Today my guest shared their personal story through a family trauma of abandonment and loss that unraveled into anger, addiction, loss of Self and emotional isolation. Mike Brown's openness and humility is laudable and how he harnesses his love for Self and others will inspire you. Mike talks about what it is like to turn towards what we fear most and look at it in the eyes.

As counselling therapists we can assume that everyone has a shared understanding on pillars of health. Sometimes it's surprising how people over look the most important aspects of health. Hilary from Wholehearted Counselling reflects on her past two years of practice and reminds us of the simple things we can easily overlook that can perpetuate unnecessary mental struggles. I think you're going to like Hilary; she wears many hats.

Should you? Are you? How is that going? Using AI is quickly becoming a go-to for many people to address their mental health issues. We don't know enough about the long term impacts of it. I have feelings about this because while I do see a use for it, I do feel strongly that parameters need to be placed by each person on what you are expecting from it. Most of us have a distorted idea of what psychological changes entails so let's get clear on that first.