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When to Worry: Recognizing Signs of Trauma in Your Loved Ones
Over the past several years, there have been numerous traumatic events across the world, from incidents of mass violence to devastating natural disasters, hundreds of thousands of us have experienced or witnessed a disastrous or life-threatening event within our...
How to Help Manage a Loved One’s Anxiety
Supporting a Loved One Through Anxiety: A Guide for Family and Friends When someone close to you is struggling with anxiety, it can often feel overwhelming and frustrating, especially if you don’t know how to help. Anxiety attacks can cause a range of symptoms,...
Creating a Safe Home Environment After Rehab
If you or a loved one have gone through a programme in a drug or alcohol rehabilitation centre, you know that much of the time spent in rehab focuses on preparing you for your move back home. It can be a dangerous and scary transition if you are unprepared. Although...
What is Gaslighting Part 2
The following are a continuation of tell-tale techniques of gaslighting behaviour. 6. Declarations of love and flattery. A gaslighter will systematically emotionally tear you down and build you back up, only to tear you down again. Whether you realise it or not...
What is Gaslighting Part 1
Examples of Gaslighting The following are tell-tale signs of gaslighting behaviour: 1. Blatant lying. First, people whom gaslight tell lies. They can lie which such ease and this is the issue. This lying becomes an abusive entrenched pattern. You start to question...
“Why Am I Sad After Sex?” Postcoital Dysphoria & Other Causes
It may be difficult to face or admit, but it’s a feeling many of us have experienced: sadness after sex. Even if the sex was great and satisfying, the sense of sadness or depression after sex is more common than you might believe. According to a 2015 study done on...
Is My Anger Normal, Or Should I Seek Help?
Life wouldn’t be life without those little irritants that push our buttons. Moreover, when our buttons get pushed, it’s completely natural to feel angry. Anger is a normal emotion that can facilitate better communication and positive change when expressed...
Feeling Disconnected?
Feeling Disconnected? Here are three ways to reconnect. Thanks to Hollywood, many couples have been led to believe the secret to reconnecting and rekindling passion is through a Caribbean cruise, a new car or jewelry. However, the reality is, once there is a...
Parents Separating– Telling the Children Part 1
Telling your children that you are separating can be the one thing many of us dread. You may fear your children’s reactions. Verbalising it may also make it more real for you. Every child and every family is different, so it is essential to take the time to think...
What Causes Insomnia? 15 Key Culprits
If you are someone who spends most of the night tossing and turning, checking the time on the clock, you are not alone. According to some recent statistics, close to 20% of Brits suffer from some sleep disorder. Symptoms of Insomnia Those trouble with insomnia...
Narcissism in Relationship Part 3
This is the last part of the blog post on Narcissism in a relationship. The following are tendencies or qualities that Narcissistic often act out in their most intimate relationships. Refusal to admit mistakes or take responsibility for actions. The narcissist has...
Understanding Grief: Beyond the Five StagesAre the “5 Stages of Grief” Real?
Grief is a profoundly personal experience, and it’s often portrayed through the widely recognised five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages were first introduced by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her seminal 1969...
Tips for Managing Stuttering
Overcoming Communication Hurdles Stuttering, a communication disorder characterized by disruptions in speech flow, affects approximately 70 million people worldwide, with men being four times more likely to stutter than women. It can be a source of frustration, fear,...
Things It Would Be Helpful Your Loved Ones Knew About Dealing with a Cancer Diagnosis
From working with many clients and dealing with the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis myself, I would like to share some things that many dealing with such devastation would like others to know. Cancer is not something you can overcome with sheer will. It is not a...
Dresses & Ties: How to Come to Terms with Crossdressing Desires
Societies like to make the complex simple. They insist on taking grey situations and ideas and making them black or white. In this way, people and situations can be more easily controlled and predicted, and the “normal” order can reign supreme. Except, that isn’t...