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Jul 8
5 min

I WANT IT NOW - IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION

Maybe we have learned a few life lessons during Covid 19 lockdown? Perhaps one of the better ones may be DELAYED GRATIFICATION as we’ve a...

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Marica Binns

May 8
6 min

COVID LOCKDOWN – HEAVEN OR HELL?

God only knows if this pandemic will be heaven or hell for you? Hell for most I am guessing but there are silver linings to every bad si...

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Marica Binns

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

Surviving A Breakup

If you’ve ever gone through a break up then you’ll know how incredibly painful it is; but in time, you can come out the other side having...

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Marica Binns

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

Anxiety

It’s a sad fact that many people come to me for help with their anxiety, each one of them going through similar experiences. If you suffe...

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Marica Binns

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

Feeling De-valued

If you don’t feel valued by your partner then you’re going to end up feeling hard done by. Feeling valued requires that someone shows the...

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Why Splitting Up, Could Save Your Relationship

Marica Binns

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

Why Splitting Up, Could Save Your Relationship

Counselling many couples over the years, I realise that staying put in a long-term relationship is an ‘ideal’ not always achievable. We ...

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Marica Binns

Apr 16, 2019
4 min

Have you been Gaslighted?

“You’re going mad, your memory is flawed, you’ve got it all wrong, I was only joking, you’re too sensitive” The cruel manipulation of GAS...

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Marica Binns

Mar 26, 2019
6 min

MY GHOSTLY VISITATION

Did that tempt you to read further? Well to be honest I didn’t really meet a ghost (shucks) but I did encounter something equally as frig...

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Marica Binns

Feb 7, 2019
3 min

STOP FORGIVING THE UNFORGIVEABLE !

You’ll see I put an exclamation mark at the end of that header.... must be serious stuff... So here goes- we are told this:- That forgivi...

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Feeling like a bag of s**t and wanting to die!

Marica Binns

Jan 21, 2019
5 min

Feeling like a bag of s**t and wanting to die!

Apparently today is the most miserable and depressing day of the year. Christmas is long gone and it’s still awhile to pay day. Only snow...

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Marica Binns

Jan 14, 2019
4 min

Illness and how it affects us.

T’was a bast**d year for me 2018. Felt like my body had gone wrong in a 1000 different ways. I was on first name terms with the docs a...

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Marica Binns

Jan 11, 2019
3 min

Becoming a master of reinvention.

At various times in our life we will need to re-invent ourselves whether we like it or not. The choice won’t be ours to make. After illne...

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Why New Years Resolutions don't work for some people.

Marica Binns

Jan 11, 2019
4 min

Why New Years Resolutions don't work for some people.

So, when Jan 2013 hit, I suffered one almighty massive burnout. Woke up one day, couldn’t stop crying, couldn’t drive, couldn’t function....

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Marica Binns

Jan 11, 2019
2 min

Don't have a cr*p Christmas

Perfectly decorated house, cosy, large home to hold the perfect happy family gathering, massive dining table the size of Lake Windermere-...

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Marica Binns

Jan 11, 2019
1 min

Repeating Mistakes.

Whilst you’re swimming through rivers of s**t, it’s easy to feel hard done by. Yet we know that each experience in our life was totally n...

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Marica Binns

Jan 11, 2019
2 min

Are you a ‘People Pleaser?’

Okay- do you find your mouth saying “YES” when your head is screaming “NO” Then read on, if you dare..... Over the years, I’ve counselled...

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Why sometimes we’re inclined to stay in an unhealthy relationship for too long?

Marica Binns

Oct 22, 2018
1 min

Why sometimes we’re inclined to stay in an unhealthy relationship for too long?

‘Why sometimes we’re inclined to stay in an unhealthy relationship for too long.’ It can be you’ve become accustomed to a lack of love, c...

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