It’s a pleasure to be asked to write a blog for Westmeria. I’d like to use this opportunity to talk about self-compassion. It’s something that changed my life. It certainly changed how I talk to [...]

(*good quality dark chocolate containing at least 70% cocoa) By Natalie P Approximately ten years ago, I was diagnosed with an intolerance which meant I couldn’t eat dairy including milk [...]

Parenting is a deeply rewarding journey, but it also comes with real challenges—especially when you’re juggling responsibilities at home and at work. From hormonal shifts and disrupted [...]

Back in the day, I worked in a retail shop full-time while studying for an MSc part-time. Suffice to say, I had no life and zero time to relax. It was a very intense period of my life, and after [...]

I began my counselling journey in 2017 in which I tested the water with the introduction to counselling 10-week course through LSEC colleges. I didn’t know what to expect but knew I loved helping [...]

For every loved one lost, there is sadly, usually a day which would represent the value of that person in your own or others’ lives such as Father’s Day (for people like myself) or a more [...]

Article from www.firststepsed.co.uk Mondays tend to get a bad rep, don’t they? In the same way we celebrate that ‘Friday feeling’, the Monday blues can sink in as early as Sunday as we shift back [...]

In life there are many repetitive tasks, things we have no choice but to do, on repeat over and over. For example, a school run, cooking meals, going to work, etc! Some of these things I have no [...]

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf  Our relationship with food goes beyond simple sustenance. What we eat doesn’t just fuel [...]

Relationship breakups, the loss of loved ones and moving house are frequently cited as some of life’s most stressful events.   Moving house was the time of great anxiety for me. What had been the [...]