Everyone is looking for something tangible that relieves the negative effects of worry, anxiety, fear, insomnia and other unpleasant human conditions. Meditation has been found to provide amazingly positive results
Author: Erica Fotineas
Hypnosis – a portal to the sub-conscious mind
An interview with Clinical Hypnotist: Frankie Stacey-Bateman. Frankie is a Registered Nurse who has a post-graduate qualification in Hypnosis. She kindly shared her time with me to discuss and explain
Grief: The final stages of depression and acceptance.
The fourth stage of grief: Depression While the bargaining phase of grief is marked with motivation and energetic engagement, the depressive stage is heavily silent. It is the lone figure
The Emotional Experience of the Palliative Caregiver.
Palliative Care Over the last several years, many articles have been written about the concept of palliative care. At its most basic, palliative care means that instead of aggressively trying
Old world glimpses of candle-light, aromatherapy and a simple life.
Candle-light Candle light… it connects us to a way of life which now appears sentimentally quaint, but which we also seem to yearn for with subtle disquiet. Life as it
The Third Stage Grief – Bargaining
Bargaining: a reconnection with hope. Desperation is felt when all attempts of denial and anger have not amounted to any sense of relief from the terrible pain of loss or
Stages of Grief, the unfolding emotional journey continues.
Stage 2 of Grief: Anger In the painful suffering of great loss, denial eventually cannot be maintained as the truth of a situation is just too substantial to avoid any
Denial – the first of the five stages of grief.
We know what has happened, why denial? Whether you have received a diagnosis or lost a loved one, the temporary defense we use to dull the blow is called denial.
Animal Medicine – do pets really make a difference?
Animals in the form of our beloved pets don’t discriminate between nice people and grumpy ones. They throw their joy at you like guests throw confetti at weddings, and when
That which is born of sadness: a normal response…..not mental illness.
You don’t need a religious affiliation to recognise a sense of soulfulness in the life we live. Confronting our mortality draws this soulfulness up to the surface like a turtle