My Blog

The seed of doubt was planted and because of the way our minds work, mine began looking for confirmation that I was indeed 'less than'.

“Within the cycle of anxiety, the joy of being alive is lost. Our world gets smaller and smaller.” — Jennifer Shannon

The first blog I ever wrote was called Mayhem. It was a description of the worst panic attack I have ever had.

Is accepting anxiety possible?

Let me take you back about 18 years. I was only a few years into a marriage and had relocated to Buckinghamshire. My friends and family...

Training to heal It was over 11 years ago that I decided that maybe my path to wellness involved training to be a counsellor. I thought...

Maureen is an older lady who has her own opinions on just about everything. She posts videos on my Tiktok account '@claires_chair' trying...

'Are you hoping it will make you famous or something? Why do you think people want to hear what you have to say? You are nothing...

What do you think 2022 will mean to you?

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all. I am well aware that for many people Christmas is not a happy time. For those of you who are sad or...

Correctly fitting shoes have always been a must for me. I have very little tolerance when it comes to ill-fitting shoes. Spending hours,...

What with work and HRT I've been a tad busy but I'm never far away. Things are settling down and soon I hope to be my organised self...

To be honest my description above is all I knew about the 'Change', that was until I started to feel like I no longer knew my own body...

As the afternoon turned into evening my commentary began.... That's the doctors closing. That's the pharmacy shut.

I'm gonna be a good Mum. I've read tons of books and have so much love to give what could possibly go wrong? Within hours of giving birth...

My first official experience of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) was a group session around 8 years ago. My doctor had referred me to...

What if I can't get up? What if I'm too tired to get through the day?

As I sit here typing I have tears tumbling down my cheeks, my stomach is doing somersaults and my heart feels like it could burst.

It was as if time stopped and I was stuck in this one moment.

It's been over a month since my last blog and what a month it has been! Some days it felt like the world is the most dangerous place to...