Mental Health Awareness Week – October 2024
My blog is about Mental Health Awareness week. In it I have reflected on 3 main questions. 1) What can you do to help a person with mental health problems? 2) When would you seek professional help for mental health issues? 3) What are the benefits of professional help? Life is easier with good mental […]
Reflections on the connection between worth, value, and anxiety
I am inspired by the words of Mother Teresa "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." I feel ever hopeful that we can leave past experiences in the past to move forward with our lives positively and with value. However in a world that often feels chaotic, […]
Supporting a child or young person with anxiety
It can be so difficult to support a young person with anxiety if you are the parent or carer. You may ask yourself ‘How can I help? What have I done? Is this my fault? Why won’t they listen? Do they love me? Will they ever be happy? What is their future going to be […]
Self-Esteem – its impact on our happiness and wellbeing.
One of the areas I am keen to support with, is a client’s self-worth and self-esteem. I have lived with low self-esteem for a lot of my life, and recognise the negative effects it has had on me, on my self-worth and wellbeing. So, when I read the report by The Children’s Society on children’s […]
Back to school anxieties
'A new school year means new beginnings, new adventures, new friendships, and new challenges. The slate is clean, and anything can happen.' (Denise Witmer) Are you looking forward to going back to school? Some young people do, they are excited to be back and with their friends again. For others, it is a different story […]
Why do we feel we need to be something other than who we really are?
July's Thought for the Month was about how precious our own individuality is. I have been thinking a lot about this. I am seeing more and more how our own sense of individuality is being eroded by the pressures of our day to day lives - encouraging us to conform and be the same as […]