Remembering a loved one who has passed becomes a way of cherishing the person and honouring what they gave us.

As a counsellor who works with couples, one of the clearest markers of a steady relationship is the willingness each person shows to be influenced by the other.

If you want to offer encouragement, focus on the other person's experience, not your own.

Helping children grow into kind, capable adults begins by modelling the same qualities ourselves, not unkind and cruel corporal punishment.

Life doesn't begin only when you've cleared your to-do list, it's happening right now.

Slow down and smell the roses shouldn't just be a saying. See life as a privilege rather than something to rush through

Algorithms push bad news to the top – but research shows that repeated exposure to violent news heightens stress, anxiety, and depression.

Bullying isn't inevitable – behaviour patterns can be interrupted and replaced, but only if we're willing to take prevention seriously and consistently.

As a client in therapy as well as a counsellor who sees clients, I've learned one of the reasons counsellors benefit from their own therapy is gaining an understanding of what it's like on the other side.

We often underestimate children's capacity to understand grief. We imagine them as too fragile or too innocent – as though sparing them the sorrow somehow preserves their childhood.

The problem isn't the tool; it's how we shape expectations about learning.

We all want happiness – but we need more than that to thrive.