Do you struggle to ask for help?
During the Covid lockdown I started doing the shopping for some neighbours who were isolating because they’re immunocompromised. I’d...
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Caeredwen
- Apr 8
- 4 min
Living on a spectrum.
We’ve all heard about people ‘being on a spectrum’ and the term is usually used to describe people with differences such as autism, OCD...
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Caeredwen
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Winnie the Pooh and the Very Deep Pit.
Do you remember Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump? Pooh and Piglet decide to catch a Heffalump by digging a Very Deep Pit into which the...
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Caeredwen
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Staying in control
Recently I’ve found myself talking a lot about abusive relationships, mainly to people who don’t realise they’re in one. When I suggest...
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Caeredwen
- Jan 3
- 4 min
What day is it?
My husband bought me this coaster for Christmas. I love Winnie-the-Pooh, so it was quite a safe bet from someone who has made some...
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Caeredwen
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
An explanation of snowflakes
One of the most common things I see in what I’ll call the anti-mental health awareness agenda is an accusation of 'snowflakism'. Young...
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Caeredwen
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Give me a break!
One of the most commonly mentioned criticisms of Bowen therapy - from people who haven't had it explained to them, that is - is that...
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Caeredwen
- Oct 25, 2021
- 5 min
Why does everyone treat me like a doormat?
Someone posted this question in a Facebook group that I’m a member of recently, and went on to complain that they’re tired of always...
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Caeredwen
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
How's your inner child?
I was watching a video by Mark Rober on YouTube the other day. In case you don’t know, Mark is an engineer who used to work for NASA, but...
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Caeredwen
- Jun 28, 2021
- 5 min
Oh I wish I could, but...
There was a lovely line in Friends where Phoebe is invited to do something and she says 'Oh, I wish I could, but - I don't want to.' I...
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Caeredwen
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
I had no choice.
People in movies say this all the time; it’s the basis of most plots. The protagonist has to go to Columbia, or kill someone, or rob a...
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Caeredwen
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
I'm rubbish at that.
If I get it wrong, I’ll look stupid. People will laugh. When I was seven years old I made a gooseberry flan. When I’d finished my mother...
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Caeredwen
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Being the grown-up
During the Covid-19 lockdown I heard some heartfelt stories from single parents talking about how alone they felt and how hard it is to...
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Caeredwen
- Mar 22, 2021
- 6 min
Anxiety - Let's get physical
I hear a lot of people saying that they have anxiety, and is it normal for them to have this or that symptom? Or people saying that they...
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Caeredwen
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
Mothers' Day
This Sunday is Mothers’ Day. Usually on that day my Facebook feed is full of posts talking about how wonderful individual mothers, and...
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Caeredwen
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Peer pressure
Remember when you were at school and you did something a bit stupid or irresponsible and when your mother asked you why you did it, you...
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Caeredwen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 7 min
New Year, New You... Or not...
5 Tips to keeping your New Year Resolutions Have you made your resolutions this year? If you have, do you think you’re going to keep...
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Caeredwen
- Dec 22, 2020
- 6 min
12 Days of Christmas - Invasion!
Whether you always host Christmas, whether it's done on some kind of rotation around the family and it's Your Turn, or whether you're...
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Caeredwen
- Dec 21, 2020
- 5 min
12 Days of Christmas - Traditionally we, er, have a rubbish time
But we always do that at Christmas!! Whatever 'that' is, whether it’s wearing silly hats at the table, visiting your grandmother, eating...
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Caeredwen
- Dec 20, 2020
- 5 min
I'm sick of all the negativity!
You and me both. Every time I go onto Facebook there are people being outraged, disappointed, angry and indignant about the things other...
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