Grief and loss: What can I say?

Grief and loss: What can I say?

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline — so why do we expect it to? In this episode, I explore the reality of grief and loss — and the ways it can change how we think, feel, and move through the world. Clients often describe grief as overwhelming, unpredictable, and deeply personal. From physical symptoms like exhaustion and nausea, to emotional experiences such as shock, numbness, and waves of feeling that come without warning — grief can impact every part of us. We also talk about: Why there are no “right” words when someone is grieving How well-meaning comments can sometimes feel difficult to hear The pressure of unspoken timelines and expectations around grief What it really means to support someone — even when you don’t know what to say A powerful client reflection compares grief to a wave — intense, consuming, and disorientating at first, before slowly becoming something quieter, more manageable, and connected to memory. This episode offers a space to reflect, feel understood, and be reminded that: however you grieve, your experience is valid If you’ve ever felt unsure how to support someone, or struggled to make sense of your own grief, this conversation may resonate with you. 🎧 Take a moment, press play, and sit with this — you are not alone. If you would like to know more about me, my services, or to view my blogs on this topic and more, head to my website  https://www.spread-your-wings-therapy.co.uk  Contact details are also available I hope to see you there!  Take care Lynda Peters (MBACP) Bsc (HONS) Counselling & Psychotherapy BACP Registration Number: 411958 Shropshire | West Midlands I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which means I follow a recognised Ethical Framework for good practice.This ensures that my work is supported through regular supervision, professional standards, and ongoing training. You can feel reassured that your counselling experience with me, is held within a safe, ethical, and professionally guided framework.

Neurodiversity -No Masking Required.

Hello and welcome to the Counselling Room. Are you neurodivergent with or without a medical diagnosis, do you want to know more about neurodiversity, or would like to know how to support someone? This podcast is here to support you. My clients in the counselling room speak openly to me,not just about their diagnosis, but about how their disclosure to others can leave them feeling not heard, seen, or validated. Have you experienced disbelief? A lack of understanding? Or are you struggling to say how this discovery has made you feel? Relief, reflection, understanding, acceptance — but frustration caused by trying to feel believed or your diagnosis acknowledged. This podcast promotes understanding and support for those neurodivergent and to help them to say: ‘just because you can’t see my difference, doesn’t mean it’s not there’. If you would like to know more about me, my services, or to view my blogs on this topic and more, head to my website https://www.spread-your-wings-therapy.co.uk Contact details are also available I hope to see you there! Take care Lynda Peters (MBACP) Bsc (HONS) Counselling & Psychotherapy BACP Registration Number: 411958 Shropshire | West Midlands I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which means I follow a recognised Ethical Framework for good practice.This ensures that my work is supported through regular supervision, professional standards, and ongoing training. You can feel reassured that your counselling experience with me, is held within a safe, ethical, and professionally guided framework.

Communication - why can’t we say how we really think and feel?

Hello and welcome to the counselling room. What are your experiences with communication? Are you frustrated having the same conversations and not being fully heard? Maybe you think silence is now the better option, or you are thinking of leaving the situation. This month’s podcast is about communication. This episode explains why you may struggle to communicate effectively, how you can improve your communication with others, and finally feel validated for your thoughts and feelings, and be seen and heard for who you are. Press play to find out more If you would like to know more about me, my services, or to view my blogs on this topic and more, head to my website https://www.spread-your-wings-therapy.co.uk Contact details are also available I hope to see you there! Lynda Peters (MBACP) Bsc (HONS) Counselling & Psychotherapy BACP Registration Number: 411958 Shropshire | West Midlands I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which means I follow a recognised Ethical Framework for good practice.This ensures that my work is supported through regular supervision, professional standards, and ongoing training. You can feel reassured that your counselling experience with me, is held within a safe, ethical, and professionally guided framework.

A counselling Journey - why I said no to counselling

Hello everyone and welcome to The Counselling Room. This is my first podcast where I nervously but openly share my own journey from a counselling perspective of being an avoidant, non-believer to being the client — feeling vulnerable, exposed, and uncomfortable… Why would I tell a stranger how I’m feeling — wow! This is not a podcast giving reasons why you should go to counselling. It is not for everyone, and sometimes curiosity is enough. It’s a reflective, honest, amusing, and personal journey of why I said no to counselling, how it can be difficult to accept support, what can hold us back, and what can change when we begin to open up. To be professionally supported or not? That is the question It starts with understanding. I hope my vulnerability, of sharing my personal story, gives you a true unfiltered insight, into the struggle of attending counselling sessions, and saying how we really feel In counselling If you would like to know more about me, my services, or to read previous or current blogs, head to my website https://www.spread-your-wings-therapy.co.uk Contact details are also available I hope to see you there! Take care Lynda Peters (MBACP) Bsc (HONS) Counselling & Psychotherapy BACP Registration Number: 411958 Shropshire | West Midlands I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which means I follow a recognised Ethical Framework for good practice.This ensures that my work is supported through regular supervision, professional standards, and ongoing training. You can feel reassured that your counselling experience with me, is held within a safe, ethical, and professionally guided framework.