by Rachel | Nov 10, 2025 | self-esteem, creativity, Self-compassion
There’s something about making art that always teaches me something about perfectionism. This summer I thought I’d try and create a new sketching habit. I had a vision of myself with my sketchbook in my garden in the sunshine. I’d imagined a relaxing...
by Rachel | May 23, 2024 | Happiness, Anxiety, Self-compassion
Happiness is weird. As an opening gambit this maybe falls short in profundity, but bear with me. As a therapist I do a lot of work with ‘uncomfortable’ emotions (the whole thing about there being no ‘bad’ emotions probably merits a separate blog in itself). So...
by Rachel | Dec 7, 2023 | Self-compassion, Home
Moving house is a difficult thing, something I’ve been reminded of many times recently. There’s a reason moving is near the top of those lists of stressful life events (at number two apparently, topped only by bereavement) and my own recent experiences got me...
by Rachel | Dec 12, 2022 | lgbtq+, Self-compassion
If you’re queer, have a difficult relationship with your family, or are just having a rough one this year, I wrote this for you.Greetings of the season friends, This year has (again) been a lot, for a lot of people. Globally and collectively, in the realms of...
by Rachel | Nov 15, 2022 | Counselling and therapy, Home, lgbtq+, Self-compassion, sporadic blogs exploring therapy through queer popular culture
The concept of self-care and self-soothing is one that I explore a lot in therapy sessions. A hat tip to the fact that although therapy can be powerful, it is a mere 50 mins out of 10080 in a week.Many people believe that self-care and self-soothing are something they...
by Rachel | Mar 24, 2022 | Counselling and therapy, Home, Self-compassion
Does the voice in your head speak to you like a supportive coach or a mean bully who is never satisfied? If it’s the latter, is there anything you can do about it? In psychotherapy we often refer to this negative internal voice as the ‘inner critic’. Identifying this...
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