Blue Waves Counselling

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It's Men's Health Week.

We can all be deeply affected by grief but we have found that men may experience it in different ways to women.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/zTMK50Z9Wq4

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I love this description of grief. A door can close and never be opened again but the oceans, lakes, and seas are always open. We can’t close the door on grief. We float with grief everyday but can always take a rest on shore.

💜HC

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So often after abuse we are ashamed that during the trauma we froze. But it's an evolutionary instinct, not a choice. It is a sign only of the level of threat we experienced, not our level of complicity.

Read more in my blog post 'Why is shame such. central experience of child sexual abuse?': https://www.carolynspring.com/blog/shame-and-child-sexual-abuse

🌊 Most people don’t come to counselling because things are bad.
They come because they’re exhausted.
Exhausted from being the one that everyone relies on.
Exhausted from saying “I’m fine” when they’re anything but.
Exhausted from carrying worries, responsibilities and emotions that nobody else seems to see.
Many people imagine counselling is only for when you’re falling apart.
In reality, I often meet people who are holding everything together.

⚠️They’re going to work
⚠️Looking after their families
⚠️Meeting deadlines
⚠️Showing up for everyone else.

From the outside they seem to be coping. But inside they’re running on empty.

The challenge is that when you’ve spent months, or even years, pushing through, exhaustion can start to feel normal. You stop noticing how much energy it takes to get through the day.

Counselling isn’t only for crises. It’s also a space to pause, reflect, and understand what’s been weighing on you for so long.

You don’t have to wait until you reach breaking point before asking for support.

🌊 Kate @ Blue Waves Counselling
📍 Exeter and online
🙏 Supporting adults experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, grief, loss, health issues and life transitions.

Have you ever found yourself saying “I’m fine” when you knew you weren’t?

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Everyone at Andys Man Club is very excited about this.

PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE 🙂

Our 10 Year Anniversary celebrations will include a nationwide Walk and Talk at 1pm on Saturday 4th July 💚

Details of the South West Walk and Talk are below:

📅 Meet from 12.30pm for a 1pm Saturday 4th July
📍 Outside Riverside Cafe, Exeter Quay, Exeter, EX2 4AP
❓ A 4Km Walk and Talk up and down Exeter Quay

This is an opportunity for the wider Andys Man Club community including supporters, attendees, facilitators past and present, families, partners and those bereaved by su***de to come together, walk, talk and continue important conversations. This is about celebrating how far we’ve come together and showing the country who ANDYSMANCLUB is and what we do 👌


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