When loss hits, suddenly the world feels different. You’re moving through your days, doing what you’ve always done and then something changes - without warning, without notice and without permission. it leaves all sorts of things behind. It could be a goodbye you didn’t want to say, an absence you didn’t choose, a change you weren’t ready for. You can still see your life, still recognise the pieces of it, but everything feels different and somehow sadder.

The Japanese art of Kintsugi repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered precious metals has long been a symbol of healing. Instead of hiding cracks, Kintsugi highlights them. The fractures become part of the object’s story, transformed into something beautiful, strong and unique.

There are times when tasks don’t just add up, they snowball. You can see everything that needs doing. You know you’re capable. You know you have the skills, the time and the awareness available somewhere. And yet… nothing moves.

Emotional retreat doesn’t happen without a reason. For many people, pulling back, shutting down feelings, staying quiet, or presenting yourself to the world as “fine” was once a form of protection.

Wanting to feel less anxious, less angry or less negative about yourself is a fantastic starting point. It means you are showing up for yourself and that you want to improve your own situation - basically, it means you care enough to try.

A lot of the conversation around therapy talks about what is discussed in it - the issues, the pain, the work. Those elements are incredibly important to outline, because the work is hard is hard and underselling that would be an injustice. However... the thing that quite often gets over looked is what it is possible as a result of the work.

Anxiety is your brain alerting you to something that is happening that feels like it needs your attention. Some anxiety is pretty normal and most people feel it at some point.However, when the frequency or intensity you are experiencing anxiety at impacts your ability to move through the world as you want to, then it might help you to know that not only is support available, but it might just help the anxiety feel more manageable.

Ever been in a room full of family, friends or acquaintances and felt totally alone despite being surrounded by people? Or even felt like it doesn't matter if you are in the room or not because everyone seems just fine without you? Does the idea of telling your nearest and dearest when you feel like that seem like you'd be a burden or drain?

Ever felt that other people, and their happiness, depend solely on you and that everything might just fall apart if you don't keep it all together?