Pain, its Relief and Pleasure
Just working stuff out... Well, January whizzed by in the blink of an eye... could be something to do with living in the Southern...
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Pat Fletcher
- Dec 24, 2023
- 1 min
Make a Wish
Glad tidings to one and all ! 'tis true, our intelligences ensure we are complex creatures. That said, at our core, our essences remain...
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Pat Fletcher
- Sep 13, 2023
- 3 min
On Becoming a Counsellor 2
Is it one ‘l’ or two? So, I have been enjoying Lori Gottlieb’s ‘Maybe you Should Talk to Someone’ – a lot! So not a textbook, and I’m...
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Pat Fletcher
- Sep 5, 2023
- 3 min
On Becoming a Counsellor...
Wow! Long time no blog! So, I have been up to a lot, and yes living a life I like, which is 2023's New Year's resolution ;-) has untold...
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Pat Fletcher
- Jun 2, 2023
- 3 min
I'm Liking What I Like...
Long time, no blog update! Instead I have been writing about anxiety and ways of transforming out of being anxious. So here I am writing...
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Pat Fletcher
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
A New Year, a new number, a new life...
One thing I have learnt is that the only constant in life is change. This time last year I was still grieving my mum's passing. Little...
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Pat Fletcher
- Nov 18, 2022
- 1 min
Being True to Ma Roots
Life's a funny old thing when you're a bit of an explorer. In fact you can find yourself in the most weird and wonderful of places....
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Pat Fletcher
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
Freedom !
All change... Yes, Living First has broken free it reins. As from tomorrow I'll be setting up a platform on Facebook through which people...
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Pat Fletcher
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Indecision is Normal
To my mind development, growth, fulfilment and progress is a given ... it's how we're travelling that's important. The problem is that we...
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Pat Fletcher
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
Psyche
Yes, my journeying into psychology continues and where better to begin than the word itself: psyche ology Ology means the study of and to...
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Pat Fletcher
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
Step 1 : Get a reeeeally big book...
... that you can't wait to dive into
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Pat Fletcher
- Sep 8, 2022
- 0 min
... on becoming a Counselling Psychotherapist
Day one of the journey - really! Only day one...?
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Pat Fletcher
- Jul 21, 2022
- 2 min
Soooo many farewells...
Farewells are never forever, but tricky all the same.
As to stuff, well there's a whole other world beyond dry old economics...
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Pat Fletcher
- Jun 25, 2022
- 3 min
It's Official - we're going Down Under
Yes, Australia beckons once more - for me and Living First therapies! Ever since we realised this shift in our lives, life has been a...
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Pat Fletcher
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
Do you want to be happy?
I know, to me this would be a strange question to ask anyone. It's obvious, right! Everyone wants to be happy... or do they? It is a...
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Pat Fletcher
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
Being & Doing What You Like
Gosh, that's a loaded title - now I'll have to unpick it! Being and doing what you like sounds dreadfully selfish, irresponsible even,...
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Pat Fletcher
- Apr 5, 2022
- 4 min
Becoming Your Different
Becoming your different really isn't as easy as you might think. The key to unlocking your unique qualities in life is personal freedom -...
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Pat Fletcher
- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
Our Future Depends on us Being Different...
I picked up a quote by John Maynard Keynes, ... the idea of the future being different from the present is so repugnant to our...
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Pat Fletcher
- Feb 14, 2022
- 6 min
Love is in the air...
January is past and up here in the northern hemisphere the lighter days entice nature's sap to the surface. Yes, we have yet another year...
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Pat Fletcher
- Feb 2, 2022
- 4 min
You've 'got it all'... and yet...
Something's missing... ... and it's not just me saying this. It's up there as one of the most common life problems. When there is that...
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