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28Jun

Like Bennifer, Why Do We Struggle to Find and Keep the Right Partner?

Graham Johnston

attachment, childhood, identity, parenting, self

Therapists

Our attachment style, laid down in childhood, affects our relationships into adulthood. Therapists Graham Johnston and Matt Wotton explore what it takes to have a successful relationship.
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25May

How To Change How You Think About the Hard Times

Grace Marshall

identity, resilience, self

Soul

How we respond to life's challenges makes all the difference. Productivity coach and author Grace Marshall explores the good things that can come from struggle.
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04May

Changing Your Perspective on Middle Age and the Menopause

Sandra Hilton

identity, menopause, middleage, midlife

Therapists

Midlife can be notoriously challenging for both men and women. Counsellor and coach Sandra Hilton reflects on her own experience and how we can shift our perspective to make the most of middle age.
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26Apr

Adoption, Childhood Trauma, and Parenting: What I've Learned

Louise Allen

adoption, childhood, family, identity, parenting

Relationships

Louise Allen has personal experience of the care system, and now she is a foster carer herself. Here she shares her advice for others seeking to adopt and the importance of working through your own childhood trauma before becoming a parent.
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06Apr

How Writing a Film About My Invisible Disability Helped Me Grieve

Charlotte Paradise

chronicfatigue, disability, films, health, identity, illness

Body

Charlotte Paradise has been living with pain and fatigue for seven years – here she shares her experience of having a largely invisible disability and how writing a film about her experience has helped.
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22Mar

Don't Let Your Inner Critic Hold You Back

Fiona Buckland

childhood, coaching, confidence, identity, leadership, perfectionism, self, selfcompassion

Soul

We can all struggle with negative self-talk; our own brand of inner critic probably took form in childhood. Leadership coach Fiona Buckland explores the roots of our inner critic and how we can harness our inner ally instead.
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16Mar

Mourning the Everyday Things We Took For Granted

Lianna Champ

coronavirus, grief, identity, loss

Mind

The Covid pandemic and lockdows have seen us stripped of our usual ways of being. Lianna Champ explores grief in the context of living losses, those less tangible and harder to describe moments of grieving.
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24Feb

What Have You Realised About Your Life in Lockdown?

Josh Hogan

coronavirus, identity, self, society

Therapists

The Covid-19 lockdowns have offered us time and reason, perhaps like never before, to assess our lives. Therapist Josh Hogan shares is own experience as well as the questions he encourages clients to ask themselves.
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27Jan

Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free: How to Beat Codependency

Nancy Levin

boundaries, coaching, codependency, couples, empathy, identity, relationships, self

Relationships

How we relate to others can become so ingrained that unhealthy patterns are hard to recognise, let alone break. Coach Nancy Levin explores the vital importance of setting healthy boundaries and changing codependent tendencies.
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18Jan

You’re Not a Narcissist, But You May Have a Narcissistic Wound

Dora Darvasi

childhood, identity, narcissism, relationships

Therapists

Growing up with a narcissistic parent, where inadequate attention was given to our needs or personhood, can have repercussions in our later relationships. Therapist Dora Darvasi explores the narcissistic wound, how it might show up, and how you can heal.
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