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Christmas With Divided Families and Blended Family Stress.

Christmas can become a logistical and emotional minefield because of separation, remarriage, or co-parenting.

Who gets the kids and when?

Step-parents feeling excluded or criticised.

Children feeling torn in loyalty.

Biological families rejecting new partners.

Ex-partners creating stress or last minute changes.

Relationship counselling can bring clarity, calm, and connection back into the picture.

At Central Coast Counselling I help families:

Build unity without erasing important relationships.

Communicate without guilt or fear.

Stand together as a partnership - even when extended family doesn’t.

Set boundaries with ex-partners and challenging relatives.

Create a Christmas that is peaceful, respectful, and genuinely inclusive.

This season doesn’t have to hurt.

Let’s turn your blended family from “pulled apart”, to “pulling together”.

Click on the link above and book a session today. Start rewriting your family’s Christmas story.

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Relationships
Christmas isn’t always the most favourite time of year for families.

Christmas often carries pressure to be happy, close, forgiving, united - even when relationships are strained.

This creates:
Resentment
Guilt
Feelings of failure
Increased conflict when reality doesn’t match the “perfect family Christmas” image.

Family history doesn’t just disappear because it’s December.
Triggers include:

Long-standing sibling rivalry

Parent.child conflict

Unresolved trauma

Past Christmases linked to pain or loss

Hurt that is usually buried rises to the surface because everyone is expected to come together.

If you are feeling anxious with upcoming Christmas celebrations and would like support to cope with the family dynamics, I can give you tools leading up to and on the day.

Click on the link above for a booking today and start regaining confidence moving forward.

10/12/2025

Being called “sensitive” for reacting to disrespect is manipulation at its finest.

It’s a tactic used to make you doubt your own feelings, to make you feel guilty for standing up for yourself, and to shift the blame away from the person who has actually wronged you. It’s a subtle way of controlling your perception, making you question whether your reaction is “too much” or if you’re overreacting, when in reality, your response is entirely valid.

True respect doesn’t come from expecting someone to swallow their pain or silence their voice. Healthy people acknowledge their mistakes, take responsibility for their actions, and work to repair the harm they’ve caused, rather than gaslighting you into thinking you’re the problem.

Being labeled “sensitive” in the face of mistreatment is not a reflection of weakness; it’s a reflection of the other person’s unwillingness to take accountability. Your boundaries, your feelings, and your sense of self-worth are not flaws—they are strengths.

Standing up for yourself, expressing your discomfort, and refusing to accept disrespect are acts of courage, not overreaction. Don’t let anyone make you feel small for protecting your dignity, because anyone who tries to manipulate you with the word “sensitive” is revealing their own inability to respect and value you.

You deserve relationships, friendships, and interactions where your feelings are honored, where your reactions are understood, and where your voice is never dismissed or minimized.

10/12/2025

It’s concerning how many children are called “bad”
simply because they’re perceptive enough
not to conform to things that don’t make sense to them.

What we label as defiance is often discernment.
A child pausing, questioning, hesitating —
not because they’re unwilling,
but because they’re trying to understand.

Demanding blind, unquestioning obedience
may make life quieter in the moment,
but it teaches a dangerous lesson:
act now, think later.
Or worse —
don’t think at all.

When something doesn’t feel right to a child,
their hesitation is not disrespect.
It’s instinct.
It’s the early development of a voice
that knows how to evaluate,
reflect,
and choose with intention.

And that’s a skill we WANT them to have.

Because the child who feels safe enough to say,
“This doesn’t make sense yet,”
grows into the adult who can walk away from pressure,
challenge unhealthy authority,
and trust their own judgment
when it matters most.

If anything, these children aren’t difficult —
they’re awake.
And instead of trying to quiet that,
we can guide it, shape it, honour it.

Explain the why.
Invite them into the reasoning.
Teach them to think before they act,
not after.

Because a child who learns to question with wisdom
becomes an adult who moves through the world with integrity —
not blind compliance. ❤️

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10/12/2025

When a child pulls away, it’s rarely sudden.
It’s the tiny moments…
The sighs, the sharp tones, the reactions that felt too big.
Connection grows in calm, not in correction.
Slow down. Reconnect. Repair.
Your gentleness is their safe place.

10/12/2025

No matter what, I will never again let anyone convince me that I’m crazy, dramatic, or insecure for having a normal human reaction to behavior that was confusing, dismissive, disrespectful, or hurtful. Gaslighting is real — and it doesn’t always come with yelling or chaos. Sometimes it arrives quietly, wrapped in phrases like “you’re overthinking,” “you’re too sensitive,” “you’re imagining things,” when deep down you know exactly what you saw, what you heard, and what you felt.

