Ever tried following a recipe but forgot the main ingredient? 🧑🍳 Like making banana bread without bananas? Or sangria without wine? (aka fruit salad…why even bother!). Well, that’s exactly what most people are doing with their lives. They’re trying to “be happy” without the key ingredient: self-love. And the result? A hot mess that tastes like burnt toast and regret. 🥵 MY RECEIPE FOR A FULFILLED LIFE Let’s break it down, MasterChef style: Ingredients: 🥰 2 cups of self-love…
I’ll never forget this one client at my old job in Corrections. I was supervising a client on a Court Order once – not my usual guy, just filling in for a colleague – and it was evident to me straight away he was in psychosis. 🫨 I’ve worked with many people who are in psychosis the majority of the time, and when you work with someone consistently you know what their baseline is – as in, you can…
Social media: the land of cat videos, inspirational quotes, and people oversharing their breakfast smoothies. 🐈 It can be fun, inspiring, even educational… and it can also be a giant energy-sucking black hole that leaves you feeling like you need a lie-down and a therapist. The problem isn’t social media itself. It’s how much we let it run our lives as well as using it as a tool to numb-out (and avoid what’s really going on in our…
Feeling “safe” isn’t just about locking your doors at night or carrying your keys like Wolverine claws in a dark car park (although, let’s be honest, we’ve all done it). 🔑 Safety goes way deeper than that. Feeling safe is about your , your emotional needs and that quiet part of you that just wants to breathe a sigh of relief and finally unclench your jaw. So – what do you need to feel safe? 🧐 For some of…
Consistency is the key in any relationship when it comes to building trust and emotional security. If we get caught up in the early stages of a relationship and any potential love-bombing that may be going on, it can be easy to miss inconsistency creeping in. 🫣 When it finally hits you, you may feel confused and frustrated. Inconsistency can show up in unpredictable behaviour or communication patterns to create uncertainty by giving you mixed signals. 🚦 They may…
Ok, so thank fuck MAFS is almost over! Yes I know, it’s massively edited but there are some real lessons we can still learn here about relationships. ❤️🩹 I got up to speed with the episodes this week and the relationship I want to focus on is Paul and Carina. Carina – what a stunningly beautiful person inside and out. 😍 She comes across as extremely family oriented with strong values relating to loyalty, trust and having her partner’s back.…