I was having a conversation recently with a very dear friend of mine. We were talking in general about changing things and my friend said she needed to be rid of a certain aspect of her appearance so that she could be ...

Sadly many people have experienced dreadful events in their lives and the struggles they experience reflect the huge impact of those events. Our minds come up with many creative ways to manage past trauma and try to protect us. The ways in ...

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 ...