Well, here we are heading towards the end of January 2013 and for most people those well intended New Year's Resolutions, or plans to make their lives better will have gone out of the same window that Santa came in, as they have every other year. So why do New Year's resolutions always seem to fail? Here I am going [...]
We sometimes use the word stress to describe our lives when they are a little hectic, but isn't life always hectic for most people? We all get stressed at times, it doesn't mean that we are all going around with dangerous stress levels all of the time, so why are some people better at coping with pressures than others. Well, [...]
A long term relationship or what is considered true love may fizzle out and end, but it is it likely that the love is lost completely? Maybe the 'in love' stage has long since passed, but what usually replaces the 'in love' stage of a relationship is often a deeper friendship and the beginning of a soul mate type relationship. [...]
Feeling lonely is different from being alone, we can be on our own and not feel lonely, or we can be in a crowd but feel so alone, so what's it all about? Having gone through times when I could not seem to spend more than 20 minutes on my own, I understand what loneliness is and how it can [...]
There are some problems which we face in our lives that just don't seem to shift or get any better, at least not in the time frames we would like them to. Feeling stuck can be a real downer. I am thinking of a very difficult time a few years ago when, with the benefit of hindsight I can now [...]
In my eleven years of working as a professional counsellor with children and adults in various settings, I have come to some conclusions, I don't for one moment want to put across that this is a scientific or researched article, it is simply the observations of someone who loves getting to know people, I mean really getting to know in [...]
