I am often the first person with whom my patients share significant and intimate thoughts and memories; I never take that privileged position for granted nor the opportunity to help someone to feel better about themselves and discover a more fulfilling life. One of my colleague once described me as natural psychologist; I guess she was alluding to the fact that I feel at ease being a therapist, I can empathise with people’s distress and discomfort but don’t feel overwhelmed by it, I can understand their problem and know how to help, it has always just felt like what I should be doing.
This is the 7th of 9 blogs in the series How to Get Pregnant Fast. In this article I am going to explain the importance of emotional wellbeing to your fertility. This blog will give you the key facts and highlights, but for more details check out the book I have written to accompany this series: How To Get Pregnant Fast by Dr Emma Gray The emotional challenge of becoming a parent Becoming a parent is one of the major transitions of adult life for both men and women and the […]...
Being close to someone who is suffering from a mental health problem can be very difficult, not knowing how to help, feeling confused about what is going on, feeling frustrated with the person, the situation, or yourself, maybe feeling isolated and hopeless about what to do next. In this blog I am going to share 6 tips to help you to help the person that you care about. 1. Inform Yourself An important first step is to find out as much as you can about the problem that your friend […]...
Here is a quick tip to help you in the battle against low self-esteem and depression. To a certain extent rules help us to live our lives, they keep us safe both physically and emotionally and they guide us in a productive direction. The most powerful rules are the rules we make for ourselves. However, past a certain point these rules can start to work against us, they can become a stick with which to beat ourselves with, a way of proving to ourselves that we are not good enough. […]...
This is the 6th blog in the series How to Get Pregnant Fast. In this article I am going to show you how to supercharge your fertility with some Alternative and Complementary Approaches including Chinese Medicine, Yoga and Massage. This blog will give you the key facts and highlights, for more details check out the book I have written to accompany this series: How To Get Pregnant Fast by Dr Emma Gray Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Studies suggest acupuncture can boost fertility. By placing needles at key energy meridians linked to the […]...
