by Josephine Hughes | Mar 8, 2018
How did you fare in the snow last week? It seems to me there’s an arc in people’s reactions to snow. At first excitement and exclamations at how pretty it is and how they’re looking forward to some enforced time off, perhaps with the children. As the days go by,...
by Josephine Hughes | Mar 1, 2018
The UK is in the midst of a cold snap called "The Beast from the East". There's a lot of snow and I suspected my neighbours might be laughing at the futility of me clearing the drive with a snow shovel when an hour later it needed the same treatment again. I was...
by Josephine Hughes | Feb 21, 2018
I vividly remember the first time I understood what mindfulness was about. It was a dark night and I was having trouble sleeping. My mind was flitting from subject to subject but suddenly I took notice of where I was and what was happening. I noticed the quiet...
by Josephine Hughes | Feb 15, 2018
Breathing comes naturally and sometimes my clients will remind me of this when I suggest they try some breathing. The wonderful thing about breathing is yes, it does come naturally, but it can also be under our conscious control. It is the most natural thing in the...
by Josephine Hughes | Feb 7, 2018
One of my fellow counselling students, looking back on the course, said to me she thought the main reason she undertook five arduous years of study and self-reflection was because she needed an excuse to receive counselling. As the course requirements included over...
