Am I anxious or just overwhelmed? Understanding anxious attachment versus stress
When you’re feeling emotionally reactive or unsettled, it can be difficult to tell whether you're experiencing anxious attachment or if...
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Janine Miller
Oct 22 min read
Am I avoidant or just overwhelmed? Exploring attachment styles, stress, and fatigue
When life feels overwhelming, it’s natural to wonder if you're withdrawing emotionally because of avoidant attachment or simply because...
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Janine Miller
Oct 22 min read
Self-care Isn’t consumerism: bell hooks on radical healing (Part 2 of 2 posts)
In the first part of this series , we explored how bell hooks viewed self-care as an act of resistance. But there’s another side to this...
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Janine Miller
Oct 22 min read
Self-care as resistance: lessons from bell hooks (Part 1 of 2 posts)
In today’s fast-paced world, self-care has become a buzzword, often linked to bubble baths, face masks, and treating yourself to a fancy...
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Janine Miller
Jul 173 min read
Creating internal safety: a guide for healing from complex trauma
Dealing with complex trauma can feel like an endless storm, but creating a sense of internal safety can help you find calm within the...
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Janine Miller
Jul 174 min read
Lessons from Horses: Embracing Mindfulness, Agency, and Connection
We can see them as beautiful, handsome and noble. We can see them as large and spirited. They can be dainty and graceful. They can be...
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Janine Miller
Jul 172 min read
Breaking free from internalised oppression
In our previous post, we explored how we internalise oppressive power structures and the profound impact this has on our lives. Now,...
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Janine Miller
Jul 172 min read
Understanding how we internalise oppressive power structures
In the vast tapestry of human history, power structures have always played a pivotal role in shaping societies, cultures, and...
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Janine Miller
Jul 172 min read
Breaking the cycle: Understanding intermittent reinforcement in psychological abuse
Psychological abuse in intimate relationships can be particularly insidious due to a tactic known as intermittent reinforcement. This...
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Janine Miller
Jul 174 min read
Unseen wounds: Recognising psychological abuse in relationships
Psychological abuse, also referred to as emotional abuse, is a silent torment that disproportionately affects women and marginalised...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20211 min read
What would we tell our 15 year old selves?
My colleagues and I put together this really touching post about what we would tell our 15 year ild selves: https://nisad.ngo/what-we-wou...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Social anxiety during Covid19 – Why is going back out into the world so hard?
2020 has been a very unusual year… with large scale government policies to keep people at home and away from each other in order to...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20211 min read
What are the signs and symptoms of stress that I need to be aware of?
We all experience stress differently in different situations. So we all have our own unique collection of signs that indicate that we...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20212 min read
Are you stressing about stress in pregnancy?
Women are told to enjoy their pregnancy… To take it easy and look after themselves and their unborn baby. That is easily said and...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Black Lives Matter – blog post from a Therapist of Colour
I am a psychotherapist, a person of colour and a South African living in Sweden. I’ve been watching the news of the events unfolding in...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Change in identity during pregnancy – who am I now?
When do you become a parent? Is it when the baby arrives in the world and you meet her or him face-to-face? Is it the moment that...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Practical ideas: looking after ourselves during a pandemic
Here's a fun list of ideas from my colleagues about looking after ourselves during a pandemic, including my own contribution: What I...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20213 min read
Self-care is boring
We see endless messages online about self-care: “Self care matters because it helps you stay happy, healthy and resilient. It’s important...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20212 min read
What do new mums need?
New mums need a listening ear Taking care of a baby’s needs 24 hours a day and responding to their entirely appropriate demands is often...
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Janine Miller
Aug 30, 20212 min read
How to cope with a range of emotions during pregnancy
There is plenty of interest and attention regarding the physical changes in our bodies relating to pregnancy. But less is spoken about...
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