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How Counselling Helps Us Change Negative Behaviour Patterns
As a counsellor, I often meet people who feel stuck in patterns of behaviour that no longer serve them. They know the cycle they’re in, they can even see how it damages relationships or holds them back, yet change feels almost impossible.
Confessions of a Counsellor and Whistleblower: How Speaking Out Promotes Healing and Mental Health
As a counsellor and whistleblower, I share how speaking out against injustice and safeguarding failures supports healing, resilience, and mental health. Growing Up Without a Voice I grew up in a childhood where speaking up felt unsafe. Silence was survival, invisibility a shield. But witnessing injustice, safeguarding failures, and vulnerable people being ignored sparked a […]
Porn Addiction: The Hidden Impact of Pornography on Children, Adults, and Relationships
As a counsellor, I regularly hear the hidden struggles people face with porn addiction. For many, what begins as curiosity soon turns into compulsive porn use, fuelled by secrecy, shame, and the easy accessibility of explicit content online.
Why Your Attitude Is Like Wi-Fi: Invisible, But Running the Whole Show
There’s a saying, "we can’t control the wind, but we can adjust our sails.” True enough, but sometimes we forget we’re even holding the ropes. Our attitudes, the quiet assumptions and expectations we carry, are like the compass that guides us. Tilt them in one direction, and life feels heavy and hopeless. Shift them slightly, and suddenly the world looks less like a battlefield and more like a puzzle you can solve.
The Trials and Tribulations of Being Dyslexic as a Counsellor
The Trials and Tribulations of Being Dyslexic as a Counsellor (Helping Other People Have More Compassion… While Trying to Find My Glasses) By Debbie, Counsellor, Human Being, and Spellcheck Survivor Let me start by saying this: being dyslexic doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means your brain has its own dance steps—some elegant, some chaotic, and […]
Healing the Comparison Trap: Reclaiming Your Self-Worth Through Inner Child Work
Have you ever caught yourself scrolling through social media or sitting in a meeting thinking, “They’re doing it better than me”? That sinking feeling, tightness in your chest, that old belief whispering “I’m not enough” is more than just a bad habit. It might be your inner child calling out from a time when they were told to be more like someone else. Comparison isn’t something we’re born with — it’s something we learn. And for many of us, it started early. Where Comparison Anxiety Begins Our early experiences — from family dynamics, school environments or wider social messages […]