I don’t know about you but I am a firm believer in spreading awareness on mental health. I love talking about the difficult things and the hush-hush things that people tread gently around. I like touching on the taboo topics that have created stigmas and made people suffer quietly in shame and silence.
I want to be a voice that speaks into the dark places society hides away. I want to talk about the anxiety, the depression, the persistent nagging thoughts that keep you up at night, the difficulties that arise in marriages, the struggles you have raising children, how challenging it is growing old, I want to talk about these things and include a lot more of the grittier stuff because that is where life happens and that is where we overcome.
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I hope these articles provide support, impart hope and show that there is always a way out of one’s struggles. I hope it will benefit you in some way and may it help you live free of societal constraints and truer to who you are.
The power of hope is that it changes our essence as people. It changes the quality of what we are made of. It makes us stronger, more resilient, and ready to take on whatever comes our way.
So, how can we use adversity to our advantage? How can we feel in control when things are seemingly out of control?
How do we nurture our mental health even whilst in isolation? How do we keep the joy, motivation and thankfulness alive? Some helpful tips…
We try our best to tailor counselling and psychotherapy to what suits clients’ best. This is the essence of person-centered counselling!
Art therapy can also involve movement and expression through psychodrama and other bodywork, therefore what comes out is unfiltered, unadulterated and holds….
Remember self-care isn’t a once off thing to do. It is something one remembers to do for self every day the way one remembers to care for family and loved ones.
Maybe you are apprehensive about picking a good counsellor, you don’t know what to look for or you may have been burnt before. So, how do you choose who to go to?
I encourage you, don’t settle for an okay marriage, or a relationship that is falling apart. Use some of these tips and put in the work everyday even in the smallest of ways and notice the change that your actions and intent can bring about. Have a great relationship because you created it!
A marriage is made up of two people. When we don’t stop and care for ourselves we slowly lose who we are. Keep a strong hold of who you are.
There are many types of fitness – physical, mental and emotional. Generally, when people talk about fitness it’s body related and often times the emotional