As it is Mental Health Awareness week 8-14th May I will be posting blogs about how mental health has and still affects my life, with some tips, tools and resources. … More Can motherhood be lonely?
On 14th October, I was invited to share my story on the Chrissy B Show – a refreshing chat show dedicated to mental health and wellbeing topics. It is hosted by Chrissy B, a down-to-earth presenter, who inspires you to be happy and stay positive! I was pleased with how Write Therapy was introduced and promoted as … More Write Therapy on T.V
Dear Christina, I am writing to you from 29 years in the future. So far your life has been a series of episodes, where you haven’t felt much control. For the past year you have felt a freedom that you haven’t felt before, or have felt since. You lived away from home, with relatives, but … More My letter to 20 year old me
Relationships do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you. .. Eckhart Tolle On Sunday, 14th February it is Saint Valentines day where couples all round the world will spend time and money on their beloved. Merchandisers and establishments take full advantage of the compulsory celebration of … More Find The One this Valentines
Low mood, lethargy, panic attacks and generally feeling miserable, are not the ideal emotions to attempt expressive writing. Even so, once pen is put to paper, writing can be rewarding and therapeutic. What I suggest in my book, from my own experience with depression and also with my one to ones, is to take a piece … More Writing in Depression
Grief never ends…But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith…It is the price of love. In life we encounter many losses: identity; wealth; health; relationships and death, being the most obvious. Life continues, we grieve, cry and pick ourselves up. … More Write Grief to a Better Place
Happy New Year! As a new year comes I think of my New Year’s resolutions, like most people do. I look through my journals of the past 12 months and see if my hopes and desires have materialised. More often than not, what I had set out to do with good intentions, changed course, sometimes … More Write 2016, re-drafting all the way!!
Writing can help with stress, leadership abilities, physical and psychological health. Work life can be stressful. There are targets to meet, competitors to beat and the ever ending responsibility of keeping employment morale high. If your staff are not happy, your business is not happy. Happy staff are healthy staff! According to government statistics stress affects: one … More Writing for Team Building
If you are in the helping profession; counselling, mentoring, life coach or health care, you may have clients, or patients who would benefit from writing their emotions down. The benefit for the helper is that they will get a glimpse into the workings of the person’s mind. Sometimes it is easier to express deep seated … More Talking Therapies vs Writing Therapies
Expressive writing is using writing to express feelings and emotions. This can be done by keeping a journal, but can also include using other forms of writing such as story telling, writing unsent letters and dream exploration. The benefits of expressive writing are many, including: improve emotional well being impact positively on health reduce stress … More The Benefits of Expressive Writing within a Group
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