Category Archives: Self Compassion

You decided and then…nothing! Staying stuck costs you everything.

This morning I wanted to go on a long walk with Amelia, to venture further[...]

Nostalgia for the past can be a gateway to healing

I was in the kitchen making a cup of tea and a snack after my[...]

Resenting the need to do the work doesn’t stop you needing to do the work!

I know! I get it. I felt that way too and still sometimes do. Why[...]

Are you even aware when you’re denying your own needs?

I woke up this morning with a fairly intense, lingering ache in my left knee[...]

The trouble with mental health

Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life[...]

Sometimes the world can feel so unfriendly and uncaring and you’re left outside alone.

Why? Why you, right? So many of us have a hole inside of us, and[...]

Trauma Training, CPP, ACE’s and you!

Last night I was on an extended training with Compassion Prison Project (CPP) from (10.30pm-2am)[...]

Why do we reach for crutches that are damaging to us?

I was thinking about this today and I find it a really interesting question, why[...]

Do you feel like you’re in the right life for you?

Is that a weird concept? That somehow you’re not in the right place. not with[...]

Individuality matters more than belonging to the wrong group

As a child I loved Greek mythology. The stories of vengeful, vindictive, impulsive Gods, heroic[...]