When we lose someone close to us, we have a sharp realisation that the reality of suffering is unfortunately inevitable; nothing is permanent and we will all lose something/ someone in the course of our lifetime. The people that we choose to...
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Seeing a loved one self-destruct or suffer can be heart-breaking. Feelings of helplessness and wanting to rescue them can be overwhelming. I get many enquires on behalf of people and I can truly understand that sentiment of wanting to help and...
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Maybe it is you that’s suffered a loss in the last few months, maybe you are facing one or maybe you know someone close to you who is struggling with their own grief. Losing someone through the pandemic is different to grief outside of Covid-19...
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Via Vitae is a year old this month! What better way to celebrate than by re-opening the doors fully for face to face counselling sessions again this week?! I’m truly overjoyed to be back on site at Glossop Well-being Centre knowing we have taken...
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The balancing of life roles can be tricky, but it is possible to resolve a lot of daily stresses by taking some action. In the previous 2 blogs we looked at juggling life roles and also looked at home schooling whilst working from home. With...
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What will I do with them ALL day? Did an inbox of home-schooling tips send you into overwhelm? If you’re stressed then you won’t be able to focus and your child will notice. It will make them uncomfortable and they are more likely to act-out...
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Are you a working parent feeling overwhelmed? Have the last few months impacted on your daily life through social distancing, isolation and then you were also expected to home school? You aren’t alone. I’ll be posting 3 blogs on the...
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Does the thought of sitting in a room sharing your problems, concerns and inner most thoughts send fear right through you? ‘How can the Counsellor have any idea of what I am going through?’ ‘It’s not about my past, childhood or any trauma, I...
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We all have a comfort zone; the things we know we can do, tolerate, like and dislike. The comfort zone operates every single day allowing you to live your life according to your own set of boundaries allowing you to feel safe and confident...
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I watched ‘Muddle Class’ the other night- Jason Manford’s stand-up, and he spoke about how we can have the best intentions to be a better version of ourselves the next day or the next week, but the minute we reach that start day, the old version...
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Last year I wrote from the heart about mindfulness whilst walking (click HERE). I found myself returning that over the weekend as I noticed I had a busy head and wasn’t connecting to what was around me. It was a bit of a struggle to snap out of...
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