Are you starting therapy?
Starting therapy can be quite a terrifying experience for some. It can seem strange to think about opening…
Finding Inner and Outer Balance
Yoga includes a group of physical, mental, and spiritual exercises which originated in ancient India. Yoga involves breathing…
‘Keep living until you are alive again…’
Recently I was seeing an episode of ‘Call the Midwife’ and one of the characters said ‘you just…
‘Am I going to die?’
Many of us are uncomfortable discussing death. I work in a cancer care setting and at times, after…
Am I a perfectionist? – Part 2 of 2
In the first part of this blog we discussed which traits may belong to a person who is…
Am I a perfectionist ? – Part 1 of 2
Many people believe that being a perfectionist is advantageous, and most consider having high standards as a positive…
Survivors of Suicide Part 2/2
An amount of individuals find it difficult to resolve their issues of grief and develop a complicated grief…
Survivors of Suicide Part 1/2
The experience of a suicide survivor, who lost a loved one to suicide, is an extremely traumatic and…
Sexuality and cancer. An introduction Part 2/2
What do we need to be aware of when we face cancer…what questions do we need to ask:…
Sexuality and cancer – An introduction Part 1/2
Cancer care has improved over the last couple of years and so has survivorship. Many types of cancer…
Health behaviour and health promotion – Part 2 of 2
As stated in my previous blog, I will now look into different models of how healthy behaviours can…
Health behaviour and health promotion – Part 1 of 2
“Eat this because it’s healthy”, “drink that because it’s healthy”, “exercise like that because it’s healthy”. These are…