Introduction
Being aware of your physical health is becoming the norm, yet our mental health can be a different matter. For many to consider your mental health needs is a sign of weakness. Something to be avoided, kept secret or suppressed. I often talk about our 'journey of awareness'; getting to know ourselves, accepting ourselves, and finding compassion for the way we are. I look at different aspects of this journey and why it is a strength to go on this journey and not a weakness.

Many of us carry life scripts, it’s as if at some point in early childhood were given our script, the role we were to play in our family, developed through the interactions with family members. Both the giving and playing out of these scrips is often out of our awareness, but can form the way we interact with ourselves and others in adulthood. In this blog I explore my insights on life-scripts, including a scenario based on some frequenting occurring life-scripts and how it can be different between siblings.

We are all unique, and as such we are made up of different aspects of who we are; we which I refer to as our 'parts, a term often used in therapy. In a journey of self-acceptance, it is worth spending time becoming aware and accepting all of who we are. Which aspects interact well and which ones collide causing us much stress and confusion. Some parts we were born with, maybe inherited while others we developed as we interacted with life. Some parts we embrace while others we try to deny. This blog is all about parts and I hope it inspires you to go on your own journey to identify, connect with and embrace all aspects of who you are.

Do you worry that you are coming across as too needy? Alternatively, you may have long mastered the ability of pushing aside your needs to the point where you don't even notice them. Our needs don't go away, and often they are human natural needs which were not met in our childhoods and now leave a void which we unconsciously try and fill. In this blog I explore some of these needs, how they can still affect us and what we can do when we recognise the void left when they are not met.

Do you feel as if everyone around you belongs, and yet you’re the outsider? In this blog I look at our natural need to belong and what strategies we often use to help when we feel like we don't. I explore a way forward so that we can feel connected with others without losing connection with ourselves.

We are all unique, and as such we are made up of different aspects of who we are; which I refer to as our 'parts', a term often used in therapy. In a journey of self-acceptance, it is worth spending time becoming aware and accepting all of who we are. Which parts interact well and which ones collide causing us much stress and confusion. Some parts we were born with, maybe inherited, while others we developed as we interacted with others. Some parts we embrace while others we try to deny. This blog is all about parts and I hope it inspires you to go on your own journey to identify, connect with and embrace all parts of who you are.