I am absolutely delighted to share this powerful piece by counsellor Angela Miller. So many of us, especially women in midlife running high pressure lives, feel the intense internal pressure to be perfect , which drains your energy and makes setting boundaries impossible. Angela uses the accessible framework of Transactional Analysis to explain the 'Be Perfect'  driver and how we can finally start choosing progress over perfection and authenticity over burnout. This deep dive into our...

For anyone who doesn’t quite get yoga, I hear you. I didn’t either. I was the person who’d run a half marathon before breakfast, lift weights twice a day and believed exercise only counted if it hurt. Although my approach to movement has softened over the years, yoga still hadn’t clicked for me. Years ago in London, I tried hot yoga because of course, I needed to sweat to feel like I’d ‘done something.’ Everyone around me was bending into shapes I could barely attempt and after two classes...

By Kat Turnbull, Clinical Hypnotherapist Hello! A huge thank you to Antonia for inviting me to contribute to her blog. I really...