Ever felt like your inner light was dimmed by self-doubt? You’re not alone. Low self-confidence can stealthily affect various aspects of our lives. Very often, lack of confidence has roots which usually go back to our childhood. However, there are times when we get through our childhood with our confidence in tact, only for something…
Do you resist putting yourself first or giving yourself some self care or love? I look upon self care as self preservation. Life can be challenging and we have all sorts to deal with through the course of life, including stress, trauma, looking after others, working hard, paying the bills and much more. Our health is…
We compare ourselves to others more than ever now. This is exacerbated by social media of course. We are led into a false sense of reality as everybody dresses their social media shop window exactly as they wish, in order to portray whatever they desire to the world. Many use social media as a means of…
Lisa Barry – A Mother’s Journey – Lisa specialises in working with mothers at any stage of their journey to support and guide whatever is going on for them and their children. She is a practitioner of many therapies including: Colour Mirrors Emotional Freedom Technique Matrix Reimprinting and many more Lisa says: “Having been through many…
Burn out can be the result of many different reasons and sometimes a combination of reasons. Also, the signs of burn out can be so varied. If this becomes a long term issue then a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (also known as CFS/ME) may result. Through my therapy work I often spot the…
2020 is a year we will remember and will certainly make the history books. This has to be the strangest event of my lifetime. We can use this Coronavirus experience as a springboard into a better future, whether that is personal or on a bigger scale. It has been interesting to hear of some people…
Often my work goes in themes. I sometimes have lots of clients who want to lose weight, suffer anxiety or want to stop smoking. Other occasions there is a running theme such as challenges with a family member or feeling unsupported. The theme of the day is not feeling that people are listening to what…
Many of our early memories come from school. My very first memory is meeting my long term best mate Sam, whilst she was playing with the scales on an introductory day at Infant School (Year 1 in today’s language). Sadly, often through school becomes disappointment, fear, bullying and negative feelings about ourselves. My big disappointment came…
Far too often people have a low opinion of themselves. They doubt themselves. They question their own judgement. They feel they are not good enough. They run over and over in their minds their actions or things they have said in case they have said or done wrong. They compare themselves to others and always…
Confidence, or rather lack of confidence, is at the root of many issues. Let’s take a look at where that lack of confidence comes from. It is rare to be born with a lack of confidence. You only have to look at very young children before they are stifled by society, structure and life events to see…