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Can you find a picture of a woman wearing glasses with short hair in a wheelchair posting a letter into a letterbox It is Christmas, it is snowing.

A Christmas Letter To You

December 22, 2025

You might be reading this on Christmas Eve feeling calm, surrounded by people you love, with a sense that things are steady and warm and more or less as they…

The December Crash: When You’re Just Too Tired to Keep Going

December 22, 2025

By this point in December, something strange often happens. The build-up is over. The momentum has gone. The adrenaline that carried you through plans, preparation, expectations and emotional labour has…

When Grief and Invisible Loss Stir the Snow

December 12, 2025

Christmas carries a strange kind of nostalgia – the lights, the music, the rituals, the traditions.For many people, this brings comfort.But for just as many, it awakens something far quieter,…

Two women are sat at a christmas dinner table with the turkey in the middle. one woman is pointing at the other woman, laughing, while the woman who is being pointed at looks sad and hurt.

When Family Dynamics Shake Your Snow Globe At Christmas..

December 9, 2025

Christmas has a funny way of turning even the most grounded adults into their teenage selves. You can be living your best grown-up life – therapy, boundaries, emotional insight, the…

The Ghost Of Christmas Perfectionism: When “Making It Special” Turns Into S’elf-Destruction

December 2, 2025

The Ghost of Christmas Perfectionism has a talent for sneaking up on even the calmest of people and whispering,“Make it magical… but also effortless… and preferably Instagrammable.”And just like that,…

When Christmas Isn’t A John Lewis Ad: Understanding Chaos, Stress, Anxiety and the “Snow Globe” Mind

November 29, 2025

Christmas is presented as the happiest time of the year — all connection, celebration, and cosy warmth.But for a huge number of adults (and yes, I am very much including…

Struggling to cope emotionally after becoming disabled: when life changes faster than the you can keep up

November 26, 2025

There are moments in life when everything changes all at once, but our emotions do not catch up. Becoming disabled, whether suddenly or gradually, can feel like your body has…

Online and Phone Therapy: How Connection Works Beyond the Room

October 31, 2025

When people first hear that I offer online and phone therapy, they sometimes look a little unsure. “But isn’t it better face-to-face?” they ask. It’s a fair question, because most…

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