Category: wellbeing
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Today was good. Less responsibility more happiness.
Today was a lovely day. I finally got to take my aunt out for her Christmas present of afternoon tea. It was a lovely few hours. Talking and marvelling at the day. She is an amazing woman who has done so much for me and many others. She deserved a treat. The big unexpected win…
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Trauma Therapy Session 14: Post day 3. It’s not my fault!
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also to help me reflect and find the lessons to move forward. I know many people would find it hard to believe but I blamed myself for so many of the horrid things in my past. Not fully, but…
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New job. Six top tips to get you started.
New jobs are a natural transition in many of our lives. They are exciting and nerve wracking times. Filled with the loss of old teams and the vast opportunity to shape new relationships and goals. I have the absolute privilege of starting a new role within Inclusion and Diversity. It’s an area which goes beyond…
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Trauma Therapy Session 13: Post day 3. This one’s just for me…
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also to help me reflect and find the lessons to move forward. To anyone out there following my therapy journey, apologises I can’t give you a download on the last session it was one that I think I will…
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An honest post. We all struggle sometimes.
Honest post warning!!! This is me blubbing on the train back from London. This is what it looks like when someone’s cup is a little too full. It was a tricky session yesterday with my psychologist. All nesscary work I am sure, but it left me feeling drained and a little fragile. I pushed through…
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Trauma Therapy Session 12: Post day 5. Balanced view on responsibility.
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also help me reflect and find the lessons to move me forward. As so often the case not entirely the session I was expecting but so helpful. I had a few things I wanted to sign post before we…
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Walking on sunshine
I had to jump on really quickly today and let you all know how great I am feeling. Therapy is so productive. I have found a new level of openness with the hubby. I am settled into some new amazing hobbies (Yoga and Archery) I am not yet smashing it in a new job but…
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Resilience. Its about struggling, failing, falling down…then getting back up.
Resilience is something many in the modern professional world aspire to. An office buzzword, sometimes thrown around with little understanding of the meaning. I have heard this word positioned by many a leader as a skill to withstand prolonged periods of uncertainty, a way to hold fast in a storm, an idea you can carry…
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Trauma Therapy Session 11: Post day 8. Beliefs we don’t want.
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also help me reflect and find the lessons to move me forward. The last session held some more conversation about one of the flash backs I suffer with. In all honesty it is still a subject I may have…
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Six reasons you don’t want help. Challenge yourself to do something different today.
I could list so many people I know right now who are unhappy. For some of them it’s a subtle feeling…I don’t remember the last time I felt truly happy. For others they have confided in me they have struggled so much they have considered taking their own lives. What do many of these people…
Rowan Aderyn 