Anxiety
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I’M DONE WITH THIS EFFIN YEAR!
Dear Friends, If, like most people, you feel 2025 hasn’t exactly been kind and you desperately need to drag your weary body off for a well-deserved break, you have come to the right place. From my side, as a personal note, I found this year especially challenging. I’m not sure if it’s typical year-end burnout […]
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Anxiety
Hypnotherapy
Mental Wellbeing
Personal Breakthrough Experience
Complicated Grief Symptoms: When Grief Won’t Let Go
It’s been eight months since your mother passed, and you’re experiencing complicated grief symptoms that won’t ease. Your friends keep asking when you’ll “get back to normal,” but here’s the truth: you’re not stuck in the past. Instead, you’re drowning in a present that feels impossible to navigate. Your chest tightens every time someone mentions […]
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Financial Anxiety: Why You Can’t Stop Worrying About Money in South Africa
Financial anxiety keeps you awake at 3 AM, even when your bills are paid. You check your banking app obsessively, feel guilty buying coffee, and spiral when petrol prices rise. Your partner says you’re paranoid, but you can’t shake the feeling that disaster is always one month away. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. […]
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Anxiety
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Mental Wellbeing
Personal Breakthrough Experience
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Online Therapy: Quality Mental Health Support From Anywhere in South Africa
You’ve been thinking about therapy for months now. Maybe years. But here’s the thing: the closest therapist who actually gets what you’re dealing with is three hours away in Johannesburg. Or your schedule is so packed that adding a commute to therapy feels impossible. Or honestly? The idea of sitting in a waiting room makes […]
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Anxiety
Mental Wellbeing
Relationships
What Your Arguments Really Reveal About Your Relationship
You’re standing in the kitchen, voices raised over something as mundane as whose turn it was to unpack the dishwasher. But here’s what I’ve learned after years of sitting with couples in my therapy room: that argument? It’s rarely about the dishes. Your heated exchanges are like emotional X-rays. They show me exactly where the […]
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Anxiety
Mental Wellbeing
Personal Breakthrough Experience
Workplace Mental Health: How to Recognise and Support Employee Wellbeing in South African Businesses
Your top performer hasn’t been sleeping for three weeks. She’s making mistakes she’d never made before. Her usually sharp thinking feels foggy, and she’s snapping at colleagues over minor issues. Sound like someone on your team? Mental health challenges don’t take sick days or respect office hours. They show up in missed deadlines, increased conflicts, […]
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Hypnotherapy
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Schools Program
10-Minute Morning Routine That Rewires Your Brain for Success
You’re hitting snooze for the third time. Your phone buzzes with notifications before your feet even touch the floor. By 7 AM, you’re already feeling behind, scattered, and reactive rather than purposeful. What if I told you that just 10 minutes each morning could completely transform how your brain responds to stress, opportunity, and challenge? […]
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Anxiety
Mental Wellbeing
Schools Program
Study Burnout: When Good Students Hit the Wall
You’re Not Alone in Feeling Exhausted You’re staring at your textbook, but the words blur together. Your brain feels like it’s wading through molasses, and that spark you once had for learning? It’s gone, replaced by a heavy fog of dread. Sound familiar? You’re not failing, you’re experiencing burnout. As a therapist at TLC Therapies […]
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Anxiety
Hypnotherapy
Mental Wellbeing
Why Traditional Talk Therapy Isn’t Always Enough (And What Actually Works)
You’ve tried therapy. Multiple times, actually. You sat across from well-meaning therapists, talking through your childhood, analysing patterns, discussing feelings week after week. But somehow, you left each session feeling… the same. Maybe even more frustrated. Here’s what nobody tells you: you’re not broken, and therapy isn’t broken either. You just haven’t found your match […]
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Hypnotherapy
Mental Wellbeing
The Hidden Trauma Living in Your Body: How Hypnotherapy Can Help
Your shoulder blade has been aching for months. No amount of stretching helps. Your stomach churns every time you walk into certain rooms. You can’t explain why. Your jaw clenches so tightly at night that you wake up with headaches. The dentist says there’s nothing physically wrong. Here’s something fascinating that most people don’t realise: […]
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