Climate anxiety teens

Climate anxiety teens

Climate Anxiety… I’ve got it.     I worry about species going extinct, what will the future be like for my kids, how will global poverty and inequality be addressed when it’s the poor who are impacted first and hardest. Not to mention the guilt...
New Years Anxiety

New Years Anxiety

There’s a popular idea that we’re meant to spend the night of New Year’s Eve with the people we love the most. It’s also said that how you spend your New Year is how you will spend the rest of the year. For some that’s a lovely affirmation that the rest of the year...
Lockdown Ending Anxiety

Lockdown Ending Anxiety

At long last, lockdown is ending! Our restrictions are lifting, and things are changing. So why do I still feel so weird?    I have experienced so many different moods throughout lockdown: the initial shock, the creeping depression, the introduction of new...
Self Care for everyone

Self Care for everyone

I’ve never been very good at self-care.  It’s not a skill that I’ve naturally taken to. Particularly as a guy, I was raised not to worry about things like that. My parents were from the school of “pull up your socks, tuck in your shirt and get on with it!” I’ve had to...
Dyslexia

Dyslexia

Depression, dyslexia & attachment style – what’s the link?    If I were a child today, my learning disability would (hopefully) be diagnosed early and I’d be provided with a package of support to help me achieve to the best of my ability....