Many people don’t know the difference between a psychologist, counsellor or psychotherapist and it can make looking for therapy confusing. Counsellors and psychotherapists are qualified in supporting you with many difficulties and challenges which you may not need a psychologist for. Find out more.

Maybe you’ve considered yoga, but think that you’re not bendy and enlightened enough or the idea of chanting “Om” in unison with a bunch of strangers puts you off. Find out how exactly this ancient art of contorting our body into human-sized origami helped me when I really needed it in this blog.

When our emotions stick around for a prolonged period of time or keep coming back, it is helpful to have a healthy outlet for expressing them. These ten emotion-releasing activities will support your connection to yourself and others, improve your health and help you live more authentically.

The spring’s arrival invites us to clean up and declutter. Learn about why and how recognising unhelpful thinking patterns, finding lightness, orienting towards positives and becoming intentional about your choices can help you cleanse, energise and restart this spring.

Therapists don’t really have it all figured out. They are human beings who face life’s inevitable challenges and stressors just like anyone else. If the idea that your therapist might need therapy of their own unsettles you, read on to find out why you want your therapist to do their own therapy.

Do you dislike your body, find it inconvenient or consider it your enemy? Or do you love your body, take care of it without agenda and listen to what it communicates to you? Why are so many of us struggling to have a healthy relationship with our body and why may we want to work on having one?

More often than not, when we talk about self-care, we are already badly in need of some. Many people find it difficult to even acknowledge that they have needs and allow themselves to focus on them. I believe self-care is not just about regular routines, such as meditation, rest, physical activity and connection with others, although these are really important. For me, the art of self-care is in recognising our needs and responding to them as they come rather than committing to strict “healthy habits”. So how do we go about applying self-care to life and fitting it into our already busy schedules?

What happens to our nervous system when you feel anxious? Why do we disconnect from the present moment when we’re anxious? Practise these grounding techniques that can help you come back to the ‘here and now’. Learn about why they help when you’re anxious and how they can prevent anxiety long-term.

Learn about the way your beliefs and self-talk link to your anxiety. Where do our beliefs come from? What have they got to do with feeling anxious? How do the things you say to yourself impact how you feel? What to do with beliefs that no longer serve you? Why understanding your triggers helps?

Understanding our anxiety helps manage it and minimise its impacts on our life. We look at how our nervous system responds to perceived threats; why unpacking your experience is important; why therapy helps and how other emotions and the stories we tell ourselves about them impact our anxiety.

Why did the world pandemic cause more people to suffer from mental health problems? How has built-up stress contributed to the overall increase in people experiencing anxiety after re-entering life in the “new normal”? What have we learnt from it and how can we start healing?