Welcome to The First Aid for Feelings blog, where you can find lots of helpful articles that will help you to develop the essential skills for self-care and health.
Why our bodies need to be given a chance to heal themselves (A Helpful Case Study)
How overexertion and depleted energy levels can cause havoc... Prior to getting in touch with The Helpful Clinic, Helen had been diagnosed with ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue syndrome). She had been struggling with recurring infections (kidney, urinary tract and cold/flu)...
Why best laid plans often go awry
Don't crash - prepare yourself well beforehand In our last post, we talked about the Hero’s Journey, an archetypal story pattern that typically involves three stages: departure, challenge and return. As we noted, the start of a new year provides a fresh beginning for...
Are you ready to begin your own Hero’s Journey?
Call for Adventure - your very own Hero's journey We are on the brink of a New Year. It's a symbolic beginning for many of us. A point in time where we will likely embark on a new journey, whether that's a New Year's resolution or setting out on the road to recovery...
Feel invisible? Your voice matters!
Isolation of Invisible Illness Dealing with any illness is demanding and impacts most, if not all, areas of a patient’s life. But living with an invisible illness adds another dimension again. It is a particularly excruciating, isolating experience. When people who...
Show up – Speak up
In my work, we often deal with how to become curious about our health and in our lives. To be curious about what we are actually dealing with, rather than what we think it should be. This is important because without that curiosity and the courage to show up and...
Why bother with improving health or making changes?
Why bother? Friday, January 12th was apparently the day when most us are feeling at our most despondent, having failed to stick to our New Year’s resolutions, with the season to be jolly now behind us, the cost of Christmas leaving our wallets decidedly emptier and...
What are you Proud To Be?
The month of July is very much a month for Pride. We often associate the idea of Pride with human rights in terms of sexuality and gender. For people whose sexuality and/or gender doesn’t fit within the traditional binary, Pride marches and parties focus on...
Self-compassion helps others
There is a cultural perception that self-compassion is somehow a selfish act or smacks of self-pity which is culturally considered to be a deplorable state. However, cultivating self-compassion is inherently an act of love for not only ourselves but also our loved...
Your most precious Valentine is YOU!
Your most precious Valentine is YOU! Today is culturally programmed to direct our attention to the person or persons that we are romantically involved with and can feel alienating to those that are not in such relationships for whatever reason. Whether you love it or...
