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If you have ever found yourself flooded with guilt when you try to relax, this isn't uncommon. Burnout has a way of making it feel hard to relax. Here's what can happen and how you can support yourself.

Grief is more than just sadness and can stir up a full range of emotions including anger, relief, loneliness, guilt and confusion. This blog outlines some of the emotions that can arise when you experience grief and loss, and how you can gain support.

Parenthood holds joy and loneliness side by side - both can be true. It’s 3 pm, and the house is buzzing with little voices. Your toddler is crying over the wrong colour cup, your older child is asking for a snack, and your coffee is stone cold. Your phone lights up with a group chat you haven’t replied to in weeks. And in that moment, it hits you: I can’t remember the last time I had a proper conversation with an adult. Loneliness is a deeply human experience - and paradoxic

Feeling stuck? Sometimes the way forward begins with asking a few quiet questions. There are seasons in life where everything feels blurry. You’re going through the motions - work, family, appointments, to-do lists - but something feels… off. You might not even be able to name what’s wrong. You just know you’re tired, flat, disconnected. Things that used to bring joy or purpose feel distant. You’re not sure what you want anymore - only that it’s not this. This kind of lostnes

In my work supporting people with a wide range of concerns, we often find that some of the heaviness sitting underneath what’s brought to counselling hasn’t been recognised for what it really is: unspoken grief. When we’re able to name a loss, something often clicks into place. The weight that’s been carried starts to make sense.

This blog explains how burnout if more than just exhaustion. Often it can involve a sense of disconnection and search for meaning.