by Westmeria Counselling | Mar 5, 2024 | Anxiety, self-care, Stress, Wellbeing
Hello, my name is Jasmine, but you can call me the Clutter Queen. Over the years I have gone from being buried under a mountain of my own clutter to being super organised and clutter free. Talking from my personal experience with mental health issues and how my...
by Westmeria Counselling | Nov 2, 2023 | self-care, Stress
By Elizabeth S. Stress itself is not considered a mental health problem, so it can often get overlooked when thinking about contributors to poor mental health. It’s true, stress is a normal part of everyday life and serves to protect us from danger and even with the...
by Westmeria Counselling | Feb 3, 2023 | Anxiety, Mental Health, Mindfullness, self-care, Stress
Many of us deal with Anxiety and overthinking, there is no set way to handle these thoughts, feelings, and the inherent behaviours we produce in response but many cultures, individuals, and schools of thought often look to meditation in addition to other techniques to...
by Westmeria Counselling | Sep 1, 2021 | Counselling, Depression, Mental Health, self-care, Stress, Wellbeing
Have you ever had a thought of “I wish I couldn’t wake up? I can’t face it anymore!”. I had, but it was a temporary feeling of low mood with no intension to end my life. I consider myself the lucky one who was able to share my thoughts about difficulties of certain...
by Westmeria Counselling | Dec 23, 2020 | Burnout, Christmas, Mindfullness, Stress, Wellbeing
Despite what M&S, John Lewis or Aldi would have us believe about Christmas, for many people, Christmas is a time of stress – a time when we may feel under pressure and depleted emotionally, physically, relationally and financially. Often other people’s Christmas...
by Westmeria Counselling | May 4, 2020 | Anxiety, Counselling, Depression, Stress
If you are reading this, you may have a counselling assessment coming up, or are thinking about reaching out to a counselling service and wondering what will come next. Either way, reaching out for support is a positive and incredibly brave step, so you should be very...
