by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 24, 2016 | Self Care
SO YOU'RE UNHAPPILY SINGLE AT CHRISTMAS?YOU’RE NOT ALONE I was debriefing a client last night, Susan, about a sudden spike in anxiety and a seemingly bottomless well of loneliness. We recognised that Christmas is a source of great stress. For her, being alone is...
by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 20, 2016 | Children, Family, Parenting, Self Care
DO YOU HAVE SPACE IN YOUR HOUSE FOR YOUR FEELINGS?YOU NEED TO! I’ll always remember a colleague of mine, Jan, who taught me an invaluable lesson: How to hold space. Jan was a mentor assigned to me many years ago, who advocated for me to stay with discomfort...
by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 19, 2016 | Children, Family, Parenting, Self Care
UNDERSTANDING & REDUCING ANXIETY On the weekend I was talking with a new friend, Emily about her very busy and chaotic life. A mum with a 4 month old, a 3 year old and a 4 year old. A mum who can’t get to the tidying, sorting, cleaning, cooking in a structured way,...
by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 15, 2016 | Couples, Marriage
MARRIAGE IS NOT AS PRETTY AS IT LOOKS ON INSTAGRAM A client of mine has agreed to share the following story, anonymously, in the hopes it helps someone else in their relationships. This client is an older father, let’s call him Sam, who has previously been married...
by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 12, 2016 | Self Care
NOT FEELING FESTIVE?TIPS FOR GETTING THROUGH WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH HARD THINGS When you are working through hard things, you can sometimes become stuck. It feels as though you can’t move forwards fast enough to escape the pain, and yet you cannot go back to...
