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November 8, 2021

Your Emotions Are Your Wise Guides

Instead of thinking of your emotions as irksome things to be controlled, consider them wise guides who have something to teach you about what matters to you deep in your heart.  There’s a certain amount of wisdom in your painful feelings. They tell you what matters to you. You don’t feel sad, angry, afraid or […]

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March 4, 2020

A Quick Way To Get Present

Did you read the title of this and think it said ‘A Quick Way To Get Presents?’ That would totally make me click on something. I don’t have a present as such for you but I do have a great tip to get present, so think of it like a present only it doesn’t have […]

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July 17, 2019

5 Tips To Deal With Holiday Anxiety

Holiday anxiety

​Aaah, holiday season is here again. Floaty dresses, bright blue skies, cocktails by theside of the pool…and your anxious mind. We work hard. Holidays start to mean an awful lot, both in terms of time and money. When we visualise what holidays will look like, we often have a slightly (VERY) rose-tinted view. So when […]

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June 10, 2019

Why Girls’ Goals Matter On and Off The Pitch

My 7 year old daughter drew this picture whilst we were watching England women play their first match in the Women’s World Cup. I kept glancing at it through the match. Something felt odd about it. And now I’ve realised what it is: I would never have drawn a picture of a woman playing football when I […]

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September 10, 2018

10 Sleep Tips For New Mums

​​When I had my daughter, I was a crazy person. And I say that as a psychologist. My obsession with sleep (hers and mine), preoccupied me like a heroin addict looking for another hit. Actually I was worse than that. Whilst lack of sleep is just something we all have to accept in those early […]

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September 10, 2018

Guilt Busting for New Mums

​It seems that not only do you have a lovely new baby when you become a parent but you have something else in abundance – guilt. Guilt about nearly everything – not breastfeeding, breastfeeding, not spending enough time with the kids, not reading them enough improving literature, not tidying the house, not…I could go on […]

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February 5, 2018

How well do you know your mind?

Minds are tricky. End of. But if you are going to get the best out of your mind, then you need to know a little bit more about that thing sitting between your ears. It’s the most powerful computer in the world, yet we really don’t understand how to manage it. Someone needs to hand […]

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