A psychotherapist with 30 years experience, my book explains 20 common ways that trauma can affect our lives and how we can break free and find resilience.
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My letter published in @The_Tablet supports the idea that we do not live by facts alone...
Ft. a book I love by @dr_mcgilchrist 🧠.
🔗 Read my letter here: thetablet.co.uk/letters/we-d…
#Psychology #Philosophy #Neuroscience #wellbeing #mentalhealth
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Finding Your Feet. 👣🇯🇵
In my new Substack piece, I explore Japanese #uwabaki, #reflexology, and #feet.
Read more here: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p… ✨
May interest you @OfficialMelB with your work: @womensaid @RefugeCharity @SolaceWomensAid @centrepointuk @fawcettsociety
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'Who we are as humans does not always present itself fully formed.' 🌸⛰️ Read my second article inspired by my travels in Japan: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#Japan #MentalHealth #Travel #SelfDiscovery #MountFuji
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I was wowed by #Japan. It inspired me to write this #haiku and about #cherryblossoms, #CSLewis, and the new play at the @aldwychtheatre 🎭💭 Take a few minutes to read my new Substack this morning ☕📖
talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#MentalHealth #Healing #TraumaHealing
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Just published a new piece exploring how nature, art, and trauma intersect 🌿✨
Inspired by a recent visit to @Tate Modern and the powerful work of Mâret Ánne Sara.
Read here: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#ThePowerOfConnection #TraumaHealing #NatureWisdom #MentalHealthMatters 🌱
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Understanding trauma gives us tools. Much needed today. #trauma #mentalhealth #therapy @Traumafsw @MindCharity @BACP @JKPBooks
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From witnessing history and trauma in #China 🇨🇳 to stepping onto new ground in #Japan 🇯🇵, this trip has already begun to shift something deeper — about memory, loyalty, and the courage it takes to stay open.
Read more here 👉 talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#TraumaHealing #MentalHealth
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A new piece on my Substack—reflecting on silence, secrecy, and the unseen weight of contribution 🕊️
Inspired by a visit to @bletchleypark, I explore what it means to act without recognition🤔
Read here: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#BletchleyPark #WorldWarII #TraumaHealing
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In my new Substack article, I write about Unspeakable: Gwen Adshead and @eileenmhorne invite us to sit with complexity — where pain, memory, and meaning intertwine, and where understanding can gently begin to transform us 🧠🌿
Read more: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#MentalHealth
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My letter in @ChurchTimes is out now: The place of therapy in the life of the ordained 🕊️
Faith and mental-health care are not opposites. They are both integral to living, serving, and healing. 💬✨
Read here: churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
#MentalHealth #FaithAndHealing #ChurchLife
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✨ Highly recommended Arts for the Blues – a 2-day training course with @edgehill. Shows how the arts can support mental health in powerful, practical ways 🎨🎶
Find out more and book: edgehill.ac.uk/industry/cont…
#MentalHealth #CPD #Therapy #Wellbeing @SalfordUni
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Do you remember making resolutions? And then life happens. 💭
That’s exactly why I set up Talking Trauma 2 years ago — a mental health Substack to help people navigate life’s challenges. 🌿
Let us know what speaks to you.
Follow the link here: talkingtrauma.substack.com
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My new Substack asks a difficult question 🎭🧠 What happens when psychological suffering is presented as entertainment? Reflecting on Woman in Mind — revived under @mrmrlonghurst and written by Alan Ayckbourn — I found myself moved but troubled
Read: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
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New in the @ChurchTimes: my latest article explores an antidote for an age of impunity — the discipline of slow looking.
In a culture that rewards speed and outrage, steadiness can disappear⚖️
Read here:
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
#MentalHealth #TraumaHealing @CovCathedral
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I’m delighted to share that my book is now available in Spanish as '20 maneras de liberarte del trauma' 🎉
So grateful to the brilliant @lectorum and @JKPBooks for helping these words travel further.
Find the Spanish edition here:
bookdelivery.com/gb-en/book-…
#MentalHealth
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Abdicating Adults 🌊👶➡️🧭
What happens when no one steady is holding the oars?
In my latest Substack, I reflect on trauma, responsibility, and what it really means to “adult” in turbulent times, drawing on a poem by Kathy Galloway.
talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
@churchscotland
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Have you ever sensed something isn’t quite right — but can’t yet name it? 💭
In my new blog, I reflect on Stephen Poliakoff’s 2013 drama and the uneasy feeling of living through turbulent times.
Read here: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
#MentalHealth #TraumaHealing #Psychotherapy
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A trauma-informed educator at home or in schools changes children’s trajectory and environments.
@NEUnion @TISUK_ @WorthitCIC @nasen_org #traumainformed #traumainformedschools #school
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When our centre is shaken and fear rises in the body, it can feel like standing in a strong wind. 🌬️🌳 Maybe we need tree wisdom today.
Read my article here: talkingtrauma.substack.com/p…
With gratitude to those who protect the trees — @WoodlandTrust and @GreenpeaceUK 🌍
#Healing
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Grief is complex. It does not always look like tears🖤
In my new blog, The Child We Barely Knew, I reflect on the film #Hamnet, parental loss, and the way grief lives on.
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/talkin…
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#Hamnet #Grief #Shakespeare #EmilyDickinson #MichaelRosen
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