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Daily self-care check-in 💛When life becomes busy, stressful, or overwhelming, the first things we often lose are the bas...
19/06/2026

Daily self-care check-in 💛

When life becomes busy, stressful, or overwhelming, the first things we often lose are the basics.

We skip meals.
Forget to drink water.
Push through exhaustion.
Ignore what our body is asking for.

And yet, these small acts of care are not small at all.

Our nervous systems were never designed to run on empty.

Rest is not laziness.
Eating is not indulgence.
Hydration is not a luxury.
Movement is not a punishment.

These are the foundations of wellbeing.

In therapy, we often return to the basics not because they fix everything, but because it’s difficult to navigate life’s challenges when our most fundamental needs have gone unmet.

So today, take a moment to check in:

🍽️ Have I nourished my body?

💧 Have I had enough water?

🌿 Have I moved in a way that feels good for me?

😴 Have I allowed myself moments of rest?

💬 Have I connected with others or with myself?

🌬️ Have I paused long enough to notice how I’m really doing?

Self-care isn’t always grand gestures.

More often, it’s found in the small, repeated acts of care that quietly remind us:

I matter too. ❤️🌈

Thursday focus: ADHD 💜ADHD is not simply about attention.It’s about how a person experiences, processes, and responds to...
18/06/2026

Thursday focus: ADHD 💜

ADHD is not simply about attention.

It’s about how a person experiences, processes, and responds to the world around them.

ADHD can bring creativity, curiosity, deep passion, spontaneity, and the ability to think outside the box. But living in a world built around neurotypical expectations can also be exhausting.

Many neurodivergent people grow up receiving messages spoken and unspoken—that they are:

Too much.
Too sensitive.
Too intense.
Too disorganised.
Not trying hard enough.

Over time, these messages can become internalised, shaping self-esteem and identity.

Yet so often, the issue isn’t a lack of effort.

It’s the ongoing labour of navigating environments that were not designed with neurodiversity in mind.

The impact of ADHD is not simply found in attention or productivity.

It can be felt in relationships, emotional wellbeing, work, education, and the invisible effort it takes to move through daily life.

For many people, receiving an ADHD diagnosis or discovering their neurodivergence later in life is not about finding excuses.

It’s about finding language.

Language for experiences that never quite made sense.

Language that replaces self-blame with self-understanding.

Therapy isn’t about changing who you are.

It’s about understanding how your brain works, honouring your strengths, and finding ways to thrive as your authentic self.

Because neurodiversity is not something to overcome.

It’s something to understand. ❤️🌈

Wednesday reflection…One of trauma’s greatest burdens is shame.Not only shame for what happened but shame for how we cop...
17/06/2026

Wednesday reflection…

One of trauma’s greatest burdens is shame.

Not only shame for what happened but shame for how we coped, what we felt, and what we continue to carry.

Trauma responses are often misunderstood, by others and by ourselves.

People frequently sit in therapy believing they are “too much”, “broken”, or “difficult”, when in reality they have been carrying experiences that no nervous system was designed to hold alone.

Healing does not begin with judgement.

It begins with understanding.

Therapy provides a space where the unspeakable can be spoken, where painful experiences can be held safely, and where self-compassion can slowly take the place of shame.

Because recovery is not about asking, “What’s wrong with me?”

It’s about discovering, “What happened to me and how do I move forward from here?”

The effects of trauma may shape us, but they do not have to define us. ❤️🌈

Tuesday thoughts…Around the right people, we breathe easier.Our shoulders soften.Our thoughts quieten.Our nervous system...
16/06/2026

Tuesday thoughts…

Around the right people, we breathe easier.

Our shoulders soften.
Our thoughts quieten.
Our nervous system no longer waits for what might happen next.

Many people come to therapy carrying ways of coping that once helped them survive—people pleasing, overthinking, perfectionism, staying busy, staying small, staying “fine.”

These patterns are not weaknesses.

They are often intelligent responses to experiences where safety, consistency, or acceptance were missing.

The work of therapy is not to ask, “What’s wrong with you?”

It is to gently explore, “What happened to you?” and “What do you need now?”

Through therapy, we can begin to understand ourselves with compassion rather than criticism.

We learn to recognise our needs.
To set boundaries without guilt.
To feel emotions without being overwhelmed by them.
To build relationships where we no longer have to shrink ourselves to belong.

Because healing isn’t about becoming someone new.

It’s about returning to the person you were always meant to be—before life taught you to hold your breath.

