anxiety

Walking Mediation – a New Years resolution for Anxiety

[st_row][st_column][st_text el_title=”Particularly at New Year…” id_wrapper=”text_593b19f3b04c72ec109d84701db61d89″ ]Particularly at New Year, we find ourselves thinking about making changes to our lives. We’ve all made those resolutions and we’ve all frequently failed to achieve them. Most have dropped away by the end of the January, if not before. Often the most successful resolutions or changes that we …

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Managing your mental health at Christmas and New Year

[st_heading el_title=”Open House – 15th November” text_align=”center” ]Open House – 15th November[/st_heading] [st_row div_padding_bottom=”40″ id_wrapper=”elm_5a7342b4a2531″ ][st_column span=”span12″][st_image image_file=”https://aspirecounselling.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Mind-Sanctuary.jpg” image_size_wrapper=”” image_size=”full” image_alignment=”center” m_div_margin_top=”20″ m_div_margin_bottom=”20″ m_image_alignment=”center” id_wrapper=”image_ce04cc8f6ee6d601671b9f06f00eb741″ ][/st_image][/st_column][/st_row][st_row][st_column][st_heading el_title=”Open House – 15th November” ]Open House – 15th November[/st_heading][st_spacer ][/st_spacer][st_text id_wrapper=”text_f9be81a4a69061d75430a787674a8699″ ]We are holding an open house at The Mind Sanctuary on Thursday 15th November.  Come visit us between …

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We have moved to The Mind Sanctuary

It happens to all of us. We can sometimes get so caught up with whats happening that we struggle to see a way forward. When we are so concerned by what has happened in the past or could happen in the future we can find ourselves struggling to know what is best to do right …

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Mental health – asking for help is ok

It happens to all of us. We can sometimes get so caught up with whats happening that we struggle to see a way forward. When we are so concerned by what has happened in the past or could happen in the future we can find ourselves struggling to know what is best to do right …

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Welcoming a baby and managing your feelings

Giving birth is a miraculous thing. Expectations are high, and everyone is excited. Its a time of great change in the lives of everyone involved. With the transition of welcoming a new baby into the world, there is often stress coupled with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. Sometimes these feelings occur postpartum and sometimes they …

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When life seems like a difficult jigsaw puzzle

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Counselling in Singapore: Common Issues Expats Face

[st_row id_wrapper=”elm_5947dfa9ed6e9″ ][st_column span=”span12″ id_wrapper=”elm_5947dfa9ed69a” ][st_text el_title=”Moving into an unknown culture can be a confusing,” wrapper_padding_top=”0″ wrapper_padding_left=”0″ wrapper_padding_bottom=”0″ wrapper_padding_right=”0″ wrapper_bg_opacity_slider=”” id_wrapper=”elm_5947dfa9ed639″ ]Aspire Counselling is featured in Expat Living Singapore, published 11th January 2017, read Maria’s thoughts on Cultural identify crisis and marital issues affecting expats Read the full article at http://www.expatliving.sg/counselling-singapore-issues-exp…/ The following is an …

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Do you look at yourself?

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When My Depression Seems Like Laziness to Others

This article from Caitlin Ainsworth writing on The Mighty, describes what many of our clients can feel. They struggle to get out of bed and from the outside they are percieved to be lazy and unfocused. At times they may also see themselves this way. In the article referenced below, Caitlin describes how life feels to …

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Struggled to get out of bed today?

“I really struggled to get out of bed today. Did you? I didn’t get up until noon. It was the same yesterday. Then I was hard on myself for it and as a result, I had a miserable day.  Today, the same happened, but I decided to be kind to myself. The difference? I gave …

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