September 1st, 2026 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention. That’s a lovely earworm for this morning (makes a change from Rhinestone Cowboy. Which is probably yours now, as well. Sorry about that). But seriously, 2026, what is the rush? What even happened…
March 2026 I love this card. Two individual dogs, same mud, different experience. It’s pinned on a board, at eye-level above my desk. It reminds me to be humble. And to listen. Because until they tell me, I do not know how people are feeling….
February 2026 “Calm as a millpond’ said my client. ‘I’m fine. I really am. It’s just that I don’t want to drag things up from the past. Everything is okay as it is’. Let’s not muddy the water – look how beautiful, how smooth, and…
but perhaps near enough. New Year greetings to you all. There’s much talk along the lines of ‘what’s your word of the year?’, which is interesting, but rather limiting, I think. Especially as 2026 is but one week old. I’d rather know what someone’s word…
Deck the halls with – well, yes boughs of Holly, but perhaps also some Elm (to help manage overwhelm), Walnut (for times of transition, and to provide emotional protection), or Hornbeam (to give you some va-va-voom). The festive season can be festooned with joy, but…
From books to YouTube, we seem to be bombarded with advice on decluttering, freeing up space, and letting go. Sometimes that can become a pressure in itself, so here’s some light-touch support. The photo shows some of the keys which are now in my possession,…
“I just want her to slip away quietly in her sleep”. “What! Put a date in the diary for the vet to put him to sleep? And know that it was looming there? I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t bear it”. “it was the best…
When I say ‘I meet clients where they are’, this means that we start where the client wants to start. Some people are put off going to therapy for years (even decades) because they expect to *have to* go back over their past, to return…
It lifts my heart when I come across unexpected gladness (and skill/artistry). This is Michael Disley’s piece The Gathering. Created in 2024, it stands in the gardens of Marchmont House, and has wonderful textures and stroke-ability. There’s another of his sculptures there, too, but I…
A client was recounting how she’d got herself ready for her first session with me – in her own words, ‘I need to know what to expect, so that I can prepare’. She’d initially asked a lot of questions – what was my approach, what…