Therapy cannot change the past, but it can change how the past lives within us.

✨ Go where the breath flows. ❤️🌈

Last night I enjoyed a much needed pamper evening and treated myself to the Tropic Hydrate Hydrogel Face Mask and my ski...
15/06/2026

Last night I enjoyed a much needed pamper evening and treated myself to the Tropic Hydrate Hydrogel Face Mask and my skin absolutely loved it! It felt cooling, soothing and deeply hydrating, which was exactly what I needed.

I wanted to give a special shout-out to Anne from Tropic Skincare. Anne has been incredibly supportive of my practice, kindly referring clients to me, and I’m always keen to support businesses that support others.

With Anne’s permission, I’m sharing her details below for anyone looking to explore natural, cruelty-free skincare or simply treat themselves to a little self-care. Tropic has a beautiful range of products, and Anne is wonderfully knowledgeable about helping people find what suits them best. Have a look at her webpage and find some amazing products.

🌿 Website: http://tropicskincare.com/anneconnor
📧 Email: [email protected]
📖 Browse the latest brochure: https://issuu.com/tropicskincare/docs/the_beauty_brochure_spring_summer_2026

Thank you, Anne, for your kindness, support and for introducing me to some lovely products. Supporting local businesses and women in business is something I’m always passionate about. ❤️🌈

“Think of a pink elephant…”Our minds are remarkable.Within seconds, most of us can picture a pink elephant, then a blue ...
12/06/2026

“Think of a pink elephant…”

Our minds are remarkable.

Within seconds, most of us can picture a pink elephant, then a blue one, then a green one.

It’s a simple reminder that we have more influence over our attention than we sometimes realise.

But here’s where therapy often goes deeper.

Many people come to therapy believing they have no control over their thoughts.

Others arrive believing they should have complete control over them.

Neither is entirely true.

We cannot always choose the thoughts that enter our minds.

We cannot prevent painful memories, fears, worries or self-criticism from appearing.

What we can learn is how to respond when they do.

We can learn to become curious rather than frightened.

We can learn to question thoughts rather than automatically believe them.

We can learn to notice where our attention goes and gently guide it elsewhere when needed.

Most importantly, we can learn that a thought is not a fact.

Just because your mind says:

“I’m not good enough.”

“Nobody cares.”

“I’m going to fail.”

“I’m unsafe.”

doesn’t mean it is telling the truth.

The mind is an incredible storyteller.

Sometimes it tells stories based on old wounds.

Sometimes it tells stories based on fear.

Sometimes it tells stories based on experiences that no longer reflect our reality.

Therapy is not about controlling every thought.

It’s about developing a different relationship with them.

Because freedom isn’t found in having only positive thoughts.

Freedom is found in knowing that you don’t have to believe every thought you have. ❤️🌈

A calmer life often begins when safety becomes more important than familiarity.Many people don’t realise how much energy...
11/06/2026

A calmer life often begins when safety becomes more important than familiarity.

Many people don’t realise how much energy they spend protecting themselves.

Monitoring other people’s moods.
Choosing their words carefully.
Walking on eggshells.
Anticipating reactions.
Preparing for conflict.
Bracing for criticism.
Making themselves smaller to keep the peace.

Over time, this level of vigilance becomes normal.

So normal, in fact, that many people no longer recognise they are surviving rather than living.

When your nervous system doesn’t feel safe, it cannot fully rest.

It cannot fully trust.

It cannot fully relax.

And eventually, it begins to mistake exhaustion for everyday life.

Safety isn’t simply the absence of danger.

Safety is knowing that you can express a need without punishment.

Safety is being able to make a mistake without fear.

Safety is being upset without being dismissed.

Safety is being yourself without having to edit, shrink or abandon parts of who you are.

The therapeutic journey is often not about teaching people how to tolerate more discomfort.

It is about helping them recognise where they have been tolerating too much for too long.

Because healing doesn’t always begin when circumstances change.

Sometimes it begins the moment you stop asking yourself:

“How much more can I endure?”

And start asking:

“What would it look like to feel safe?” ❤️🌈

📣 Calling all peri-menopausal and menopausal women…Nobody prepared us for this part.Nobody told us that menopause could ...
10/06/2026

📣 Calling all peri-menopausal and menopausal women…

Nobody prepared us for this part.

Nobody told us that menopause could make us question who we are.

Nobody told us that one day we might look in the mirror and barely recognise ourselves.

