Category: Blog
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Why explore our past?
“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past” Baruch Spinoza (Dutch philosopher) January has just been and gone, the first month of the year, named after the Roman god Janus. Janus is depicted with two heads, one which looks forward into the year and the other looking into the…
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Searching for our treasure
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” Joseph Campbell As I sat down this month to write, I wasn’t sure what my direction would be. My mind wandered and landed on films and television shows I’ve enjoyed recently (namely The…
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The weight we carry.
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” Lou Holtz (former American football coach) These past few weeks I’ve been slightly hobbling about, wincing with pain and discomfort. My hot water bottle has become my new best friend and my soft mattress, my nemesis. The muscles in the left…
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Managing overwhelming change
“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” Maya Angelou Autumn has officially arrived, with the leaves catching ablaze, the weather being wetter and windier, and the nights drawing in.…
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My Burnout Story
“What is wrong with me?” I ask myself as I stare in the mirror. I’m in the toilets at work, holding onto the sink for support, my face all red and blotchy from crying. “This isn’t me” I tell myself. And yet the reality of my red, swollen eyes spoke of a different reality. This…
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Family estrangement- a deeper dive (part 2)
“Absence, the highest form of presence” James Joyce After starting to research the topic of family estrangement recently it became clear that this topic is not only huge but contains many layers, twists and turns. And so, as you may recall I wrote part one of this piece covering the basics of estrangement (what, why…
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My 2024 Summer reading
Happy Summer all! I am off on my hols for a little rest and as with past years, my piece this month is a review of some of the books that have been keeping me curious this year. I hope you find these enlightening. Have a great summer folks! x Office Politics by Oliver James…
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Family estrangement – what, why and how? (part 1)
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy from his novel “Anna Karenina I was recently provided with some news that a relative had died almost a year ago. This was the first myself and my immediate family had heard of it. The news was delivered to…
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Finding your tribe
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” CS Lewis I recently moved to a new area where I didn’t know anyone locally (interesting decision there Suze)! The first couple of weeks consisted of me feeling at a loose end, spending…
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Caught in a trauma bond?
“Someone call the doctor. Got a case of a love bipolar. Stuck on a roller coaster. Can’t get off this ride” Katy Perry, Lyrics from Hot N Cold I have recently been inspired by some of my clients (and my supervisor) to watch Married at First Sight. For those who don’t know, this TV show…
Suzie Chick 