Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps The Score – Mind Brain And Body In The Transformation Of Trauma “The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world’s experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and…
Grief – It’s Challenging!
In this article we will consider how grief and loss may hide in everyday experiences and offer some ideas on how we might better understand ourselves or others who are in pain with grief. Supporting someone who is grieving may seem simple, however anyone who has been in this situation knows there are challenges. Each…
Talking with Children About Tragic Deaths
9 Tips to Help Children with Difficult Loss It can be difficult to wrap our minds around the idea of explaining a suicide death to children. Our instinct is to protect our children from the terrible truth and the heart-breaking situation, so a part of us would like to avoid having these conversations. And usually…
The Letting Go Paradox
The Way of Grief and Loss No disputing we need to let go of things and stuff that is weighing us down – material items, stress, angst, people, screens… the list is long for us all. “Sometimes you don’t realise the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of it’s release”…
20 Grounding Habits To Manage Anxiety
Grounding – A Natural Remedy for Anxiety Feeling ungrounded can be alarming state. When you are overwhelmed with stress, you suddenly notice you are operating on autopilot: ‘I don’t remember driving here?’ ‘What happened to the last hour/day?’ ‘Time seems to be flying by, I can’t keep up.’ In this article we describe 20 exercises…