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Do you often find that the best conversations — the ones where you really feel able to open up with someone you trust — happen when you are out for a walk? There is something about being side by side, breathing in fresh air and allowing your mind to slow down that can make difficult

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Menopause anxiety describes the persistent worry, unease, or sense of dread that many women experience during perimenopause and menopause, often alongside physical symptoms such as hot flushes, disrupted sleep, and heart palpitations. It happens because shifting hormone levels — particularly oestrogen and progesterone — directly affect the brain chemistry involved in mood and stress regulation.

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Health anxiety (sometimes called illness anxiety or hypochondria) is an excessive, persistent worry about having or developing a serious illness, even when medical tests come back clear. It differs from ordinary health concerns because the worry doesn’t ease with reassurance — it often increases the more you check, research, or seek tests. With the right support, including

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Every child feels worried sometimes. A wobble before the first day of school, nerves before a birthday party, a fear of the dark — these are a normal, healthy part of growing up. But sometimes worry stops being a passing phase and starts to shape how a child eats, sleeps, plays and connects with the

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If you’re parenting a child with anxiety, you already know it can be one of the hardest, most heart-stretching jobs there is. You watch your child struggle with worries that feel enormous to them, you try everything you can think of to soothe them, and some days you go to bed wondering whether you’re helping

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Quick answer: You don’t have to be on the brink of separating to benefit from couples therapy. The five most common signs it could help are: the same argument on repeat, growing emotional distance, criticism or contempt creeping in, a breach of trust, and a major life change that’s knocked you off balance. If any

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Quick answer: For younger, primary-aged children, the most effective help is usually given through the parent rather than to the child directly. Research shows that when parents are coached to respond differently to a child’s worry, the child improves as much as they would in one-to-one therapy — with less stigma and longer-lasting results. That’s why my work

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