by Josephine Hughes | Jul 17, 2018
“School’s Out for Summer” is a great rallying cry on social media in July. I notice my Facebook feed has a definite trend at this time of year. For the first week of the school holidays there are general celebrations that school is out and there’s no need to get up...
by Josephine Hughes | Jun 29, 2018
Vicissitudes is an interesting word to roll the tongue and lips around. It is a word I’ve been learning to use recently. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines it as follows: changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or...
by Josephine Hughes | Jun 19, 2018
When I was working with new parents, a midwife related a story of visiting a mother who had recently had a baby. The extended family were all there celebrating. During the course of the visit she asked the new Dad how he was – he became upset and told her she was...
by Josephine Hughes | Jun 12, 2018
As a counsellor one of the things I witness is the hurt that people have suffered when they have difficult relationships in their past. The days celebrating fathers or mothers can be very hard for them. Even where there has been a close, loving, relationship with a...
by Josephine Hughes | May 17, 2018
I was walking the dog this morning and heard a mother shouting at her teenage son. It made me remember what a stressful time of year this is for families of young people who are embarking on their exams. Sometimes parents think it would be easier for them to sit the...
