A while ago I wrote a couple of blogs around the work I did in therapy on ‘my backpack’. (My Backpack and I Was Lost) My backpack was filled with emotional trauma I had been clinging to throughout my life so far. I emptied the backpack, looked at every part, opened every zip, pocket, andContinue reading “My inner child”
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My New Life
I’ve been safe in the castle in my mind for a while now. In May I wrote about how one day I knew I would find my wings and flutter out of it’s all walls, but for the time being I was happy laid on the floor, sheltered from the potential chaos of the outsideContinue reading “My New Life”
I Was Lost
In a previous blog post I wrote about ‘My Backpack’ (click the link to read) My metaphorical backpack is something I’ve been working on recently in therapy. On my first session with my current counsellor my backpack was huge. I imagined it nearly as big as myself, and it was black with lots of zips,Continue reading “I Was Lost”
My backpack.
Therapy is fantastic. It can help you see your world from another angle, it can take that weight off your shoulders that’s been weighing you down for years, it can assist in finding your self-esteem. But you know what, sometimes, it just feels really shit. The thing is, it’s meant to be shit sometimes! It’sContinue reading “My backpack.”
My wings.
‘Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet still become something beautiful.’ – Beau Taplin After all the loss and grief I’ve experienced over the last year, my life feels as if it’s filled with gaping holes from what was, or was meant to be. I’m satContinue reading “My wings.”
The Necessity of Negativity.
Recently I read an article on Happiful.com about giving up negativity for ten weeks, and it made for an interesting and thought provoking read. The writer, Katie Hoare, describes how a fast on negative thoughts could help in changing that internal monolog we all have chattering away in our minds, and help turn it intoContinue reading “The Necessity of Negativity.”
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?”
Gwen Richards 