How disconnection can quietly affect mental health, and why connection — even in small, everyday moments plays such an important role.

My very first placement as a trainee counsellor was working with carers. I quickly realised how challenging being a carer could be — the responsibilities, the emotional load, and the ways life can change when someone is caring for another person. Seeing these challenges up close taught me how much grief can be involved when you become a carer and how easily these losses can go unrecognised. This blog explores some of those losses — the shifts in identity, autonomy, relatio