With it getting darker earlier in the evenings and taking longer for the sun to rise in the mornings, autumn is a time of change. Here in Scotland we can often find ourselves leaving for work in the dark and then coming home in the pitch dark too. Unless we happen to work outside our actual exposure to daylight can be pretty limited in this time of year. Some of us are more vulnerable to these changes than others and we can really find ourselves struggling with our mood and e

I’ve written previously about tips for setting yourself up for a good night’s sleep but I thought this time I’d have a look at a related...

What’s giving you hope at the moment? What’s helping you put one foot in front of the other right now? They’re questions I often ask...

So this week we’ve been getting used to having a new kitten in the house and in between carefully managed introductions with the...

There are times in life when we get some bad news and we just have to wait until we know more; there’s nothing we can do to change that....

Lying in bed, unable to sleep, sucks. We've all had times when despite everything we try we just can't get to sleep and the more we lie...

No, this isn't a joke (and isn't it interesting that our minds go there?). I was asked recently why men sometimes find it difficult to...

Phobias are incredibly common and, while we can usually get by with them, they can sometimes be pretty debilitating. Phobias are...

When we come out, it can often be after a long period of us feeling alone, and one of the first questions we might ask is “how can I meet...

Saying no to things can be incredibly empowering. We can feel obligated to do things, we can feel pressured to acting in a particular...

When we lose people, the anniversary of when they pass can be hard. Dates can feel radioactive, and a mess of conflicting expectations....

Why did I go into counselling? I’ve been asked that a few times over the years and, when it boils down to it, the answer is always the...

Living our life can mean keeping parts of our life in different ‘boxes’ and we do certain things or are a certain way for each of these...

As I write this, Glasgow Pride 2025 is this coming weekend and I’m volunteering with a LGBT local kids group helping them participate...

When we start counselling with CBT we are asked to start paying attention to what we’re experiencing. I’ve talked a little about this in...

You may have heard this many times before, particularly in the workplace, but it seems to be quite an enduring idea that we should all...

So it’s been a few months since the EHRC interim guidance was published, which I blogged about here . In the time since then there’s...

Coming out in 2025 is no big deal, right? No-one cares, and things are different from the bad old days of the 1980s and earlier when...

Growing up can be tough. When we’re kids, we just find ourselves in a particular area with other kids around us, all in a similar...

In this one, I’m not asking about whether the idea of starting counselling faces barriers- that’s something I’ll look at it in a future...