My Blog
The Window of Tolerance: Understanding Your Capacity, Stress and Nervous System
A practical way to understand why you can cope well one day and feel overwhelmed or shut down the next.
6 Breath Practices I Often Share With Clients
Your breath is always with you. It happens automatically, yet it is also something you can gently guide.
Nonviolent Communication: Say What You Mean Without Losing Connection
NVC helps you pause, notice what you are feeling, identify what you are needing, and make clearer requests.
Why do I wake at 3am? And what helps?
In modern sleep therapy, the most effective treatments go well beyond ‘stay off your phone for an hour before bed.’ Sometimes sleep is not the problem; sleep is where the problem becomes visible.
What Makes Therapy Work?
You may wonder how therapy actually helps. It’s often through understanding patterns, developing awareness and feeling truly heard.
You’re Allowed to Have Needs: A Gentle Guide for People-Pleasers and/or Where Family Comes First
If you grew up in a culture or family where caring for others comes first, tuning into your own needs can feel foreign.
A Permission Slip to Honour Your Needs, when Family Always Comes First
If you grew up with strong family pressures and expectations, putting yourself first can feel disloyal or selfish.
Burnout Recovery for High Achievers: How to Care without Carrying
Learn why high achievers are so prone to burnout, and how to care without carrying.
Language Matters: How Self-Talk Shapes the Way You Feel and Live
The words you say to yourself matter. They’re not just background noise. Your self-talk shapes how you feel in your body, how you behave…
The Hand Model of the Brain
This model helps explain why we sometimes lose control, and gives a powerful visual of what is needed to come back to our senses, to be able to respond rather than react.
The Choice Point: A Powerful Tool for Making Helpful Decisions at Difficult Times
The Choice Point is one of my favourite tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), personally and professionally as a counsellor.
Building Habits for Success: How High Achievers Can Make New Habits Stick
By stacking habits onto existing routines, focusing on frequency over duration, and celebrating every small win, you can create lasting change.
Burnout - A Case Study of ‘Jennifer’
A case study of overcoming burnout, regaining life balance and finding a sustainable approach to work.
Joy Spotting: An Antidote to Burnout & Stress
Burnout often weighs us down, but joy has the power to do the opposite—it lifts us up. Read more about how you can practice ‘Joy Spotting’.
Self-compassion as an Antidote to Burnout
Did you know the antidote to burnout is self-compassion. Here’s a simple practice to get you started.