What’s the Need Behind the Feeling?
When we experience emotions such as anger, pain or stress it can be a signal that our emotional needs are not being met. For example, if you’re talking to your partner and you start to feel angry with them because you think they are not listening, it could be a...
What to Do When All You See Are Pregnant Women
Why is it when you choose your next car you suddenly see more and more of them on the road? Why is it when you're struggling to get pregnant all you see are pregnant women, babies and young families? Find out how can you let go of the pain that often comes from seeing pregnant women and maintain peace of mind and a sense of being OK.
What to do when asked if you’re going to have children
If you are struggling with infertility having someone ask if you are going to have children can be very painful, embarrassing and difficult. Find out what to say to bring peace of mind in these situations.
How to let go of negative thinking
Many of my clients want to know how they can stop their negative thinking around their fertility such as telling themselves they are never going to get pregnant or this round of IVF isn’t going to work. I often ask them if I offered them a magic pill that meant...
Hope v Acceptance
Hope. What is hope? Is it a good thing? Surely having hope is a good thing. Hope helps you stay positive, doesn't it? Hope keeps away despair and fear, doesn't it? Hope is thinking, thinking about the future. And nothing can predict the future, not even our...
Break up That Party of Thought in Your Head
One of the things our thinking does is to try and prepare us for disappointment. Thinking about the worse case scenario so we can prepare ourselves or not get our hopes up too much, so we don’t feel too disappointed if things don’t work out. I didn’t want to...
Anything More Than Nothing is Good!
Often life can be very busy and we put off looking after ourselves; taking ‘me’ time. This can be for a number of reasons but the bottom line is it is because we are not prioritising ourselves over other things. Now is the time to change that. Life can be busy and...
Is Your Lifestyle Affecting Your Fertility?
As you know I specialise in how the mind affects well-being and fertility. We all know diet and lifestyle can also have a large impact on fertility and instead of giving my personal, but inexpert advice on this topic, I choose to hook up with experts that I trust...
How to Reconnect with Life & Find Peace & Happiness
I recently watched two films that I absolutely loved. I found them encouraging, inspiring and challenging. I love watching films but am becoming more discerning about what I invest my time in watching and spend more time looking for films that inspire or speak to...