How can recovery coaching help a participant with a psychosocial disability? Recovery approaches acknowledge that the effects of mental health conditions and subsequent psychosocial...
What is Psychosocial Support and Recovery
To understand Psychosocial Support and Recovery Services, it is important to break down some of the common terminologies used Recovery Clinical recovery: refers to the...
Psychosocial Disability & Mental Health
Psychosocial disability is a term used to describe a disability that may arise from a mental health issue Not everyone who has a mental health condition will have a psychosocial...
Flow Into Wellbeing & Spark Your Creativity
Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives ~ Csíkszentmihályi Last year I wrote about the benefits of 'flow state', or being 'in the zone' or 'in the groove'. In...
Finding purpose during lockdown
How one woman found her purpose during lockdown Last year, Karima approached me and I thought what better time than now to share her inspiring story and how a creative pursuit...
Life Lessons My Bed Taught Me
The core concepts we need throughout our journey is consistency, dedication, patience, self-compassion and self-love. My first challenging life experience was 18 years ago when I was in...
Finding Courage Through Music
Towards the end of 2015 and in my second year of studying an undergraduate degree in Art Theory and Music, I felt my life was improving dramatically compared to my first year where I...
Dare To Be Different
Living abroad in a different culture and putting your skills and your talents to test, is an adventure that I experienced not once but twice. It was the year 2001, and fresh from nursing...
Breaking the Cycle
In life there are cycles. Repetitive and entrenched, sometimes bringing good things and other times not. Cycles can be broken. The first time I remember feeling like I was worthless was...
Finding The StrengthTo Leave a Toxic Workplace With The Help Of My Psychologist
Last September I left my secure, full time, well-paying job. I had been with the same employer for nearly 15 years. But I was fed up of being treated with contempt and condescension, by...