​​💜 My blessings: I'm a proud mum of two girls and two boys (all adults now), and grandma to my 2 gorgeous granddaughters. I have been living with my partner on the beautiful Wirral Peninsular for the past 27 years.

 

I previously worked in IT for many years in the family business, a niche footwear retail environment... and when I was much younger I worked in primary schools in North Wales as a nursery nurse (TA these days), in my time I've also been an aerobics instructor, a waitress, a nanny ... and I've lived in both the Netherlands and the USA.​

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I've always had a fascination with the mind which is why I did my psychology degree, and while doing a dissertation on dyslexia ... I found out I was neurodivergent myself. I am dyscalculic ... the maths and number one, and later on I realised I'm actually Inattentive ADHD with it. And believe me, it answered so many questions and made a lot of sense.

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​A few years back, wanting a change from my work in IT, I was drawn back onto the psychological path and retrained in Counselling and in Hypnotherapy and now I'm happy to have my own private practice ...plus at my age I come with plenty of lived experience - good, bad and ugly!​

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As a more 'mature' woman, I'm post-menopausal, so I have a keen interest in this area and have done extra training, my own journey has not been a smooth sail, so I certainly do understand that it can be quite complex and there can be a fallout in all areas of your life, with home-life, relationships, social life and work.

It certainly can ripple out everywhere. ... there is also quite a bit of new research about hormones and ADHD, so there can be a double whammy with menopause and neurodivegence.

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For my mental health I love reading, mindfulness meditation and have been known to enjoy the odd yoga and sound-bath session, however 🤷‍♀️ like most people I frequently need reminding to practice what I preach!!

 

... And my clients will tell you I'm always preaching about self care​. It's so important. ​

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My dynamic trio of self-care:

✧ self-awareness     

✧ curiosity    

✧ boundaries

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​💚 Suicide Awareness :

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I am both Livingworks ASIST - a 'Gold Standard' Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training - and Livingworks safeTALK trained.

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I currently volunteer one day a week at 'The Jade L Roberts Project' in Liverpool, counselling adults 18+ who have found themselves in suicidal crisis, I've been there for just over 2 years now, and they all do amazing and inspiring work ... literally life-saving work!​

They also run the Livingworks training classes for the  Liverpool region - see their website below for further details. I highly recommend them.

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The project currently runs on donations so if you are ever looking for a worthy cause to raise funds for ......