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Vision Boards – Why and How
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Vision Boards – Why and How

In a recent session a client asked if I had some advice on how to make a vision board. She’d never done one before and wanted to give it a

Me, my body and I
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Me, my body and I

Siobhan Breslin2021-02-02T11:29:15+02:00Tags: body positive, connection, counsellor, healing, person centered counsellor, self-healing, self-love|

✨ I was a little overweight in my teens but my parents had me on diets from age 11! I learned to hate my body and my response was to

Shame

Siobhan Breslin2020-11-25T11:50:21+02:00Tags: addictions, fear, guilt, loneliness, self-esteem., shame|

This is a word you hear a lot in South Africa! I don't know the history behind it, but after living here for 11 years, I find myself saying as

Lost
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Lost

Siobhan Breslin2020-09-28T02:17:26+02:00Tags: alone, emotional guidance system, fear, fear of being alone, feeling lost, life, love, relationships|

A friend wrote to me a few years ago and all he said was..."Am lost". Now I was pretty sure he wasn't trying to drive to my house at that

Alone
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Alone

Siobhan Breslin2020-09-07T14:59:07+02:00Tags: abuse, abusive relationships, alone, childhood trauma, connecting to self, connection, meditation, recovery, relationships, self-healing, survival, trauma|

It’s just over a year since I ended my last relationship. It took me a few months of misery before the end to work out that I was abandoning

Broken Hearts Were Always Whole
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Broken Hearts Were Always Whole

Siobhan Breslin2020-08-19T16:57:21+02:00Tags: blogging, broken heart, broken hearts, hearts, life lessons, love, moving on, relationships, self-love|

I love hearts, I collected them for years while I was married. Ceramic hearts, wooden hearts, hearts with phrases that resonate with my soul, bowls with hearts on them. There

Your Values & Beliefs = Shape of You
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Your Values & Beliefs = Shape of You

Siobhan Breslin2020-08-11T13:46:54+02:00Tags: Beliefs, body positive, Core Values & Beliefs, counselling, online counselling, online counselling london, person centered counsellor, self-acceptence, self-healing, self-love, Values|

If you haven’t heard Ed Sheeran's song “Shape of You” then seriously, what rock have you been hiding under? I fell in love with it the first time I heard it;

Magical Other Within Reboot
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Magical Other Within Reboot

Siobhan Breslin2020-08-04T10:06:40+02:00Tags: abuse, anxiety, counselling, depression, magical other, online counselling, online counselling cape town, online counselling london, person centered counsellor, relationships, therapy|

Welcome to my first Holistic Life Counselling blog post! My intention is to share things I've experienced and learned on my journey to wholeness (which, let's not get ahead of