What is grief?  Whilst grief is a universal experience it is also an intensely personal one. There is no handbook that can tell us how to grieve. There is no right or wrong way to do it. There is no one size fits all. Grief itself is a normal and completely natural reaction to loss […]

Supporting someone who is grieving.  Grief is complex. The way it impacts one person, will differ from the way it impacts another. The way we experience our grief when a loved one dies will depend on a number of factors including:  1. Who the person was.  2. Our relationship with them and whether we had

Blue Monday Rebellion The third Monday in January dubbed Blue Monday as a publicity stunt has become stuck with the title. It has stuck because it makes a great story and for many living in the northern hemisphere it is mid-winter, cold, wet, dark and in the perception of many, miserable. It is also the

Mental Health – What is it and do you have it? Mental health is a subject that is rightly being discussed more and more, but it is still a subject surrounded by misconceptions. So, what is it?  Mental health, is defined by the World Health Organisation as,  “… a state of wellbeing in which every