Psychotherapy in Surrey

28/11/2025

Honouring Grief's Natural Flow

Grief is not a problem to be solved,
it is pain that needs to be felt.
Sit with the ache,
the sorrow,
the quiet emptiness.

Beware of overthinking;
every tear,
every memory,
every “what if”
can build walls around the heart,
trapping the pain
instead of letting it flow.

Thought can guide,
give perspective,
offer insight,
but overthinking can cage the heart,
slow grief’s natural flow,
and keep healing at bay.

Balance is the key.
Let feelings speak,
they soften,
they carry,
they guide.
Let thoughts serve,
but do not let them dominate.

Healing blooms
in the space between thought and feeling,
where the heart carries sorrow
without being crushed
and the mind learns
to accept and release
without overthinking.

And in this balance,
we begin to live again.

~ 'Honouring Grief's Natural Flow' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Olamik

22/11/2025

✨ Slowly making my way into a new day, grateful for the beauty it holds. May this Saturday open doors to joy, meaning, warmth, and love for us all. Wishing everyone a truly heart-filled day. 💛🌿✨

19/11/2025

So many of us—especially women and kind-hearted partners—learn to keep the peace by staying quiet. We avoid conflict, let things slide, and swallow our feelings just to keep relationships smooth. But over time, that silence becomes heavy.
When you finally say, “This doesn’t work for me,” some people may call you difficult—not because you’ve changed, but because you stopped making their comfort more important than your well-being.
Here’s the truth:
✨ Boundaries aren’t selfish.
✨ Boundaries aren’t rude.
✨ Boundaries are self-respect.
Healthy relationships grow from clarity, honesty, and limits that protect your emotional and mental health—not from endless tolerance.

Choosing yourself isn’t losing people; it’s losing the version of them that benefited from your silence.

Speak up. Stand firm.
Honour your feelings.

Your peace is worth protecting.
Your voice deserves to be heard.
You deserve relationships where both you and your boundaries are respected. 💛

18/11/2025

Every morning you open a new door.
A door into a new day, new choices, new emotions, new possibilities.

What sort of door have you chosen today?
Did you open it gently… or did it creak a little?
Was it easy to step through, or did you hesitate—wondering what might be on the other side?

This morning, our new kitten made her choice very clear. Not only did she pick her door, she climbed it. Apparently, some doors aren’t meant to be opened at all… just conquered from above. 😄

And honestly, therapy can be a bit like that.
Some sessions feel like opening a door into deeper understanding.
Others feel like analysing the hinges, repainting the frame, or discovering a secret passage you didn’t know existed.
And sometimes? We climb right over the whole thing and find ourselves laughing at the view from the top.

Psychotherapy can be deep, reflective, creative—and yes—a little fun, too.
Here’s to whatever door you choose today.

May it lead you somewhere gentle, meaningful, or unexpectedly joyful. 💛

11/11/2025

In our daily lives, we move constantly between two states — the doing mind and the being mind.
✨ The doing mind plans, solves, and pushes forward.
✨ The being mind softens, notices, and breathes.
We all slide up and down that scale without even realizing it. But something shifts when we start waking up the being mind on purpose — when we practice creating moments of quiet, grounded presence.

The more we build that inner stillness, the easier it becomes to meet whatever emotions arise — not by fixing them, but by allowing them, with gentleness and compassion.

Compassion isn’t a task or another thing to achieve — it’s a way of being with ourselves.

🌿 On Friday mornings, I have a couple of spaces open for new clients would like to explore peacefulness through Walk & Talk sessions or Creative Integrative Psychotherapy.
If you’d like to reconnect with that softer, more spacious part of yourself, I’d love to walk alongside you.

09/11/2025

You don’t have to be exhausted to rest.
Don’t feel guilty for slowing down. Resting before you reach burnout is the smart thing to do. If you see a quiet weekend or a lazy Sunday ahead, take it. You don’t owe anyone productivity all the time.

07/11/2025

03/11/2025

I love this tip, it’s something I’ve always done intuitively as it just feels so comforting.

31/10/2025

Ah, so close to the end of the week! Remember to do all the things that help you feel joy throughout your weeks! ❤️💛

31/10/2025

🕯️Honoring Life, Death, and Connection🕯️
At this time of year—October 31st, November 1st, and 2nd—many cultures around the world pause to remember loved ones who are no longer with us. It is a sacred time for reflection, remembrance, and honoring those whose presence shaped our lives.
There is an African proverb that says:
“When death finds you, make sure it finds you alive.”
These words remind us that death is always near—not as a threat, but as a gentle teacher. They call us to live fully, to stay open to the beauty and the sorrow of existence. So many of us experience a kind of premature death long before our bodies leave this world—when we close our hearts, numb our feelings, or forget how to marvel at the simple miracle of being here.

Each morning we wake, we are one day closer to our death.
❤️So how will we live this day?
❤️How will we connect—with ourselves, with others, with life itself?
❤️How will we bring soul, presence, and tenderness into each moment.

In remembering our loved ones, ancestors, and friends, we also reconnect with the deep river of life that flows through us all. We can light a candle, tell their stories, speak their names, and allow our grief, our love, and our gratitude to mingle together.

Let us hold space for one another—with gentleness, compassion, and respect for both the light and the pain that make us human.
✨ May we live fully alive, even as we honor death. ✨

28/10/2025

There are tiny moments that remind us of the beauty around us — a kind note, a gentle smile, a quiet reminder that where there is light, darkness cannot stay.

Let’s keep creating those moments — spreading kindness, warmth, and light in small, meaningful ways. 🌿💛