by Alice | Mar 30, 2026 | Trauma
Nobody was cruel. Nobody was abusive. Your parents are still together. You had a roof, food, holidays. From the outside, your childhood looked completely fine. So why do you feel broken when nothing bad happened? Why the relentless inner critic that turns every small...
by Alice | Mar 18, 2022 | Therapy
Going to your first therapy session can feel anything from exciting to terrifying. Sometimes both of those at the same time! You’re already up to your eyes with distressing thoughts and emotions, feeling like you’re not coping. Going to that first therapy session is...
by Alice | Jan 18, 2022 | Failure, Goals, Inner Critic
Failing at things sucks. It can be bad enough failing at something that we didn’t even want to do (like secondary school sports days *shudder*) but failing at something we’ve chosen for ourselves can send us into a downward spiral of self-criticism. The...
by Alice | Dec 29, 2021 | Goal Setting, Intentional Living, New Years Resolutions
Is it just me or is your social media newsfeed filled with the “new year, new me” message? How many New Year’s Resolutions have you set (and how many times have you set that goal before?) I used to love setting New Year’s Resolutions. I love...
by Alice | Nov 1, 2020 | COVID19, Trauma
Why is lockdown so hard? We know that COVID-19 is a pandemic. We’ve all read about it on the news. What you might not have heard is that it’s also a kind of trauma and as a result we might need some mental health support. Normally when we hear about trauma...
