Why taking a break from alcohol needs to be an autonomous decision based on self-compassion Taking a break from alcohol is so much easier if it is your own free choice to do so and it comes from a place of self-compassion not deprivation. Here is why! We need autonomy (meet your inner rebel!) Rules […]
Many women now in their mid-late 40s and 50s who, after decades of drinking as part of university and legal culture, are now finding themselves unhealthy and unhappy. Alcohol plays a significant role in this. This is not an attack on law firms or in any way meant to be disparaging towards female lawyers. In fact, […]
Grey area drinking – what is it? There is no rule stating that you need to have hit rock-bottom or had a momentous fall from grace to justify making behavioural improvements to your life. It is ok if you simply feel curious about what it would be like if you cut back or go alcohol […]
Making the connection between escalating alcohol consumption, excessive social media use and/or emotional over-eating and perfectionistic tendencies isn’t so obvious at first, but it becomes clearer when digging a little deeper at what perfectionism hides and how exhaustingly unattainable it is. So how is perfectionism defined? Dr Brene Brown writes that: “[P]erfectionism is a self-destructive […]
Honouring your inner rebel!
/in Blog /by Isabella Ferguson, Counsellor & CoachWhy taking a break from alcohol needs to be an autonomous decision based on self-compassion Taking a break from alcohol is so much easier if it is your own free choice to do so and it comes from a place of self-compassion not deprivation. Here is why! We need autonomy (meet your inner rebel!) Rules […]
Female Lawyers and Alcohol
/in Blog /by Isabella Ferguson, Counsellor & CoachMany women now in their mid-late 40s and 50s who, after decades of drinking as part of university and legal culture, are now finding themselves unhealthy and unhappy. Alcohol plays a significant role in this. This is not an attack on law firms or in any way meant to be disparaging towards female lawyers. In fact, […]
You Don’t Have to Hit “Rock-Bottom”
/in Blog, Frontpage Article /by Isabella Ferguson, Counsellor & CoachGrey area drinking – what is it? There is no rule stating that you need to have hit rock-bottom or had a momentous fall from grace to justify making behavioural improvements to your life. It is ok if you simply feel curious about what it would be like if you cut back or go alcohol […]
Making the connection between escalating alcohol consumption, excessive social media use and/or emotional over-eating and perfectionistic tendencies isn’t so obvious at first, but it becomes clearer when digging a little deeper at what perfectionism hides and how exhaustingly unattainable it is. So how is perfectionism defined? Dr Brene Brown writes that: “[P]erfectionism is a self-destructive […]