Who do you get support from?

Counsellors are always supported by regular supervision form someone there to  help them to sort out what issues come up for them are to do with the client and what is  their own stuff.  Once you’ve experienced this support, it is difficult to know how you managed without it. It is not to do with [...]

If you are considering leaving Medicine…

Thinking of retiring or leaving Medicine?  Please join my Facebook group Life After Medicine to discuss the challenges of this transition.

Listen to your body

Your body can communicate with you in ways which your head may not. It can be very helpful or useful to notice what happens to your body.
These are emotions which you may not have thought come from your body as much if not more than from your head. When you feel sad, for example, your [...]

Stress management metaphor

Stress management is about lightening an unwanted heavy load. When you carry a lot of stress around with you all day you might talk of having a ‘load on your mind.’
Imagine if your worries were rocks which you carried in a rucksack on your back and every time you met put another [...]

Read the introduction to my new book

Read more about my latest book on www.lifeaftermedicine.co.uk
For a brief taster right click here:
Introduction to Life After Medicine

Relaxation and refreshment

Sometimes the best way to sort things out which are worrying you or stress related is to ‘get away from it all’ even for a day or two.  By being in another  environment away from whatever causes your stress can make a huge difference to your mind set and enables you to make the decisions [...]