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theholdingspacecou
Nov 193 min read
The US Election - Caring for Ourselves in the Midst of Despair, Confusion and Sadness …
Over the last few weeks I have felt despair and grief. Grief for lost opportunities, for the insidious nature of the patriarchy and how...
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theholdingspacecou
Sep 174 min read
Hope as a Crucial Life Force
Adversity and challenge are inevitably interwoven with our increasingly complex lives, when we experience such times we can experience...
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theholdingspacecou
Aug 273 min read
The Raw Space of Grief
A few weeks ago one of my beautiful dogs became suddenly ill and died - within a day. A day during which I was hosting 10 children for...
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theholdingspacecou
Aug 134 min read
An open letter to Missy Higgins - and anyone else who's been left thinking they failed therapy ...
Those of you who’ve read my past posts may have read my previous post about Missy Higgin’s incredible song ‘A Complicated Truth’ written...
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theholdingspacecou
Jul 302 min read
I See You ...
Susan David is a Harvard Medical School psychologist who writes about emotional agility. She speaks to the need for each of us to learn...
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theholdingspacecou
Jul 232 min read
A Complicated Truth Indeed ...
Any parent who’s supported their kids through the breakdown of a relationship will I’m sure relate to Missy Higgins inmate and poignant...
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theholdingspacecou
Jul 32 min read
Self Care Beyond the Candles and Bubbles
Self care is a topic I’m pretty passionate about. While, in our capitalist society, it is frequently conscripted to be about things we...
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theholdingspacecou
Jun 252 min read
Grief - the human heart song of loss
Most of us have had numerous experiences of grief in our lifetimes. Loss is an inevitable part of human life. It might be the grief of...
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theholdingspacecou
Jun 113 min read
Parenting a Chronically Ill child ...
This is the place where my two work worlds intersect … a place I am very passionate about … bringing together my experience of working...
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theholdingspacecou
Jun 43 min read
Feeling All the Feelings
When I started counselling one of the things that I was most oblivious to was how completely disembodied I was. I remember my beautiful...
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theholdingspacecou
May 286 min read
The Searing Pain of Infidelity
If you have experienced infidelity in your intimate relationship - I am sorry you have found yourself here trying to make sense of how...
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theholdingspacecou
May 212 min read
The Most Important Thing Adults Can Do For Kids …
Parenting is hard some days … in fact if I am honest there are elements of parenting that are hard most days. Don’t get me wrong I...
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theholdingspacecou
May 142 min read
The Minefield that is Mothers Day
This Sunday just gone was Mother’s Day. A day that comes with growing recognition that there is a complexity beyond the surface level...
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theholdingspacecou
May 142 min read
Book Review: Hard to Bear: Investigating the Science and Silence of Miscarriage by Isabelle Oderberg
A review of Isabelle Oderberg's landmark book "Hard to Bear: Investigating the Science and Silence of Miscarriage"
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theholdingspacecou
May 73 min read
Pregnancy and child loss and the scars they leave behind …
This weekend just gone had a number of significant and related awareness days. Saturday was TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons)...
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theholdingspacecou
Apr 152 min read
The Bondi Junction Massacre - Holding A Space for Children’s Fear and Overwhelm
When terrifying things like the horrendous events at Bondi Junction this Saturday happen, it can be hard enough to make space for our own...
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theholdingspacecou
Mar 263 min read
The Grief of Children
Early in my career in paediatric palliative care I had the privilege of attending the International Summer Institute at the Dougy Centre...
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theholdingspacecou
Mar 183 min read
Grief - What makes it super hard in the western world?
Generally in the Western world we aren’t great at talking about or making space for people’s grief. We seem to have a collective...
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theholdingspacecou
Mar 111 min read
Why 'The Holding Space?'
I first came to the concept of Holding Space when a friend suggested I would resonate with the work of Canadian author and facilitator...
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theholdingspacecou
Feb 273 min read
Why counselling?
Some of the people I admire most in the mental health field are those who have the courage and vulnerability to share that they came to...
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