Undiagnosed and Unsure: Questioning ADHD, Autism and AuDHD   You've always found ways to make things work. School was manageable if you stayed organised. Work is fine as long as you plan ahead, keep lists, and don't leave too much to chance. You've built...

ADHD, Autism and AuDHD Coaching for Communication and Relationships   "I don't know what I did wrong, but I know it was something." It might be a conversation that went quiet and you don't know why. A message you sent that landed differently from how you meant...

Neurodivergent Shame, Self-Worth and the Messages We Carry   Too dramatic. Too sensitive. Intense. Too quiet, too shy, unsociable. If you're ADHD, autistic or AuDHD, the chances are you've heard some version of both. Not from the same person, necessarily, or in...

The Energy Account   Do you spend more than you save? Most of us are aware of our money and how much we have. We notice when we've overspent. We think about what we can afford before we commit. We know, roughly, what our balance looks like and what happens if we...

Why Comparison Hurts: Self-Worth and Internalised Ableism "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." I have been known to use this quote in my work. It captures something...

The Impact of Sensory Overload Sometimes the hardest thing to explain about sensory overload is that it doesn't always look the way people expect it to. It isn't always about loud noises or flashing lights or crowded rooms. Sometimes it's the hum of a fridge. The...

Most people who come to see me don't arrive talking about neurodivergent masking. They're tired. Things feel harder than they should. They've been coping for a long time, and something about it isn't working anymore. Some people notice that they seem to manage fine...

Many neurodivergent adults and children live with a kind of exhaustion that's hard to put into words. It's not the tiredness that comes from a bad night's sleep or a busy week. It sits deeper than that; in your body, in your thinking, in your ability to keep going....

Both counselling and coaching can be helpful for supporting people who are neurodivergent and I’ll be looking at why this is the case and what each can offer in terms of supporting your wellbeing now and in the future. Counselling tends to work with things that have...

As our attitudes towards mental health are changing, we are becoming more open and accepting that just as we can enjoy positive physical health, so we can enjoy positive mental health. I wonder though, how much of a connection we make between the two, or whether the...

I wanted to write something a little different for this blog as grief is such a personal journey.  While it has been studied and written about extensively, everyone’s experience of it remains as unique to them as the circumstances surrounding the loss they are...

Change is something that everyone has had to deal with over the past 18 months in a whole host of different ways.  We have lived through three lockdowns and had to adjust to a new normal, both going into and coming out of them.  Then there are all the other changes...

When I started thinking about kindness for this post, I thought I would start with a definition because you need to be clear what you are talking about, right?  However, when I started thinking about it and looking at the various definitions that are out there, I...

It feels as though anxiety is prevalent at the moment.  We hear such a lot about it in the media, particularly as a result of the huge changes which have been imposed on us by Covid-19.  But what is it? And what can we do if it has become such an issue that it affects...

Counselling can offer a space where the focus is on you.  Just you.  It offers a place where you can speak your unspoken thoughts and feelings, helping you to process and ultimately have greater control of them.  It can help you towards a better understanding of what...