National Grief Awareness Week (December 2-8) is a time for everyone to raise awareness about grief and the impact it can have. When someone is grieving, there is so often the worry from other people about saying the wrong thing, upsetting them even more, or not knowing what to say at all. The most importantContinue reading “National Grief Awareness Week 2025”
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International Men’s Day
Today is International Men’s Day and a huge part of its focus is recognising men’s mental health and encouraging them to make their well-being a priority. Of course, mental and physical health are linked, which is why that’s a focus of the day too. It’s one that gives us the opportunity to increase visibility, raiseContinue reading “International Men’s Day”
World Mental Health Day 2025
It’s been quite a while since my last blog post. Since then, I’ve been taking my own advice on the subject of summer and self-care and now here we are, almost half way through autumn. I thought that it would be especially appropriate to post on #worldmentalhealthday because the more people I speak to, theContinue reading “World Mental Health Day 2025”
Summer and self-care
Self care is such a buzz phrase these days, but that doesn’t mean mean we should dismiss it as just another marketing fad or simply a tick-box exercise.
Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month
June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s a reminder that, for a lot of men, there is still the expectation to be strong, to not show emotion and not to acknowledge mental health as a legitimate concern.
Dying Matters Awareness Week
May 5th-11th is Dying Matters Awareness Week – a yearly campaign by Hospice UK to spread awareness of death and dying. It often comes up in conversation for me with friends, family and clients too, about the ‘British reserve’ – the reluctance to speak about death and dying, or more specifically, reach out for helpContinue reading “Dying Matters Awareness Week”
Mixed emotion on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day can be difficult, and every chain pub sign and TV greetings card advert is an unintentional but no less poignant reminder that she’s no longer here.
World Cancer Day 2025
Today, February 4th, is World Cancer Day. It’s a fact that almost one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime. That means that all of us will likely be touched by it in some way. Certainly, cancer has touched my family, just as I know it will have touched many of yours.Continue reading “World Cancer Day 2025”
Realistic resolutions
Happy New Year. I hope you had an enjoyable festive season, however you spent it. By now, you’re probably already a bit tired of seeing ‘new year, new you’ messages piling up in your inbox, from all manner of companies, talking about all manner of goals, aims and ideas. There is of course, nothing wrongContinue reading “Realistic resolutions”
National Grief Awareness Week
National Grief Awareness Week (December 2-8) is a time for organisations and individuals alike to raise awareness about grief and the impact it can have.
Inside & Outside Counselling 