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How Cultivating Gratitude Can Change Your Outlook This Summer
I was the in the front passenger seat. My younger kids were in the back. Whining. I’m racking my brain for ideas to captivate their little minds and get them to stop. Their favourite podcast. I grab my phone. And at that moment, this pops into my email box....
Summer Might Actually be More Stressful Than Winter. Seriously!
If you find summer stressful, you’re not alone. People tend to think about summer as a season for fun, relaxation and as an escape from the dreary cold days of winter. But there is some interesting research that confirms what so many of my clients tell me;...
15 Ideas To Help You Ditch Mom Guilt And Kid Boredom This Summer
Confession: There is somthing about summer that stirs up my mom guilt. It's not that I don't love more time with my kids. I do. But it's the way things can spiral so quickly when I don't have a plan and end up so far from the summer fantasies I have. You see,...
I Want to Leave, He Wants Couples Counselling
If you’ve landed on this page after searching “I want to leave but he wants couples counselling”, you are likely feeling confused, hurt, frustrated and lonely in your relationship. Grappling with the difficult choice of whether to stay in a troubled relationship or...
3 Ways Individual Counseling Can Help Your Marriage
Even happily married couples can hit obstacles along the way. Did you know that individual counselling can be helpful, even when your partner is not interested or able to attend couples therapy. John Gottman, is an American psychologist, researcher and clinician who...
Why You Keep Arguing With Your Partner + 3 Things You Can do About It.
You can see the same old argument coming from a mile away. Worse yet, you already know how it ends. You’ve tried all the positive communication strategies you can think of; a soft lead in and using “I statements” but somehow in the heat of it all, things fall apart....
How To Feel Closer in Your Relationship + A Quiz
If you’ve been in a relationship for any length of time, I’m guessing you’ve experienced misunderstandings and miscommunications between you and your partner. There is no healthy relationship that is entirely free of disagreements and it isn’t conflict in itself that...
My Favourite Things – June 2019
One thing that people often tell me when they come to my Bedford Counselling Office is that they worry that I am sitting in my therapist chair looking down on them, judging them for their failures or shortcomings. It's understandable that you might feel that way....
Why Being Kinder to Yourself Matters
Women often come to see me In my Bedford counselling office for help with improving self-esteem. They tell me that they are so tired of feeling like failures and the sense that they will never measure up. Often, they tell me that they have struggled with...
A Dozen Date Night Ideas To Build Connection In Your Relationship
I get it; life is busy and it’s tough to find time for date nights with your partner, but what I know to be true after more than a decade of working with couples is that if you don't work to build connection with your spouse, it will fade. It doesn’t always have to...
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