Self-improvement/Identity – Life Sense Counselling

Menopause and Mental Health (for Men to read too!)

Sara Martin — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 03:35:42 +0000

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering is not. Often Women believe they are having mental health and identity concerns, and after working with them holistically, it is clear that menopause is playing a large role. Sometimes it is a huge relief to realise this is natural, but it often feels far from natural. For the most …

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How to Write Letters to Resolve Conflict in Relationships

Sara Martin — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:59:02 +0000

Reciprocal Letter Writing to Learn Calm Corrective Conversation Often we get stuck in triggered and heightened communication conflicts and experience the same frustrating and often hurtful interactions that don’t seem to have any resolution. You may feel you cannot get through to the other person. You or someone else gets so angry, upset, overwhelmed or …

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Post Relationship Breakup Questions (To Help You Move On)

Sara Martin — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:39:29 +0000

Here are some reflective questions to assist with moving on without bitterness and wounding from a relationship break-up: Do I have all of my heart back or have I left some parts behind? What parts do I need to re-claim? Can I encourage my heart to love again? Can I forgive? Can I choose which …

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16 Ultimate Gottman Couples Counselling Concepts

Sara Martin — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:05:16 +0000

When couples decide to embark on couples counselling, they often hear about a method of counselling called Gottman Couples Counselling. Dr. John and Julie Gottman are world-renowned for their work on marriage stability and divorce prediction based on forty years of research with thousands of couples. John is the author or co-author of over 200 published …

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Mindfulness Practice [Top Tips]

Sara Martin — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:06:38 +0000

What is Mindfulness? Whether it is a professional athlete; a rock star, a Mum in her fitness gear or the chilled-out guy who is cultivating an organic veggie patch; everybody seems to be practising mindfulness. It is not just for Zen Buddhists and yogi masters, and whilst mindfulness is a type of meditation, you don’t …

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Differentiation Based Couples Therapy: Can I Be Truly Loved?

Sara Martin — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:45:57 +0000

As a couples therapist, I follow the work of Dr David Schnarch, a Differentiation based therapist. Schnarch is critical of love and relationships based on Hollywood-style notions of romantic infatuation, which is time-limited once you truly get to know someone where it becomes more personal. He says that marriage is a people-growing machine and an …

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Growing Scientific Evidence for Mindfulness [Exclusive Tips]

Sara Martin — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:25:38 +0000

Mindfulness can relax you and regulate your emotions in the short term, but it can also change your brain permanently if you approach it as a form of mental exercise. What is the Scientific Evidence for Mindfulness? Studies show that when we intentionally turn our focus onto mindfulness our brain changes activation and with repetition …

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What is the BioPsychoSocial Spiritual Model? [Full Guide]

Sara Martin — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:20:10 +0000

BioPsychoSocial Spiritual. Sounds complicated, doesn’t it? But perhaps that is exactly the point; that we are not one-dimensional and should not be viewed through a single lens. We are integrated and holistic beings and not a set of separate compartments. Many things can affect our emotional states such as underlying medical conditions; general physical health; …

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