So, how are you really coping with lockdown, and the Covid19 pandemic, with it's many repercussions. Are you struggling with your moods? Feeling deep grief, anger or anxiety? Or perhaps you have just shut down and are feeling numb. It's ok, these are all completely...
A funny time of year It is meant to be the season of togetherness, joy, family and giving. But Xmas also brings up depression and anxiety. Depression in peri-menopause is also very real. I was shocked to read that the biggest risk for suicide in women is between the...
Actually, anger is a mild word for what women sometimes experience at their menopause. Really, it’s more like RAGE . and it a symptom that doesn’t often get a mention, but does come up a lot. I mean how does one treat anger anyway ? It’s not a medical condition is it?...
Things we don't talk about Peri-menopause is a big transition in a women’s life, and one we are often not prepared for. First of all we just don’t talk about these things do we? When we start experiencing changes, whether they be with our bodies, mind or emotions it...
“ I feel responsible for everything that is happening in the world” Mary was 52 when she came to see me for the first time. Her periods had stopped 2 years ago but since then she had been obsessed with thoughts of death and feelings of panic and anxiety....
Every afternoon at about 4 o clock there was a delicious, warm sunny spot in my bedroom in Cape Town. It was perfectly timed for when I got home from school. I can remember collapsing onto my bed still in my hockey clothes, muddy and a bit sweaty into that...
I have spent most of my life striving to change things. In my teens I wanted to change my school, my home and my parents. In my twenties I became an environmental activist and I tried to change the world. In my late twenties and thirties, I got into psychology,...
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