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Do you know the main differences between Shame and Guilt?🔷 Shame - The focus is on Self: ‘I AM bad’. Often put onto a pe...
30/04/2026

Do you know the main differences between Shame and Guilt?

🔷 Shame - The focus is on Self: ‘I AM bad’. Often put onto a person from others.

🔶 Guilt - The focus is on Behaviour: ‘I DID something bad’. Often felt as a result of our own actions.

There are vital distinctions, but they can be bundled up together far too often.

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Someone can show up for everyone around them and still find it hard to reach out when they’re the one struggling.If some...
28/04/2026

Someone can show up for everyone around them and still find it hard to reach out when they’re the one struggling.

If someone springs to mind when reading this, don’t forget to ask how they’re going. Even though they might appear to be carrying things well, it doesn’t meant the load is light.




💛 Be kind…always 💛You never know what is going on in the lives of those around you.
02/04/2026

💛 Be kind…always 💛

You never know what is going on in the lives of those around you.




“Loving someone and protecting your life are not competing values. You can care deeply and still choose boundaries. Both...
25/02/2026

“Loving someone and protecting your life are not competing values. You can care deeply and still choose boundaries. Both can be true at the same time.”

Thank you for your wisdom 🙏



🎄 Christmas Day complete with cousins and street cricket 🏏 So wonderful 🥰
25/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Day complete with cousins and street cricket 🏏

So wonderful 🥰

“When terrible things happen, we want to make sense of things for our kids, but we can’t.” You don’t always need to mak...
21/12/2025

“When terrible things happen, we want to make sense of things for our kids, but we can’t.”

You don’t always need to make sense of what has happened, just to their feelings and responses to it. Kids want to know that their response to a traumatic event is normal. If they believe their response is not appropriate, this can cause confusion and prolong the struggle.

If they ask you a question which you don’t have an answer for, it’s ok to say ‘I don’t know’. Be with them in the unknown, but assure them of your presence and of those who are working for the safety of many 💛





When there’s a tragedy - when evil is unleashed on the world - people often share the quote ascribed to Fred Rogers that...
16/12/2025

When there’s a tragedy - when evil is unleashed on the world - people often share the quote ascribed to Fred Rogers that we should “look for the helpers”.

If you or your kids are struggling to comprehend this incomprehensible massacre on our shores, here are some helpers you can point to:

❣️The lifeguards
❣️The Police and other first responders
❣️The many people who opened their homes to strangers
❣️People who protected other more vulnerable people until their loved ones found them
❣️People who tried to disarm the gunmen
❣️Animals who stayed with their owners who had been shot

This in no way takes away from the grief of the devastating experience. It can, however give a different focus for those who find the heaviness too much to bear 💔




Mental health challenges can be invisible. You may not know what someone is actually going through.Be kind 💛 📷
29/11/2025

Mental health challenges can be invisible.

You may not know what someone is actually going through.

Be kind 💛

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❓ Have you ever considered that over-thinking or not being able to say ‘no’ to people might be a response to trauma?Peop...
07/11/2025

❓ Have you ever considered that over-thinking or not being able to say ‘no’ to people might be a response to trauma?

People respond to trauma in different ways, both at the time of the incident and in the time that follows.

Our body cleverly uses these defence responses to protect us at the time of danger, but if they become regular patterns when danger isn’t present, they can cause us harm by damaging relationships and effecting our mental health.

Unlearning these patterns takes time, and sometimes professional support. If you need support with this, consider reaching out to your trusted therapist or today.

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Sometimes survival is the goal 🙏
07/11/2025

Sometimes survival is the goal 🙏


💛💛💛📷 DBT - Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
27/10/2025

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📷 DBT - Dialectical Behavioural Therapy



💔 Grief and Joy ❤️It’s hard to believe these can be felt simultaneously. Sometimes it even feels wrong to feel joy in th...
22/10/2025

💔 Grief and Joy ❤️

It’s hard to believe these can be felt simultaneously. Sometimes it even feels wrong to feel joy in the midst of grief.

But they do not have to cancel each other out. There can still be laughter in times of deep sadness.

It doesn’t mean the grief exists in any less capacity. It is just the way the waves of emotions reveal themselves through the healing process.

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