Part of growing up is learning to regulate your emotions. But sometimes, for various reasons, we also learn to bottle up our emotions, or not to express them in a healthy way. You may wonder why this is sometimes a bad thing. Surely exploding with rage will only mess up your relationships? Surely crying all […]
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You’ve probably heard people talk about mindfulness a lot now. But what does it actually mean? Substitute the word mindfulness with noticing, and you’ve got you’re answer. because that’s all being mindful is: noticing in the here and now. This could be noticing your physical sensations, noticing the world around you, paying particular attention to
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When someone we love dies, it can feel like the world is ending, or empty, or irreversibly changed for the worse. Time doesn’t heal, the wound rarely seals, but we grow around it, making new attachments and having new experiences. But what if the loss isn’t a person? What if the loss is our health,
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After I qualified, I worked with trauma for a good five years before realizing I was missing something. People would tell me their stories, and of course I would listen, validate, reframe, perhaps add in a few strategies… but I knew something was missing. EMDR was really gaining popularity back in 2017, when I complete
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