.

More Steps Through Grief

People often ask “how do I get through the pain of grief?” Here we explore ways to make sense of grief. This is the fourth blog from a series of five detauled blogs on grief, loss and bereavement.

Making More Meaning of Grief

The third of five in-depth blogs exploring loss, grief and bereavement. Finding a way through loss prompts many people to seek counselling. In this blog we look at two ways to make some meaning of grief.

Making Meaning of Grief

This second blog in a series of five in-depth articles on grief takes a look at one of the models that can be used to try to make meaning of bereavement, loss and grief.

Understanding Grief

Grief and loss are, sadly, an inevitable part of life for each of us. Many people seek counselling for bereavement. This first blog in a series of 5 detailed articles exploring grief considers why it can feel so difficult speaking about our loss, and explores common reactions to grief.

Why do I Procrastinate?

Are you someone who puts off till tomorrow what could be done today? Most of us procrastinate. In this blog, we look at why people procrastinate and consider the impacts of procrastination, as well as tips to reduce your tendency to procrastinate.

Work-Related Stress and Anxiety

This blog looks at the ways work can impact our sense of wellbeing, and how work-related stress and anxiety can steal our serenity. We will also consider some practical self-help strategies that can support your psychological health if you feel impacted by work-related stress and anxiety.