Written by – Jordan Mcphail – CBT and EMDR Therapist – Team LGT After nearly seven months off work, I’m planning a return in September and I’m excited to be a part of the LGT team as I do! With that in mind and with birth trauma awareness week being this week, I thought it’d […]
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Written by – Laura Batchelor – Chief Operating Officer – Team LGT My eldest son has turned 10! WOW! So many emotions are running through my head. What a rollercoaster it has been, from the moment he was born. I have felt every emotion going. Love, fear, sadness, loneliness, worry, elation, vulnerability, insecurity, guilt, exhaustion,
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Written by – Sarah – Paul’s Wife, A Therapist Content Warning – you may find some of the content in this blog difficult or triggering. Please read with care. We Did Everything We Could to Prepare My husband, Paul, and I are total Type A’s. When it came to planning to start trying for a
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Written By – Paul Ledger – Accredited Psychotherapist – Team LGT Content Warning – you may find some of the content in this blog difficult or triggering. Please read with care. Even before I ever met my wife, I knew that I wanted to be a dad. I met Sarah when I was 32
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Written by – Paul’s Wife, A Therapist Content Warning – you may find some of the content in this blog difficult or triggering. Please read with care. Birth ‘Preferences’ During my pregnancy, I had spent quite a bit of time researching and planning my Birthing Preferences. I purposefully chose not to refer to it
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Written By – Paul Ledger – Accredited Psychotherapist – Team LGT Content Warning – you may find some of the content in this blog difficult or triggering. Please read with care. However cliché this sounds, I never thought it was the done thing to think about how I was doing when it was my wife
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I know it is cliché but ‘happiness’ really is an inside job. So many of us look to external people, situations, experiences, the achievement of goals, the attainment of ‘things’, to make us happy. Often thinking, “I will be happy when…”. But once we get to these desired destinations, we may find that we
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Hey there, Mama! Are you feeling the strain of balancing Motherhood and marriage? It’s a whole new ball game, isn’t it! But don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. As a matrescence coach and psychotherapist, I’ve worked with plenty of women just like you who are navigating the ups and downs of love after having children.
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This picture is the day that the trajectory of my life changed forever. The day my son was born. We know it will be life changing. But honestly? Nothing can really prepare us for how life changing. We are prepared for how to physically care for a baby in antenatal classes. We may even have
As a Mother we are always striving to do our best for our children. But where does ‘our best’ stop? I have met so many women who feel that they are striving for ‘good enough’ when actually what they are striving for is perfection. Something with a never ending, unachievable goal. Driving themselves to exhaustion
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