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Glister Counselling Provider

Hello! I'm Kerry Quigley, an accredited counsellor with 20+ years' experience. Available weekdays, evenings, and weekends.

I work with a wide range of issues and offer both face-to-face and remote sessions. You can book sessions through my website 🌐 At Glister we promote self-actualization, empower self-growth, improve relationships, and reduce emotional stress. We will work with you collaboratively on whatever is most beneficial and important to you. Together, we will decide upon the best way forward and we will aid you with achieving your goals.

27/01/2026

Self-love is having a sense of self.
It’s the relationship you build with yourself.

It does not arrive all at once.
It grows through attention.
Through getting to know yourself over time.

It’s listening to yourself.
And staying with the silence when it feels too loud,
when it would be easier to steady yourself through someone else.

It’s choosing yourself,
again and again,
even when it feels uncomfortable
and lonely.

It’s allowing yourself to pause.

It’s learning what feels like yes,
in your body,
and trusting the quiet no.

It’s the relationship that deepens
the more honest you become.

This is the love story 🤍

22/01/2026

Self-doubt is rarely a personality trait.
It’s often, a learnt response shaped early in life.

When a child grows up with inconsistent approval, emotions that weren’t acknowledged, or where mistakes felt unsafe, the nervous system adapts. It becomes watchful and self-monitoring. Over time, that heightened awareness can impact self-confidence.

Psychologically, self-doubt serves a purpose. It attempts to protect against rejection or criticism through restraint and self-correction. What once helped a child adapt can later limit an adult’s confidence and sense of self.

This is why overcoming self-doubt isn’t about forcing positivity or silencing the inner critic. It involves understanding its origin, regulating the nervous system, and building self-trust through values-led action.

This is the kind of pattern-based work I support people with in counselling.
Understanding where self-doubt comes from can be the beginning of lasting change.

20/01/2026

A teacher points to the moon.
The student notices the finger first.

A Zen parable

Life rarely shows us everything at once.
Time has a way of doing the rest.

15/01/2026

Most couples don’t drift apart because they stop caring.

They drift because time gets filled with everything except each other.

The 2-2-2 rule isn’t about adding more.

It’s about being intentional with the time you already have 🤍
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13/01/2026

It’s easy to slip back into autopilot.

Doing what’s expected. Keeping up. Moving without checking in.

JOMO (the joy of missing out) isn’t about withdrawing from life.
It’s about choosing presence, pace, and intention over default settings.

Sometimes missing out is how we find our way back to what matters. 🤍

08/01/2026

The weeks following the festive period often bring a sharper awareness of what isn’t working in relationships.

Changes in routine and higher expectations tend to amplify existing patterns.
Extended time together can also highlight loneliness within a relationship, which can feel more painful than being alone.

This time of year doesn’t always bring answers or decisions.
More often, it brings an awareness of questions that have been there for some time.

This is the kind of reflective, pattern-based work I support people with within counselling, helping them make sense of what they’re noticing and decide what comes next.

✨ What has this season brought into focus for you?

01/01/2026

The start of a new year often brings pressure to set goals or make resolutions.
I tend to approach it a little differently.

For me, this time feels more like a pause than a push.
A moment to return to what matters, rather than add more.

This is what care looks like for me.
Not a resolution or goal-setting exercise, but a return.
A reset that honours my values and supports my wellbeing.

For others, care may look different:
🌿 time with family
🌿 rest
🌿 creativity
🌿 travel
🌿 space
🌿 noticing what has been quietly asking for care

There’s no right way to begin a year.
Only what feels meaningful and aligned for you.

30/12/2025

We all carry emotional patterns 🌀

They show up as automatic reactions, roles we step into without thinking, and familiar dynamics that can repeat themselves, even when we are consciously trying to move forward.

These patterns are not flaws. They are echoes of earlier experiences, shaped long before we had the words to understand them.

In my latest blog, I explore why these patterns repeat, how they influence our relationships, and the powerful shifts that begin when we understand the story underneath our reactions.

If you are curious about your own patterns, or you have noticed certain emotions resurfacing recently, you may find this a grounding read.

📍You will find the full blog on my website. The link is in my bio.
SelfReflection MindfulLiving

26/12/2025

If today feels tender, complicated, or quietly heavy, please know you’re not alone.

Be kind to yourself. That matters more than getting today ‘right’. 🤍

24/12/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSnIYZqiBjb/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== This time of year can feel full of expectations, emotions, and opinions.
So much to respond to. So much to hold.

But there’s also a quieter voice inside you.
The part that knows what feels right long before you can explain it.
You might notice it as your body softening, or a quiet sense of letting go.

Learning to trust that inner voice can help you choose
calm over obligation,
clarity over overthinking,
and steadiness over performance,
especially in moments where others’ needs feel louder than your own.

You do not have to respond to everything.
Not everything needs your energy.

18/12/2025

✨ Christmas often puts relationships under strain.

More time together, heightened expectations, family dynamics and financial pressure are all compressed into a short, intense period. It is common for couples to argue more at this time of year, often over small things that are really carrying something bigger underneath.

When patience feels thinner or familiar patterns repeat, it can be a sign that something important needs attention. At the same time, December rarely offers the space or conditions for those things to be properly aired or worked through.

⭐ Pause before reacting. Tiredness amplifies everything.
⭐ Name the pressure you are carrying, rather than express the irritation.
⭐ Lower expectations of yourselves and each other.
⭐ Create small pockets of space, even on busy days.

🤍 If this season is bringing challenges into sharper focus, having a calm, supportive space to reflect, often easier once the intensity of December has passed, can help you understand what is really going on underneath.

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