The importance of hope.

Over the last week, I have chatted with several friends and clients about their lack of plans for the forthcoming months and how strange that feels. We are all so used to having things to look forward to in our diaries (sometimes too many things if we are honest with Read more…

Summer Expectations

So  we are now in the month of August, slap bang in the middle of school summer holidays (although this year they feel kind of endless) the evenings are  still light and we have more hours in the day…………allegedly!  We all hope for sunshine and weather that we can call Read more…

Pause and breathe…….

I don’t know about you, but I seem to be going along quite calmly, adapting to “the new normal”, feeling like perhaps I can manage this new lifestyle when all of a sudden………….. CRASH!!! BANG!!!! WALLOP!!! I come to a grinding halt, look around me and have something similar to Read more…

Lockdown Lethargy

Hands up those not sleeping? Hands up those who just want to sleep? For me, sleep is just escaping me at the moment – it doesn’t matter how early I go to bed, it doesn’t matter how tired I am, how many times I’ve walked the poor dog, I can Read more…

Post lockdown mind & body

Hands up if you have put on some weight during lockdown? Hands up if you’ve drunk more alcohol than usual? Hands up if you’ve managed to fit in more regular exercise during lockdown? Hands up if not having so much planned in the diary has actually lessened your anxiety? We Read more…

Who’s zooming who?

“I feel so bad that I haven’t kept in contact with many people Kate” exclaimed one of my clients during their session last week. They went on to explain that they had set out with the intention to regularly call friends and family, reconnect with friends they hadn’t spoken to Read more…