Sakaura Pathways Counselling

The emotional impact of physical pain and illness – and what can help We are often encouraged to separate physical health from mental health, as if the two exist independently of one another. But in real life, especially for those living with ongoing pain or illness, this separation rarely makes sense. Our bodies and minds are deeply connected, constantly influencing one another. When the body is under strain, the emotional world is often affected too. Living with physical pain or illness can...

The start of a new year can bring mixed feelings. For some, there’s relief that a difficult year is over. For others, there’s a quiet heaviness that hasn’t shifted just because the calendar has changed. Often, it’s a time when things begin to feel a little more noticeable – the anxiety that’s been bubbling under the surface, the low mood you’ve been pushing through, or the sense that something isn’t quite right. If you’ve been thinking about counselling as the new year begins, that thought...

Many people describe a feeling they struggle to put into words, a kind of hollow, aching space inside that seems to sit quietly in the background of life. You might call it emptiness, numbness, heaviness, or simply “a void.”And if you’ve ever felt it, you’re not alone. The void often appears after loss. Not just the loss of a person, although that is one of the deepest forms, but also the loss of a pet, a job, routines, roles, relationships, identity, health, or the future you imagined for...