In some areas it would seem so. In general business it would not make sense to produce a product or service that we think is great but the customers don’t. Most successful businesses would do lots of market research to see what their proposed customer base wanted before investing resources. So why then does it […]
The return to sunshine and lighter, longer days is usually an uplifting thing. We feel more hopeful, more alive than those dark days of winter. We want to renew and refresh our homes and sometimes our lives. However for some of us we don’t feel that renewed energy – we just feel worse that we […]
One of the hardest thing in the World is to watch (The Concerned) someone (The Addicted) destroy themselves – little by little. The method of their destruction is in fact not so important as the fact that they are hurting so much inside (even if they don’t actually realise it) that they do so. Therefore, […]
Usually we just accept that things are ‘just the way they are’ and in particular ‘I am just the way I am’. But usually we haven’t given much thought to this particular way of being – it is just how it is. Until……..things start to go wrong, really wrong and we can’t seem to make […]
Some People have a clear vision of what life should be like Some People just jump into life head on Some People are always afraid of what could happen Some People just embrace what does and make the most of it Some People are never happy Some People never want anyone to know […]
Anger is a basic emotion that we are born with. It can be both a good and a bad thing. It can be indiscriminate fireworks or a cancerous bundle of resentment. Anger in its pure form can be something that can empower us to do something and make changes. However, depending on how much we […]
I first saw this movie when it came out in 1976. At that time it was sad but I hadn’t “lost” then so like a lot of what we see and hear it didn’t resonate. This version depicts a great love and a family torn apart by addiction and this certainly resonated as I know […]
This isn’t a new issue and sadly I don’t think by having a Day to highlight it, it will be the last. Perpetrators of violence against women probably won’t even be aware that we are coming for them. As a counsellor I have the greatest respect for a past abuser who realises it is wrong […]
Every day people are silently (and not so silently) fighting a Battle. A Battle against homelessness, a Battle against drugs, a Battle against alcohol, a Battle against pain – emotional as well as physical, a Battle against poverty. These Battles may not be so well known as the bigger Battles carried out by Country against […]
I believe that Counselling is about empowering people and as it’s World Book Day I would like to help that process by make the following reading recommendations. This isn’t an exhaustive list as I am continually learning and updating from such wonderful authors as these. These book recommendations are light, often funny reads which are also most […]
Just One Small Step.
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