I often talk with clients about relationship patterns and how they evolve from our early experiences with caregivers. These first relationships provide templates for how to be with others. These templates get stored outside of our awareness but go on to impact our relationships as adults. Someone who had a secure attachment with a parent - meaning they felt safe enough as a child to explore with a balance between closeness and independence and with parents who were reliable f

Everyone has experienced rejection. It could be in relationships, in work, in friendship. Real or perceived rejection can play havoc with our self esteem and leave us asking: What’s wrong with me? First of all, congratulate yourself. In order to get rejected you first had to put yourself out there, and that’s a brave and authentic thing to do. Of course you can spend your life avoiding rejection, but fortune favours the bold. Whilst it may not have worked out this time, you’v