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”
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.
Men’s Mental Health Month
Everybody’s #mentalhealth is of course important all year-round, but as November is Men’s Mental Health Month, I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about this some more. You’ve probably heard of #Movember and all the crazy facial hair experiments that come with it (I know I’ve been involved myself in the past!)Continue reading “Men’s Mental Health Month”
Keeping Men’s Health in Mind
June 10-16 is Men’s Health Week and with it comes the sobering statistic that 80 per cent of suicides are by men. It’s true that awareness about men’s mental health and the stigma surrounding it is growing, but it’s also true that it takes a long time to spread that awareness and for its effectContinue reading “Keeping Men’s Health in Mind”
Settling into spring
Celebrated Lake District fell walker Alfred Wainwright once said “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing”. And, while I’ve continued to hold walk and talk therapy sessions throughout the winter months in all weathers and in the evenings too, there’s something reassuring about knowing that my clients can now enjoy an eveningContinue reading “Settling into spring”
Inside & Outside Counselling 