Welcome to My Blog!
Are Essential Oils a luxury or a necessity?
I have been working supporting myself and my family using essential oils for a while now, so much so that people will often ask me what, or how I use them. I am a great one for sharing my experiences, especially if it can help others, which I do. When I...
Flying by the seat of my pants!
Flying by the seat of my pants! I have been a business owner for 11 years. In that time I have been a reflexologist, trained as a hypnobirthing teaching and added hypnotherapy to the tools of my support. I am also now an absolute self-confessed essential...
Sometimes we don’t know why!
Sometimes we don’t know why! You know this life we live, every day just turning up, keeping going, doing what we need to do. Do we always know what we are doing and why? Do we always know why we make the decisions we do and have a clear, logical rational...
My journey of failure leading to discovery…….
My journey of failure leading to discovery...... Being a mum as well as a therapist, I did not know ‘everything’ right from the start. Sometimes we have to go on a journey of discovery to end up where we do, and the starting point is not always an...
Map Reading Parenthood
So when a mum gets in touch with me it is often because she does not know which way to turn to get help for their son, or daughter. Very often the medical route has been exhausted, with no explained cause for symptoms or behaviour and often offering limited solutions....
Why it might NOT be what it seems for your teen.
Imagine you are that parent, at the end of your tether with your teenage son. After years of prolonged bullying you have a child who, although he has moved schools does not enjoy education or learning, it just feels like he has shut down. And exams are looming, the...
The past doesn’t always stay in the past.
We all have a past - we can't escape it. It is what has shaped who we are, good and bad. Life is not straightforward, it's how we deal with it which counts. Sometimes stuff happens to us which is too big for us to comprehend, sometimes it is just dealt with by the...
Post Puppy Depression
Post Puppy Depression! I’d always seen myself as “cat person”; you know, when people ask ‘are you a dog or a cat person’? That was until we got a dog - then I was smitten. But having a puppy, well, that’s a whole new ball game. I’d found a breeder and as if the...
What is important when choosing a therapist?
I am writing this today both from the perspective of being a therapist, but also a number of years of accessing therapy myself, addressing anxiety, confidence and self esteem issues. I don't boast about my qualifications, I don't even list them on my website....