KMR Counselling Blog

Goals are an important part of measuring progress, if we have no goals, we have no direction and cannot measure our progress. If we take...

Fun fact: The average person sighs approximately once every 5 minutes. That’s 12 sighs per hour and 192 hours per day during our waking...

When I hear people talking about self-esteem, they talk about other people damaging it. The things other people say and the the...

When trauma happens, it is very easy to go down a rabbit hole of despair. There are a few tricks to use when we realise that this is what...

Parent-child relationships are often strained and fraught with conflict, sometimes to the point where you become estranged from a parent...

Four simple Ways to Make Yourself Really Happy in 10 Minutes. An 85-year-long study reveals the secret to long-term happiness. Should you...

Anxiety When an individual faces potentially harmful or worrying triggers, feelings of anxiety are not only normal but necessary for...

Rejection is an almost unavoidable aspect of being a human being. No one ever succeeds in love or in life without facing rejection. We...

The physical side of grief is something that is not often spoken about or understood. Grief is a powerful experience which can cause...

When something bad happens, we often relive the event over and over in our heads, rehashing the pain. This process is called rumination;...

Most people lack relational communication skills. No one was taught how to communicate effectively, so it makes sense that it's a...

As a person who used to catastrophise, and still does to some extent, I understand the times when we see life as bad rather than having a...

Loss is defined as: "the disruption of an attachment - an attachment to other people, to body parts, to inanimate objects, to fantasies,...

Contrary to popular misconception, you don’t have to be “crazy,” desperate, or on the brink of a meltdown to go to therapy . At the same...

If you want to feel happier in your life, it's easier to reach that goal by treating others with kindness rather than buying something...

Why The Anxious Mind Is Afraid Of Itself We live in a polarized society that likes to slap a label on everything — black or white, rich...

As we are in our second lockdown Feeling anxious in certain situations can help us avoid danger, it’s how we’ve evolved to keep ourselves...

Separation anxiety and your child. Separation anxiety is a given in most children when returning to school. For some children, it is big...