Jan 26, 2018 | Adolescence, Anger, Anxiety, Blog, Counselling, Counselling Kellyville, Counsellor, Featured, healthy relationships, Relationships, Stress
A relationship is most commonly understood as something that happens between two people, right? And relationships seem to be the source of our greatest joy, and our greatest pain. Think for a minute. If I asked you to describe your closest relationship what would you...
Apr 5, 2017 | Anger, Counselling, Counsellor, Counsellor Bella Vista, Domestic Abuse, Featured, healthy relationships, overreacting, parenting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, Stress
What does it mean to blame? Blaming is the act of locating the source of wrongdoing with another person or institution. “They did this to me.” “It’s your fault that x, y or z happened.” But there are 2 key problems with blame: 1. You hurt me so I’ll hurt you back....
Mar 6, 2017 | Counselling, Depression, healthy relationships, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
There seems to be a lot of talk about building walls at the moment. Walls that are intended to keep out the ‘illegals’ and provide a sense of security for those on the inside. Politics aside – it has made me aware that I work with walls every day of my working...
Jul 11, 2016 | Anxiety, children, healthy relationships, parenting, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
The worst part of anxiety is having anxiety about the anxiety, itself. The metaphor of a snowball being rolled down a hill of is one I use to illustrate how unchecked anxiety rapidly grows. Children can learn to cope with anxiety by learning two crucial skills:...
Jan 18, 2016 | Anger, Anxiety, Controlling relationships, Counselling, Counsellor, Depression, Domestic Abuse, Featured, Grief, healthy relationships, hurt, overreacting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
“When we push down hurt or pretend that struggle doesn’t exist, the hurt and struggle own us.” Brene Browne We don’t suppress happy feelings usually. They are easy, we just have them. You tell me a joke, I laugh. I see a double rainbow and gasp...
Jun 18, 2015 | Anger, Anxiety, Counselling, Counsellor, Featured, overreacting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
(Re-posted 18 June, 2015 from blog post Scenes from the Wild) It’s not by refusing to buy the latest greatest something or keeping your child home from the party/concert/date… One evening my sons came home with the same exclamation, “It’s amazing how many kids hate...
