It really feels as if self-care is everywhere right now; it’s in magazines, it’s on the TV, and there’s quotes online reminded you about it. Not to mention it being drilled into my head weekly at university, because when studying counselling you’re supposed to become some kind of self-care god or goddess! Despite this, I’veContinue reading “What is self-care anyway?”
Monthly Archives: January 2021
A memory stored within a song.
I never listen to the radio in the car, ever. Well, unless times are desperate, and yesterday was one of them days. In the past I’ve been known to squeeze three or four CDs in my handbag, just in case I fancied listening to something else on my journeys. So, getting in my car withoutContinue reading “A memory stored within a song.”
A letter to me of the past.
Recently I was tagged in a post by my friend on Facebook. It was a letter she wrote to her ten year old self, she had written a couple of sentences about me in it, which was lovely, but as I read it I began to wonder, what would I tell my ten year oldContinue reading “A letter to me of the past.”
Is it courageous to simply be?
Ah, Carl Rogers, a man I am completely sick of hearing about over the last seven years of my life. As a former counselling student, I can’t imagine a life before I knew about Carl Rogers, and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or bad thing. Carl Rogers is a man that pioneeredContinue reading “Is it courageous to simply be?”
My impromptu new year resolution.
I’ve written a book. It isn’t published yet, but it’s there okay, it’s a thing. An escape with two main characters that make you squirm with happiness. Two secondary characters that you fall in love with, no matter how problematic they may be at times. And a story line that will make you cry bothContinue reading “My impromptu new year resolution.”
Gwen Richards 