by Josephine Hughes | Nov 15, 2018
Every 13th November is World Kindness Day - when acts of kindness are promoted across the globe. It got me thinking. Is it sometimes easier to be kinder to others than to ourselves? Have you ever noticed how you might be being unkind to yourself? This might be in...
by Josephine Hughes | Aug 14, 2018
If you’re a parent with a student expecting A Level results you don’t need me to tell you the results are due this week. Naturally the focus is very much on students but for parents this can be a terrifying time. Sometimes it feels like the results reflect on us,...
by Josephine Hughes | Jul 30, 2018
The long hot spell in the UK has well and truly broken and after the very humid weather, rain feels like a welcome relief. However it also made me wonder how parents looking after their children are faring. It can be hard when everyone is stuck indoors and ideas...
by Josephine Hughes | Mar 16, 2018
Sometimes I make life hard for myself. As a counsellor I put myself under pressure to have all the answers. I expect myself to have life all sorted. I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you to know that I don’t! So, like everyone else, I can have days where it...
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,...