That we might feel disconnected from our bodies.

That our confidence could disappear.

That we might suddenly find ourselves grieving versions of ourselves that no longer exist.

That we might start questioning relationships, careers, friendships and expectations we have carried for years.

That the things we once tolerated become impossible to tolerate.

That the mask we’ve worn for decades becomes too heavy to keep carrying.

As I near the end of my specialist training as a Menopause-Informed Counselling Psychotherapist, I am learning that menopause is often far more than a hormonal transition.

For many women it is an emotional awakening.

A reckoning.

A turning point.

A stage of life where old wounds, unresolved grief, trauma, self-doubt, burnout and questions of identity can suddenly rise to the surface.

Not because something is wrong with you.

But because the strategies that helped you survive for years may no longer be enough.

This is where counselling and psychotherapy can help.

Not by fixing you.

Not by telling you what to do.

But by offering a space to understand yourself more deeply.

To process what has been carried for too long.

To explore who you are beneath the roles, responsibilities and expectations.

To reconnect with your voice, your needs and your sense of self.

Because sometimes menopause isn’t about becoming someone new.

Sometimes it’s about returning to the person you were before the world told you who you needed to be. ❤️🌈

YOU ARE NOT YOUR BPD.Perhaps one of the greatest wounds carried by many people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Dis...
10/06/2026

YOU ARE NOT YOUR BPD.

Perhaps one of the greatest wounds carried by many people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder isn’t the diagnosis itself.

It’s the belief that they are somehow fundamentally too much.

Too emotional.
Too sensitive.
Too needy.
Too intense.
Too difficult to love.

Many arrive in therapy carrying years of messages that have taught them to fear their own emotions.

Not because they wanted to feel so deeply.

But because their feelings were misunderstood, dismissed, punished, or met with shame.

What often gets labelled as “attention-seeking” is frequently a desperate search for connection.

What gets called “manipulation” is often fear.

What appears as anger is often hurt.

What looks like pushing people away can be a heartbreaking attempt to avoid being abandoned first.

Behind many BPD diagnoses is a person who has spent much of their life trying to answer one question:

“Am I safe to be loved exactly as I am?”

Not the version of themselves that is calm.
Not the version that never struggles.
Not the version that keeps everyone else comfortable.

The real version.

The frightened version.
The angry version.
The grieving version.
The overwhelmed version.

The human version.

A diagnosis can help us understand patterns.

But it cannot tell us who someone is.

It cannot measure their courage.

It cannot measure the strength it takes to wake up every day carrying emotions that feel bigger than words.

And it certainly cannot measure the resilience of someone who keeps trying to heal despite believing, somewhere deep inside, that they are unworthy of being helped.

Healing isn’t about becoming less emotional.

It isn’t about becoming easier for other people to handle.

It isn’t about fixing what is broken.

Because the truth is, many people with BPD are not broken at all.

They are carrying wounds that taught them to survive in ways that no longer serve them.

The work is not to become someone else.

The work is to learn that you were never too much.

You were carrying too much.

And there is a profound difference between the two. ❤️🌈

“Some wounds don’t show up as sadness…”One of the biggest misconceptions about emotional pain is that it always looks li...
09/06/2026

“Some wounds don’t show up as sadness…”

One of the biggest misconceptions about emotional pain is that it always looks like crying, low mood, or obvious distress.

Often, it doesn’t.

Sometimes it looks like being the person who has everything under control.

The one who is always organised.
Always coping.
Always helping.
Always achieving.

Sometimes it looks like overthinking every conversation because getting things wrong once felt unsafe.

Sometimes it looks like perfectionism because being criticised felt unbearable.

Sometimes it looks like irritability because underneath the anger sits hurt, disappointment or exhaustion that has never had space to be expressed.

Sometimes it looks like emotional numbness because feeling everything became too overwhelming.

And sometimes it looks like never fully relaxing because your nervous system learned long ago that staying alert was safer than letting your guard down.

Many of the things we dislike about ourselves are not flaws.

They are often intelligent adaptations to experiences that required us to survive, endure, or protect ourselves.

The difficulty comes when the strategies that once protected us begin to limit us.

Healing isn’t about asking, “What’s wrong with me?”

It’s about becoming curious enough to ask:

“What happened to me that made this response necessary?”

Because understanding creates compassion.

And compassion is often where healing begins.

💜

Which coping strategy do you find yourself returning to most often when life feels difficult? ❤️🌈

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