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    Therapeutic Sound | Bilateral Music

    Bilateral Music

    ByDonna April 27, 2025April 27, 2025

    Applications in EMDR & Brainspotting Therapy As both a therapist and musician, I’ve been fascinated by the application…

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    Emotions and Mental Health

    The Power of Creative Flow

    ByDonna April 6, 2025April 6, 2025

    Finding stillness in motion, and freedom in focus Creative flow is a state that I find fascinating. As…

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  • Sunday Scaries Cycle
    Expressive Writing

    What are the Sunday scaries and how can expressive writing help me with them?

    ByDonna March 23, 2025June 8, 2025

    Do you ever feel a sense of dread as Sunday evening approaches? You’re not alone. This phenomenon, known…

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    Expressive Writing

    Expressive Writing for Emotional Wellbeing in Midlife

    ByDonna February 21, 2025March 16, 2025

    Are you an introverted woman, in the midlife phase of your life, feeling a bit stuck, disconnected, unhappy…

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    Writing for wellbeing

    A journalling template – from confusion to clarity

    ByDonna February 2, 2025March 14, 2025

    I have been thinking about ways to structure our weekly process expressive writing sessions and wanted to let…

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    Expressive Writing

    Using Expressive Writing for Stress

    ByDonna December 21, 2024June 8, 2025

    Understanding Stress and Its Impact What is Stress? Stress can be a tricky concept because it straddles both…

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    Emotions and Mental Health

    Master Your Emotions With CBT and Expressive Writing – Online Course

    ByDonna November 23, 2024June 8, 2025

    Find emotional clarity through an innovative blend of expressive writing, CBT strategies and music I have written an…

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    Emotions and Mental Health

    How are you feeling now ?

    ByDonna September 28, 2024June 8, 2025

    Identifying feelings using the Hot Cross Bun CBT Method Do you like the smell of hot cross buns?…

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  • A flowchart inside a white triangle, with three green buttons, showing the worry tree process
    Emotions and Mental Health

    The Worry Tree

    ByDonna August 11, 2024August 11, 2024

    I have written a lot about worry and how to manage it recently, and in many of those…

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    Expressive Writing

    How to use expressive writing to manage worries

    ByDonna August 11, 2024June 8, 2025

    In our live expressive writing session last week, we looked at how to stop worrying, and we used…

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