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Neurodiversity made simple
Search the internet for information on neurodiversity and there is an almost overwhelming amount of information. Ask someone you know to...
Lauren
Jan 146 min read


Be weird. Be wrong. Be you.
Thousands of years ago, over a long (and pretty uneventful) period of time, humanity evolved from lone hunters and gatherers, to hunting...
Lauren
Dec 14, 20245 min read


Couples counselling - everything you'll ever need to know
I like to think it's a long time since telling someone you were going to relationship counselling was seen as code for breaking up. The...
Lauren
Apr 1, 20244 min read


New year, same you
I always find this time of year pretty strange. It's the closing of one chapter and the opening of another. All the emphasis is on the...
Lauren
Dec 31, 20233 min read


Love thy boundaries
Imagine a garden fence. The fence surrounds the garden perfectly. It keeps some things in and some things out. It's strong and sturdy and...
Lauren
Jul 14, 20233 min read


Anxiety: "fun" facts and rage bait fiction
Why is it that out of all the mental health topics, anxiety is the one I know the most about, but is also the one I understand the least?...
Lauren
May 20, 20235 min read


Is sleep your nemesis?
Are you tossing and turning every night? Are you struggling with racing thoughts and worries in the dead of night? Are you dragging...
Lauren
Jan 26, 20234 min read


Turn off the news!
The world is getting worse. It was never like this before. Everything is going downhill. It wasn't like this in my day. What has happened...
Lauren
Oct 3, 20223 min read


Don't judge me
If there is one thing that nearly every client I've ever worked with has said to me, it's "please don't judge me." I always reply in the...
Lauren
May 13, 20224 min read


Insta-scam
As everyone who knows me or who has worked with me as a client will know by now, I am not the biggest fan of social media. I don’t hate...
Lauren
Jan 8, 20225 min read


To those who hurt us
An open letter... First please know, you do not own us, you do not own our lives. You don’t hold sway over our thoughts and you don’t...
Lauren
Oct 3, 20212 min read


Please don't leave me
There is a fear within all of us. A truly raw, palpable fear. A fear that often causes us to think and behave in ways we wouldn’t usually...
Lauren
Jul 30, 20213 min read


Know your worth
What are you worth? When people ask this question, I often wonder…how can our worth actually be measured? In wealth, possessions,...
Lauren
May 20, 20213 min read


Going back to normal - WTF?
This is a follow up post to one I wrote around this time last year - ‘Corona – WTF.’ I think it adequately summed up mine and a lot of...
Lauren
Mar 7, 20214 min read


When your heart is broken
I will never understand how you can love someone and hate them at the same time. How the person who swore they would never hurt you,...
Lauren
Jan 20, 20213 min read


Oh 2020, what have you done?
I saw something I liked the other day. Someone had written on the pavement with chalk. They wrote “I thought 2020 would be the year I got...
Lauren
Nov 30, 20203 min read


Give yourself a break
We work long, hard hours. We provide for our families. We help others when they need it. We care, we share, we give whatever we can to...
Lauren
Oct 20, 20204 min read


Corona - WTF?
I’m writing this on Easter Sunday. It is amazing, sunny Bank Holiday weather. I can hear music playing (yeah thanks neighbour, I needed 5...
Lauren
Apr 12, 20203 min read


Let your guard down
Have you ever been hurt? Have you ever experienced the kind of emotional loss or pain that made your heart fold in on itself? Have you...
Lauren
Jan 25, 20203 min read


Why I'm not thinking positively about "positive thinking."
There seems to be a trend at the moment where mental health difficulties are almost thought to be a choice. That it’s your fault for...
Lauren
Oct 16, 20194 min read
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