Counsellor in Fleet, Hampshire
Before I was a counsellor I had a career as a photographer. Through the lens of a camera I would seek a person’s external beauty and take a photograph with the best light and angle. Portrait and Wedding photography was my trade Continue reading “Being a Counsellor”
Together Christmas and Dementia do not make good bed fellows. Every Christmas Mum who is living with Dementia is less aware of what is going on. For Mum and Dad, Christmas Day is now very much just another day of the week. They are alone together, Mum unaware of what day it is and Dad filled with nostalgia and sadness Continue reading “Christmas and Dementia”
It is heart breaking at the best of times to lose someone we love, but to lose them during Covid-19 has really taken its toll on so many.
What happens when your not good enough gremlins take over and your emotions are in control of you? I was triggered this week and I noticed a change Continue reading “Not Good Enough Gremlins”
My Mum has gone in mind but is still with us in body and soul! Today I called my Dad to say
“Happy Mother’s Day”
It left me feeling empty when I put the phone down and I came to my cabin to write this whilst it was still clear in my head and heavy in my heart. Continue reading “Mother’s Day without Mum”
Anger is one of our core emotions. Emotions are complex feelings we experience mentally, physically and behaviourally:
Overwhelm is the emotional feeling of being overwhelmed. It is an emotional feeling which can take over with an intensity that feels difficult to manage. It can affect your ability to think and act rationally and evoke anxiety and stress. Continue reading “What is Overwhelm?”
Her umbilical cord, no longer taut,
Jane’s retrogressive mind revivifies
myths, that her parent’s care, throughout their lives,
a golden childhood bliss had cheerly wrought. Continue reading “Dementia Sonnet 9 – Mummy”
Christmas Home Rituals Isolation Sadness Together Missing Altogether Soon
Christmas feels so different this year and for so many it is hard! Being alone on Christmas day seems to have a weight greater than other days. Remembering a loved one we have lost at Christmas seems to hurt more than other days of the year. Christmas evokes a multitude of emotions from love, laughter and joy to sorrow, sadness and despair. Continue reading “Christmas 2020 without Family”
I have so much admiration for the army of carers out there. The NHS staff, the Care Home staff, the mobile carers to name a few. There are also those who are at home looking after a loved one, caring for your husband, wife, mother, father, daughter, son, whom ever it may be, caring for a loved one is a tough job! Continue reading “Who Cares for Carers”
