Posted by in accessibility, chronic illness, difference, Thought Provoking Thursday, Uncategorized Hi there you lovely lot, it is Thought Provoking Thursday again #TPT. This week we’re going to talk a little bit more about physical health issues. Our brains have a habit of seeing things as one thing or another, finding it difficult to hold on to the complexity of life or perhaps just finding it…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, Clinical Psychology, difference, medical system, science, Uncategorized I talk to myself! Actually, I talk to myself a lot. Not just in my head, out loud as well. Personally, I find it pretty cathartic. It helps me figure things out rather than keeping things rattling around, much like writing in a journal I imagine. We all have this inner dialogue, made up of…Read more »
Posted by in Thought Provoking Thursday, Uncategorized So I’m just going to jump into the deep end on today’s Thought Provoking Thursday #TPT. Many of you may have watched “13 Reasons Why” this past week and like myself will no doubt have conflicting opinions regarding the way it tackles the many very sensitive issues raised, what I think we can all agree…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, Clinical Psychology, self care, Uncategorized Our weeks are often full of ups and downs and highs and lows. This has definitely been true for me this week. As many of you may have seen I spoke on a radio show last Saturday night regarding my experiences as both a patient and a doctor, or more specifically as someone who…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, Clinical Psychology, self care, Uncategorized Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort — Deborah Day It doesn’t matter who you are or what experiences you have had, life can get really blooming tough sometimes. This whole thing of being a grown-up, taking care…Read more »
Posted by in accessibility, chronic illness, difference, Uncategorized I imagine everybody has seen either on Facebook or in the news today that Stephen Hawking has sadly passed away. The reason so many people know Prof Hawking is because of his incredible intellect, the manner in which he lived his life despite a rare form of motor neurone disease and of course the fact…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, Grief, Love, self compassion, Uncategorized Motherhood, what an amazing thing to celebrate! Think of all the women who since the evolution of homo sapiens have been giving birth to and raising those trillions of people that have came before us, are here now, and will come long after we are gone. I am sure we all are aware however of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized As you may know, I have branched out into providing therapy online (via Skype/email and instant messaging) and via telephone. I’m currently providing Skype and telephone directly via contact with my own practice, but until I get my new website for the provision of the other types of online therapy up and going I am…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized ‘paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally’ (Kabat-Zinn, 1994, p. 4) “Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its energies to guide us rather than to tyrannize us. This process doesn’t magically happen…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Over the New Year period I contemplated writing a blog reflecting upon moving into a new year, and what this can mean to a person with a chronic illness. When reflecting upon what are rated became more and more obvious to me that moving into 2014 was something I was really struggling with. This year…Read more »
