Moving into the New Normal
I have been grieving. I didn’t realise it at first, I thought I was just in denial. I wanted everything to go back to how…
The Brain’s Response to Trauma
Our response to trauma determines its affect on us, writes Lucinda. All of us, to one degree or another, are carrying at least some unresolved…
Healing Generational Trauma: the Gateway to Compassion
We all might be wanting to feel some compassion at the moment, it’s a good feeling to feel. But what about those who hurt us?…
Why might we be regressing to our childhood selves – and what we can do about it
I recently spoke to Stylist Magazine about why this pandemic can cause us to regress to our childhood selves. Why is this? 1. We have…
Compassion Fatigue During the Pandemic
Given this current pandemic, we might perhaps be getting close to, or already suffering from, compassion fatigue. Symptoms of compassion fatigue include no longer feeling…
Breathe, Sing, See, Be Seen, Walk, Diffusing feeling stuck with the ventral vagal
Many people are currently experiencing a feeling of stuckness. We are all vulnerable to feeling traumatised at the moment. All of us. This might just…
Covid-19 is a collective trauma – how we can protect ourselves from traumatisation
All of the current conditions that we find ourselves in are ripe conditions for us to feel traumatised. We have loss of safety, loss of…
Practising Gratitude
To be in a state of gratitude is one of the most blissful states to be in. When we feel like we are in…
Character Strengths
How Can I Find Some Strength? Image credit @georgiadelotz We’re immersed in a challenging time. We have all been in isolation for at least a…
Grounding Techniques
Lucinda writes on grounding techniques to help with the rise in anxiety surrounding coronavirus and self-isolation… It is no secret that change has come thick…