Uncovering the Unseen: How self-awareness helps us grow.
We are made up of so many parts, some we recognise and feel familiar with, but there are elements to us that live deep within our subconscious and it maybe those parts that are controlling us the most.
Are you one of those people…?
Are you one of those people?
The ones who are really aware of other people.
To the point where it stops you talking, causes you to push down your feeling and minimise your needs so that others don’t feel uncomfortable.
Do you wonder why?
Surviving quietly. Or, ‘there’s no point in making a fuss, I’ll just get on with it'.’
Minimising yourself, diming your light, putting others first to the point where you start to lose the person you are.
Surviving quietly.
Life, it’s stresses and anxieties can just hit you sometimes! It’s time to bring in some reality.
Sometimes the smallest thing can set us off into a spiral of doubt and self hate.
All our anxieties and stresses merge into one big cloud.
Stop, step back and let’s check our reality.
So I have low self-esteem, who cares!
So I have low self-esteem. So what!
But did you know low self-esteem could be limiting you, stopping you and keeping you trapped living in the past.
It’s OK not to feel OK.
It’s OK to not feel OK.
Does being told you can be happier all time add to the pressure of life.
Is it just another thing to ‘fail’ at?
What shall I write today?
Your inner voice can be very powerful, it takes time and work to change those beliefs and thoughts you’ve had for so long.
Me a photo? No thanks!
Still a work, in progress. Aren’t we all!
People pleasing and boundaries are going well.
That mean little voice…not so much!
Unravelling that messy ball of string.
Sometimes our heads feel as though they are full of tangled string and we just can’t make sense of any of it.
In counselling we sit together and slowly unravel that string, little by little to see what we can find.
Insidious blurring.
Sometimes our boundaries are chipped away at little by little, in ways we may not even notice.
Me? On the radio? Never!
We don’t need to believe everything we think.
Sometimes it’s good to challenge them.
Sometimes we simply have to wait for them to pass.
Spring Clean- time for a freshen up! For your mind.
Spring clean - it’s time for a freshen up in your mind. A time to chuck away all those old, useless patterns of thinking.
Why Counselling?
Why counselling?
I sit and reflect on my journey (so far).
Keep Trying
Self esteem is such a fragile thing. So easily damaged by ourselves and others.
Reflections on this unique relationship.
I think about the counselling experience in it’s uniqueness.
Are you a People Pleaser? I am in recovery.
People pleasing…what does it mean?
We hear so much about it don’t we? Is it a bad thing? Can it be a good thing? How do you know if you are one?
Is no in your vocabulary?
What makes you find it tricky to say no? I’ll tell what I struggle with.
Why does everyone keep banging on about boundaries?
Boundaries - what are they, why do we need them and what’s all the fuss about?
I’m fine, honest!
Are you fine all the time? Do you ever wonder why you struggle to express your needs.
If onlys…
If onlys. We could wish our lives away living in the past, trying to change the unchangeable.