International Women’s Day: Violence Against Women, Coercive Control and God’s Heart for Women
International Women’s Day is a wonderful time of celebration where we honour the strength, leadership, achievements and resilience of women around the world. I cannot dismiss our need, though, to also allow International Women’s Day to call us to action regarding the confrontation of a painful reality - that [...]
Finding Healing Through Creativity: How Art Therapy Supports Adults in Mental Health, Grief, and Growth
In our fast-paced, often overwhelming world, many adults find themselves carrying heavy burdens — grief, anxiety, unresolved trauma, or the quiet exhaustion that comes with simply holding too much for too long. While traditional talk therapy can be immensely helpful, it isn’t the only type of support or path [...]
What is Co-dependency in Romantic Relationships? Love, Identity, and Healing as Valentine’s Day Approaches
It’s coming up to Valentine’s Day again – the shops and social media ads are heaving with messages about romance, devotion, and soul mates. While this season can be sweet and meaningful, it can also bring on a range of pressures to buy gifts and make grand gestures as [...]
How To Enter into the New Year Well……
“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls…” Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV) “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the [...]
What are the Benefits of Mindfulness for Christians?
Finding Peace in the Pause: Mindfulness of Breath ~ a Christian perspective In a world that seems to keep increasing it’s pace, many of us find ourselves running to keep up and quietly longing for a moment to simply breathe. As a Christian counsellor, I often meet people struggling [...]
How Do I Live with the Pain of Loss?
Have you lost someone close to you? “Your Main Person”, a special friend, child or fur baby? Are you still feeling the shock and bewilderment of it all? Perhaps the dust has settled, weeks or months have passed (or perhaps even years), and you are left [...]
How Can a Highly Sensitive Person Avoid Burnout?
Have you ever been told you're "too sensitive"? That you are “making too much out of something”? Perhaps you cry easily, feel things more intensely than others, or become easily overwhelmed by lots of stimuli, such as noise, lights, and crowds. Perhaps you weep over a gorgeous sunset or [...]
Elusive Joy…….When Gratitude, Prayer & Meditation Just Isn’t Enough
You have a gratitude practice, regularly pray and meditate on God's Word - but it just isn’t enough……. you still struggle to connect with joy and happiness. Ever felt like this? I know I have. In fact, I have been keeping a gratitude journal for almost ten years – [...]
Dementia – Grief & Loss
Dementia - Grief - Christmas Each year I post on social media quite a bit to support those who are grieving through Christmas time. I also look for the posts that support my own grieving self through this time. I rarely find any that speak to my grief in [...]
5 Signs You Need Couples Counselling
You feel uneasy and have a nagging sense that things just aren’t right, but surely things will settle down, right? How do you really know when you are in need of couples counselling? Here are 5 signs to watch out for: Your attempts to sort stuff out end up [...]
Family Patterns – Breaking Free from a Painful Past
Many people think that once they move out from their family home, they’ll also be moving away from dysfunctional family patterns and childhood pains. This is not always true. Many people who have ‘unfinished business’ from their family of origin often find themselves troubled by the same sorts of [...]
Living With Someone Who Suffers From Mental Illness?
Are you living with someone who suffers from mental illness? Then you are probably living with very high levels of stress in your life. The impact of mental illness on those who are in relationship with the sufferer is often exhausting, frustrating, heart breaking, chaotic and sometimes scary. If [...]