In Part 1, we explored what distress is, why emotional pain can feel so overwhelming, and how Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) teaches us to balance acceptance and change. We learned that distress is a normal part of being human. Difficult emotions are not a sign that we are failing or that something is wrong [...]
Life inevitably brings difficult seasons. At some point, we all experience moments when circumstances feel overwhelming—receiving painful news, navigating relationship struggles, facing a significant illness or uncertainty, grieving a loss, or carrying worries about the future. Emotional pain is part of being human. We cannot always choose what happens to us, but we can [...]
🌿💛 When Losses Accumulate: Many people who come to me for therapy are carrying not just one big loss, but an accumulation of multiple unresolved losses and sorrows from their lives. Often, they come seeking help for anxiety, burnout, emotional overwhelm, depression, relationship struggles, or a growing sense of exhaustion — without realising that [...]
“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 paths for your feet and [...]
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 under the weight of invisible [...]
