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”
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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.”
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?”
The Ultimate Rebellion
When I was still studying counselling, our teachers urged us to change our names on Facebook and basically cease to have any online presence whilst working at our placements. “You don’t want your clients to have access to that stuff.” I understand, I really do, but that doesn’t mean I was happy about it. TheContinue reading “The Ultimate Rebellion”
Gwen Richards 