The moment you question your reality while someone else calmly rewrites it — that’s manipulation, not misunderstanding. The moment your emotional response becomes the problem instead of the behavior that caused it — that’s deflection, not dialogue. You are allowed to react. You are allowed to ask questions. You are allowed to need clarity, reassurance, honesty, consistency, and respect. Those are not insecurities — those are requirements in healthy relationships.

People who care about you don’t punish your feelings; they make space for them. They don’t shame your voice; they listen to it. They don’t make you doubt yourself to avoid accountability.

So no — I’m not crazy. I’m not insecure.
I’m aware. I’m paying attention.
And I trust myself now — even when someone else wishes I didn’t.
“Andy Burg”

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When Christmas Turns Into a Battlefield Instead of a Celebration.

Every year it happens…,,

The pressure.

The Family drama.

The financial stress.

The old wounds that suddenly reappear the moment December rolls around.

Arguments start over the smallest things.
Tiny comments turn into huge fights.
Partners feel unheard, unsupported, and alone - even while surrounded by family.

If Christmas is becoming the most stressful time of your year instead of the most meaningful….. it’s time to reset the pattern.

In Counselling I help couples:

Break the cycle of December blowups.

Set boundaries with challenging family members.

Stand together as a team instead of turning against each other.

Communicate clearly under pressure.

Protect their relationship from family dynamics.

Christmas shouldn’t cost you relationships, your joy or your peace.

Reconnect. Regroup. Rediscover each other - before Christmas pulls you apart.

To find your way back to peace, click on the link above for a booking today.

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Christmas can be one of the hardest times of the year for families coming together for many reasons.

Personality clashes.

Past trauma caused by family members.

Fear of not getting on with family members.

Not feeling accepted.

Trying to please everyone at the cost of your peace.

You need support in how to communicate with family when you come together.

Or maybe you’re alone this Christmas because of your own boundaries to protect yourself from family members.

Whatever the reason is, you don’t have to go through this alone.
If you are needing support this Christmas, I’m here to listen.

Click on the link above for a booking today. 😊

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The Hidden Hurt of Weaponised Incompetence.

Weaponised incompetence slowly shifts the emotional labour onto one partner, leaving them exhausted, resentful and alone while still inside the relationship.

This leaves one person feeling….

Tired of doing everything.

Tired of asking for help only to receive excuses….

Tired of feeling like the parent instead of the partner.

You’re not asking too much of your partner…..

To share the load in the relationship.

To share the load in the parenting.

To share the load in household duties.

In Relationship Counselling I can help you recognise unhealthy patterns that keep you both stuck.

Rebuild responsibility and teamwork.

Create emotional safety through genuine effort.

Learn real skills - not excuses.

Repair trust through follow - through and shared load.

A healthy relationship is two people choosing to show up for each other every day.

If you’re ready to feel heard, supported, and valued again, I’m here to help you get started.

Click on the link above to book a session today and start rebuilding the partnership you both deserve.

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What do you want your relationship to look like?

Is it listening to each other?

Validating each other’s feelings and perspective?

Is it creating a safe space where both of you can have a difference of opinion?

Is it a relationship where there is emotional and physical intimacy?

Is it a relationship where you both spend quality time together?

Is it a relationship where you each do little things for each other?

Is it a relationship where you speak to each other kindly, with respect and and without name calling, swearing at each-other, or yelling or storming off.

It comes down to communication, respect and love.
If you would like to turn your relationship around, I can give you the tools for communication.
Take the first step by clicking on the link above.

04/12/2025

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When One Partner Stops Showing Up.

A relationship doesn’t fall apart because of one big moment.
It falls apart in the quiet spaces where one partner stops showing up.

When one person reaches for connection and the other turns away.

When one person wants to grow and the other says “Why should I?”

When someone shares their heart, their hurts, their needs and they are met with

“Get thst from someone else.”
“Im not changing.”
“I dont see the point.”

It’s in those moments love begins to ache.

Relationships do not thrive on perfection.
They thrive on participation.

They thrive when both people take an interest in each other’s world.
When both partners care enough to lean in.
When both choose connection over comfort.
Even when it feels unfamiliar, inconvenient, or confronting.

But when one partner refuses to engage-
Refuses to grow-
The other partner slowly becomes invisible.

Lonely.
Unheard.
Unheld.
Inside a relationship that was meant to be their safe place.

You deserve a relationship where you don’t have to beg to be understood, heard or seen.

Counselling can help.
Not by changing who you are.
But by helping you stop carrying what is not yours to carry.

If you are looking for support in your relationship and would like support today, click on the link above for a booking.

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Level 5, Suite 504/No 1 Bryant Drive
Tuggerah, NSW
2250

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Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
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