It’s New Year 2024 – for those of us that have lived through the Millenium parties, it may be a shock to notice how much time has passed since then! When we embark on a New Year, a whole new chapter ahead of us, popular culture tells us to celebrate the successes and achievements of […]
Awakening to live life with a conscious mind and an open heart Read More »
I live in world so infused with knowledge about what ADHD and autism are, because everyone I spend any time with has lived experience of one or the other, that I forget not everyone understands. And people look or stare, at what to me are normal parenting or relationship or individual behaviours, reactions and dynamics.
What is it to be neurodivergent? A personal perspective Read More »
The summer holidays are approaching. Those without kids or that love summer and heat, usually approach the holidays with joy and happiness, but for those that have less simplicity around the holiday period, there can be some trepidation. For parents, we have the joy of spending some proper quality time with our kids 24/7, for
It’s 2023 and I’m starting the new year with some big changes. As an English-speaking therapist in Stockholm and Järfälla, I want to be able to support as many people here in Sweden as I can. With a wealth of counselling and personal experience of mixed culture and of people who are seen as different
New for 2023 – introducing a sliding fee scale Read More »
Today would have been my dad’s 86th birthday. It’s his first birthday with him absent from this worldly realm and my feelings are peculiar. Like a kaleidoscope of sadness, a paradoxically aching emptiness filled with memories, colours, and mind photographs of things we did together. I’m ok with this sadness, in the approach to the
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It’s a year since we emigrated to Sweden. The milestone has taken me by surprise, and caused me to reflect on the last year: my attempts to learn Swedish, and my work towards setting up practice as an English-speaking therapist in Stockholm. I’ve missed working face to face with clients, I am thankful that I’ve
One year in Sweden Read More »
Success is something that most of us strive for at one time or another, whether it is work-related, to do with our relationships, or health-related – stopping smoking, cutting down alcohol or getting fit. Whatever it is, success is always related to change – it’s about something in our lives being different. It’s hard sometimes
The need behind your questions We ask questions all the time, especially of those close to us, but we rarely stop and think about the answers we’re hoping for. When you ask someone “Do you love me?”, are you satisfied with the answer you get? If not, it may be that there is actually something
How change happens Often when we decide we want things to change, we expect it to happen immediately. Hollywood feeds us stories in which change happens instantly – falling in love, finding the house of our dreams, setting up a new business – and so that’s what we expect: instant gratification. Many times in the
The speed of change Read More »
The little snail – a story about helping others As I was walking home today, into the sunshine that glowed a soft yellow at the end of my road, I noticed a tiny little snail crossing the pavement in front of me. His shell was coloured in pale yellow with black swirly stripes. I thought about
