You may have heard how travelling can enrich your life. Of course, when coming across new cultures, foods, traditions and by putting yourself in unfamiliar situations you learn more about yourself. (Especially, through how you respond to unexpected circumstances.) For...
I recently attended a very difficult family dinner. In many ways, I am still trying to make sense of the whole experience. We all have to navigate challenging dynamics in our lives and most of them are related to loved ones, our families in particular. When you’ve...
Burnout has been the buzzword for the past few years. The definition of burnout is: a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress. Feeling spaced out and tired, having no will or motivation to do anything, slow...
Peanut isn’t well. She is recovering in many ways, but her injuries seem to be more permanent than we first expected. For those new to the blog, Peanut is my nephew’s/sister’s cat who suffered a hip injury after, we think, being hit by a car. Her hip is healing...
Over the weekend I held a lunchtime workshop around a new approach to trauma. Many people signed up and I was looking forward to having a conversation around this interesting topic. But then life happened. I'd been staying with my sister and my 6 year-old nephew in...
We humans come up with brilliant ways of distracting ourselves from the emotions we don’t want to feel. Most of the time we don’t even know what it is that we are trying to avoid, but one thing is for sure: we are not ready to be uncomfortable. There is a tendency,...
Relationships can take many forms; our love languages are very different and how we show affection can also differ. However, when one is attracted to, dating or even married to someone that struggles with their emotions it can create a challenge. How do you know that...
When people find out what I do for a living the same questions pop up: How can I set better boundaries? How can I find more balance in my life? How do I find a sense of belonging if I am not religious or spiritual? How can I find community in a big city I didn’t grow...
During a Centrd Life workshop recently, one of the attendees asked me about upsetting others when setting healthy boundaries. She specifically referred to her fear of being judged or rejected if she says ‘no’ to people. I think we can all relate to this fear. However,...
Do you find dating difficult? I do. I see a lot of my friends (at any age) struggle with something that I’m sure you’ll also recognise: the need to be seen as cool and laid back about things, while still getting your needs met. What do I mean by that? Let me...
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