by Gemma Antcliffe | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog
This year “Blue Monday” will fall on Monday 20th January. The date was calculated by Dr Cliff Arnall, a university professor taking into account: Cold weather and shorter days Debt incurred from Christmas which cannot be paid off easily The time since Christmas The...
by Gemma Antcliffe | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog
It’s a new year! The presents have been opened, the turkey and all the trimmings have been eaten, Big Ben has struck midnight and most of us have now returned to work. As we leave one decade behind and enter 2020, many of us may well have embarked upon a set of New...
by Gemma Antcliffe | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog
I wrote about the IAPT service (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) in my blog back in May but it seems it is still hitting the headlines, and not for the right reasons. Up to 95,000 people are waiting for up to 90 days to access the counselling they need...
by Gemma Antcliffe | Nov 28, 2019 | Blog
Halloween and bonfire night have been and gone, it’s starting to get dark around 4pm and the Christmas songs are being played on the radio. The countdown to Christmas is truly on. Society assumes we are all looking forward to Christmas and why could we not? After all...
by Gemma Antcliffe | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog
I have recently had to engage in some honest self reflection about how I feel towards another person. They are loud and love to be the centre of attention. I have purposely kept my distance from this person and find myself inwardly rolling my eyes whenever they speak...
by Gemma Antcliffe | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog
Over the last few days my Facebook page has been inundated with pictures of beaming children in their school uniforms, ready to start their new school or class for the year. For each child the start of September brings with it a fresh new uniform, new stationery, new...