I recently went to the ballet with a dear friend. It was a beautiful production of Sleeping Beauty with an incredible orchestra. During the interval my friend asked me “Did you hear that commentary?” I had no idea what she was talking ...

Much of my work is with people who struggle with the thoughts that they’re having and/or the actions they take in response to their thoughts. It is fairly normal human behaviour that we have a thought and we act on it, particularly ...

We have some hand soap in the bathroom which, in the bottle, looks like clear liquid. When we press to get soap out to wash our hands, the dispenser produces white foam, not clear liquid at all. Now, I know that there ...

Forgive me if the December blog feels a little self-indulgent – it is, because this month I became Mrs Sarah Jayne Smetham! I haven’t changed who I am; I have changed my name to match Brian’s – the wonderful man I have ...

Have you ever found yourself thinking something like “I will do that when………..” I know I have, many times. I often hear clients say something very similar. Sadly their ‘when’ is often attached to conditions of worth about their appearance, for example ...

Here we are in October – the month of beautiful autumnal oranges and reds as the trees shed their summer foliage, and the time of ghosts and ghouls, witches and cauldrons, black cats and broomsticks! It is the time of year when ...

September is Great North Run month – the time of year when up to 60 000 people head to Newcastle upon Tyne to run the iconic 13.1-mile route from Newcastle to South Shields. As we line up with everybody at the start ...

I hear so many people talking and getting frustrated about ‘going backwards’ or ‘getting stuck’ throughout their process of change and recovery, whether that be from eating and weight difficulties, or any other physical and psychological struggles. We even say it in ...