7 Sep 2026
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Lysanne Sizoo – journalist, author and psychotherapist UKCP accred.

Lysanne Sizoo has over 25 years experience in working as an international counsellor and personal development coach. She specialises in cross-cultural issues, as well as fertility, bereavement, parenting, anxiety and stress management. She is also the creator of the Star Psychology

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Inner sovereignty and equilibrium

The need to maintain balance when the world is convulsing There is a particular kind of anxiety that arises when the world you thought was moving forward appears to be sliding backwards. It shows up as unease, outrage, numbness, or

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Up the waterspout again

Why New Year’s resolutions miss the point, but your inner compass doesn’t In the children’s nursery rhyme, Incy Wincy Spider repeatedly climbs up the waterspout, only to be flushed out again and again by the rain. Then, when the sun

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A slow, steady climb back to the light – Dealing with sorrow at a time of feasting

This is the season of light, feasting, and enforced joy – and for many, it arrives right in the middle of grief. We all move through periods of light and dark in our lives. The light expands us; the dark

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The Laughter of Recognition

Most people think therapy is all tears and tissues — not laughter. Sure, sometimes you laugh in a dark, self-deprecating kind of way, but it’s rare that joy fills the room. Back when I was running the Turning Point counselling

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Are you OK?

It will hardly have escaped your notice that we are living in changing times, indeed, rapidly changing times. Depending on your mindset, we are either going to hell in handbasket or we’re seeing the last dregs of a corrupt and

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Winter cocooning at 60 degrees north

My Christmas school reports were always the worst. I was slow to start up again after the summer break, and by the end of October my synapses would fire more slowly while I gently dozed off as the nights drew

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What if things don’t happen for a reason?

The expression, ‘everything happens for a reason’ makes my toes curl. Especially when it is uttered with a helpless shrug of the shoulder and the underlying subtext of ‘moving on’. What if things don’t happen for a reason and there

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Adressing Cultural Shadows

‘Sharing the Dove’ is a Dutch initiative by four young people with Jewish and Muslim backgrounds. Their aim is to keep the dialogue open and transcend differences. They give workshops in schools and last week they brought together two rabbis,

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No one tells the truth in therapy

Summary: psychology has helped us to see that everyone holds a personal, subjective version of the truth. While this is better than the authoritarian believe what I tell you paradigm, there are more steps to take. Otherwise, many will continue