Hidden Gem Psychology Service

17/04/2026

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16/04/2026

You can hold two truths - this is how you honor them without abandoning yourself.

✨registration for the private practice workshop is closed✨

But the free journaling guide is still available. You know where to get it 👐🏽

16/04/2026

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12/04/2026

Triggers are really hard to live with. They're the brain attempting to warn us about potential danger, based on our experiences in the past. But they are so hard to live with. It took me a long time to realise that I was being triggered not just by reminders from the past but by the experience of being triggered itself: that I had become sensitised to them. I turned my frustration inwards and blamed myself, and that in turn triggered me. It was a stuck loop.

To find out more, listen to my podcast episode #18: 'How to keep going through challenging times (part two)’ at https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/podcast-18-how-to-keep-going-through-challenging-times-part-2/ where you can also find a full transcript.

Or search for 'Conversations with Carolyn Spring' on Audible, Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

10/04/2026

09/04/2026

Why on earth should we trust people after when it's so often been people who hurt us? Our mistrust makes perfect sense.

And yet my default position was to beat myself up for my mistrust. I thought it made me a bad person.

I had to learn that this was just how my brain was trying to keep me safe, and that it had every good reason for doing so.

To find out more, listen to my podcast episode #17: 'How to keep going through challenging times (part one)' at https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/podcast-17-how-to-keep-going-through-challenging-times-part-1/ where you can also find a full transcript.

Or search for 'Conversations with Carolyn Spring' on Audible, Spotify or Apple Podcasts.