Discover why your anxiety isn’t your enemy and how listening to it as a protective part from your past can bring calm and clarity. Simple, gentle strategies you can use today.

Connection is at the heart of being human. Much of the distress people bring to counselling can be traced back to difficulties in connection, not having safe connection modelled early in life or becoming caught in relational patterns that feel confusing or painful. Whether it shows up in parenting, intimate relationships, friendships or work, many people are carrying a quiet longing for connection that feels reliable, responsive and emotionally safe. Our nervous systems are w

Parenting can stir emotions that feel unexpected or out of proportion. Everyday moments with children can activate old patterns, strong reactions or ways of responding that don’t align with how you want to parent. This post explores how early relational experiences can quietly shape parenting responses, why reactions can feel so intense and how awareness, compassion and repair matter more than getting it right.