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 Sophrology comes to Cape Town!
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By Carly
In All, Health
Posted 25/06/2018

Sophrology comes to Cape Town!

Here at Carly’s Couch we are very open and interested in other healing modalities. We also believe that some physical discomfort and ailments have psychological roots. It has therefore been [...]

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 How To Overcome Social Media Anxiety
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By Carly
In All, Health, Media
Posted 27/10/2017

How To Overcome Social Media Anxiety

Social media is as ubiquitous as it is new. In the last decade we have seen social media go from something “the kids use” to a standard modern communication device used by everyone, [...]

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 How to Deal with Stress
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By Carly
In All, Health
Posted 18/05/2017

How to Deal with Stress

I haven’t written a blog post in a while because I’ve been vlogging so much. If you haven’t seen my vlogs yet please visit my YouTube channel here. The latest one is on Depression and it is very [...]

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 5 Tips For Making Obtainable New Years Resolutions
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By Carly
In All, Health, Self love
Posted 20/12/2016

5 Tips For Making Obtainable New Years Resolutions

December is here and so are the familiar conversations around holiday plans, New Years Eve plans and new years resolutions. I am quite fond of new years resolutions because I think that it’s [...]

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 What is a doula and how does she help?
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By Carly
In All, Feminist Rants, Health, Parenting
Posted 24/11/2015

What is a doula and how does she help?

What is it about Sunday night? Are our bodies pre-programmed after years of schooling to go into automatic anxiety mode? This Sunday, my moment of didn’t-do-my-homework anxiety came courtesy of a [...]

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 A Poem For Your Thursday
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By Carly
In All, Health
Posted 08/10/2015

A Poem For Your Thursday

Autumn is really here and along with it has come a wave of intense laziness for me. Over the last few weeks I have noticed myself spending more time indoors, taking trains rather than biking to [...]

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 The great big wobbly problem with nearing 30: Ten steps to a better body image
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By Carly
In All, Health, Self love
Posted 12/05/2015

The great big wobbly problem with nearing 30: Ten steps to a better body image

I wrote this at the beginning of the year but seeing as it’s nearing summer season in the Northern Hemisphere I thought I would give it another whirl. Let’s be honest, none of us have [...]

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 Getting in touch with your sensuality 101
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By Carly
In All, Gratitude, Health, Relationships, Self love
Posted 27/04/2015

Getting in touch with your sensuality 101

I have been travelling a lot of late. It was my goal for this year and so far it’s proving to be incredibly easy and I have travel options in abundance! It is definitely the top reason why living [...]

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 5 Ways To Will The Winter Blues Away
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By Carly
In All, Health, Sex
Posted 04/12/2014

5 Ways To Will The Winter Blues Away

It’s now officially winter in Berlin and it’s freezing! I have never experienced temperatures like this before. A casual -3 turned into a -13 because of wind chill factor – I’m not sure humans [...]

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 5 reasons why you should go into therapy even though it’s so damn hard
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By Carly
In All, Health, Relationships, Therapy
Posted 17/11/2014

5 reasons why you should go into therapy even though it’s so damn hard

I was thinking about the work I do and it occurred to me that people who go into therapy usually have no idea how hard it is. As a therapist, I ask my clients to delve into their most painful [...]

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 Gratitude Wednesday – Taking Steps Towards Health and Wellbeing
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By Carly
In All, Gratitude, Health
Posted 22/10/2014

Gratitude Wednesday – Taking Steps Towards Health and Wellbeing

Psychology is not just about what goes on in the mind. To be a healthy individual, you need to be healthy in both mind and body! Anyone who has ever suffered from depression will know that it [...]

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 Depression and Anxiety – which therapy is for you?
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By Carly
In All, Health, Therapy
Posted 07/10/2014

Depression and Anxiety – which therapy is for you?

Although I usually don’t discuss specific diagnoses on this blog or for that matter refer to any therapy or technique, I think that it is important for me to share some of the knowledge that my [...]

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 What Robin William’s Death Teaches Us: How to fight For Your Right to Live a Happy Life
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By Carly
In All, Health, Self love
Posted 12/08/2014

What Robin William’s Death Teaches Us: How to fight For Your Right to Live a Happy Life

As the world grapples with the news of Robin William’s passing, I find myself thinking about the nature of depression and on negative thinking in general and feel compelled to offer something. [...]

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 Advice on Choosing Health and Healing
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By Carly
In Advice, All, Health, Self love, Therapy
Posted 01/07/2014

Advice on Choosing Health and Healing

“You’re probably the right person to get good advice from. I feel like I’m running away from a huge nervous breakdown. Since 3 or 4 days already. I don’t know what caused this, sometimes I [...]

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 Mindfulness – A quick and enjoyable way to connect with your peaceful Right Mind
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By Carly
In All, Health
Posted 05/06/2014

Mindfulness – A quick and enjoyable way to connect with your peaceful Right Mind

One of the other elements of My Stroke of Insight that I connected to was the concept of mindfulness. Mindfulness is a well-established tool that psychologists have been using with patients for [...]

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