Relational joy and pleasure is the deep sense of fulfilment and emotional connection we experience when we are in healthy,…
About 12 years ago, I was asked to help an organisation to help them think about staff wellbeing. It was a small start up company running on tight deadlines. My proposal got laughed at for being too soft. I don’t believe they are around any more. Mental health and wellbeing is a touchy subject for many. On World Mental Health Day 10th October 2024, we turn our attention to a critical but often overlooked area: workplace mental health.
There is a saying that goes, if you are alive, you will suffer. If there is a time in your life where you feel no joy or happiness, it’s not unusual. Everyone will experience this at some point, whether it’s feeling depressed, upset, disillusioned, disheartened, turmoil or pain. The issue is when it’s a prolonged feeling, a chronic state.
Therapy or Psychotherapy, also known as talking therapy, works in a number of ways. I would like to explain how…
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) “Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope…
In the UK, there are many people who work as adult mental health professionals: psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, psychological well-being practitioners…
It’s not uncommon to feel lonely, and it’s even ok to feel lonely too, but I appreciate that it’s not…
Early-stage dating can be intoxicating, confusing, and quietly destabilising, especially for people with an anxious attachment style. The waiting, the mixed signals, the gaps between messages, the “what are we?” limbo. On the surface, this can look like overthinking or emotional neediness. Underneath, however, something much more fundamental is happening: the nervous system is being activated.
This is where attachment theory and polyvagal theory overlap in a powerful and compassionate way. Together, they help explain why uncertainty in dating doesn’t just feel uncomfortable for anxiously attached people- it can feel physically intolerable.
I have recently been talking to people who have been single for sometime and who are at the end of…
Over the past years, I have seen clients who appear not to know what good dating looks like. Many people…