A couple of years ago I discovered a way to get people talking to me at parties rather than smiling politely and walking away – I would tell them I’m a hypnotherapist.  I’m assuming that the previous lack of interest was related to the fact that I used to be an accountant (which I would staunchly defend as not being a boring job at all, honest, but most people believe that it is). Or maybe I’ve just improved my small talk over the years!

Anyway, what I found was that most people have an idea of what hypnotherapy is either from seeing a stage hypnotist or from knowing someone who has used it to help them stop smoking or to lose weight. But not so many people are aware of what hypnotherapy actually is or the wide range of issues it can help with.

So, what is hypnotherapy then?

The technical definition is that it’s a therapy taken with the subject in hypnosis.

Uh? So what’s hypnosis then?

Ah, well, hypnosis is a naturally induced state of mind in which the mind is distracted or preoccupied, thus allowing statements or suggestions to bypass the critical factor and enter the subconscious mind. To put it simply, it’s like a day dream, or when you drift off during a boring meeting (I’m sure you’ve all experienced one of those in the past!).

The subconscious mind is the part of our mind that influences the way we think, feel, react and the choices we make. But it can also affect the physiological processes, such as our hormone balance or our perception of pain.

So, going back to what hypnotherapy is. Hypnotherapy uses this state of hypnosis, together with imagery, suggestion and other therapeutic techniques to help you achieve positive change.

I don’t have a magic wand, and I don’t know of any hypnotherapists that do, so we can’t cure you or make you change, or even make you want to change. You have to do this yourself and you have to want to do this yourself. We can, however, help you to find your way and help you to stay on track with a little gentle challenging along the way.

So, what’s it good for then?

I specialise in providing hypnotherapy for fertility, birthing and post natal issues, but see clients for a wide range of other issues as well, including anxiety, phobias, smoking cessation, weight loss, self-esteem and even tinnitus and IBS.

My decision to specialise in hypnotherapy for fertility and birthing was sparked by my own journey through fertility treatments.  Courtesy of IVF and the power of positive thinking I have two beautiful children that keep me on my toes.

I love my job (and that’s something I couldn’t say hand on heart as an accountant – although, it really wasn’t boring, honest!) and I love helping people to make positive changes in their life.

If you want to know more about how hypnotherapy could help you then you could take a look at my website www.cariadhypnotherapy.co.uk – and, if you see me at a party, remember, I’m always happy to have a chat with anyone interested in talking to me!

Thanks to Tracy Jones from Cariad Hypnotherapy for this week’s guest post. If you’d like more information about specific topics, Tracy is happy to do follow up posts. Please feel free to share your experiences.

This weeks’ guest post is about Reiki. I’ve had 4 sessions this year when working out that I needed to do something to help myself get back to normal after a traumatic couple of years. Reiki has worked for me, so I’m delighted that Carolyn, from Nurturing Life,  is making a start at explaining it for me!

Reiki (pronounced Ray-key) comes from the Japanese Rei and Ki meaning Universal Life Force. It refers to the energy that is everywhere around us and available to anyone who has been attuned to access it, a little like being able to tune in to a different radio station.

Reiki is an old tradition that was part of a whole way of life including healing techniques and self awareness, as a means of living life in harmony and happiness. Other healing techniques such as acupuncture and reflexology also aim to generate harmony and balance in your chi/Ki.

You don’t have to believe in Reiki for it to work, just an open mind and willingness to receive the energy. Reiki is not a religion or a cult, and you don’t have to be religious for it to work either! If you want to learn it for yourself, an attunement will start you off on the path, but practise is key to tuning into the energy more quickly and efficiently. Reiki is something you should always practise on yourself regularly once you’re attuned.

Reiki treats not just physical symptoms and illnesses, but also mental and emotional dis-ease, to create balance. While it can be used to target specific areas of pain or concern, Reiki may often find something else of more urgency to treat first. It’s a little like throwing a bucket of water over a piece of ground that’s full of potholes, some will fill up faster than others, some will be deeper and need more water to fill.  Reiki goes where it’s needed most.

So what is a Reiki treatment like? Well, it varies from person to person. To some, it may be a feeling of warmth/heat, while others may feel an icy cold (usually if they need it!). There may be a tingling sensation, or a feeling of butterflies, not always in the immediate area being treated. For some, there may be no sensation at all if you’re not in the mood for it. Whatever you feel, or don’t feel, you should experience a growing sense of relaxation. Sometimes you may be so deeply relaxed you doze off.

Treatment takes place fully clothed, either sitting or lying down, whichever is most comfortable. It can be hands-on or hands-off, with the person being treated in person or remotely at distance. This is often one of the hardest things for someone being treated to get their heads round, but it is just as effective at distance as face to face. In some instances it can even be more effective, if someone is particularly stressed out. The practitioner doesn’t even have to meet the person they treat at distance, often just a photo or name will be sufficient as a way of focussing the intent.

There are many different branches of Reiki, Usui Reiki being the most commonly practised method. I prefer to teach and practise a method called Kundalini Reiki, which is really simple to learn and use.  There are no complicated symbols to learn, all it needs is intent.

Reiki is a great healing technique for relieving stress either in yourself or others. If you’re pregnant, it can be a wonderful way of bonding with your unborn baby, by sending Reiki energy to your bump!  As a parent, it can reduce stress, increase your energy levels and help you manage the challenges of parenting…and is great to use on babies and toddlers.  I spent many a night using Reiki to help soothe my baby’s colic and teething pains.

On a simpler level, a friend’s husband swears their wine always tastes better once it’s had Reiki! It’s also a very effective technique to use with pets to calm them down. Last year, my dog spent the whole evening of 5th November sleeping through the fireworks outside following a Reiki session. On the evenings he didn’t get Reiki, he was on heavy sedatives but still obviously terrified.

Have you had a Reiki treatment? How was it for you? Are you interested in being attuned to use Reiki for yourself?

I’ve just got back from giving blood, and yes, I’m feeling smug about my do-gooding! But, the last time I should have given blood was in January – so you see, I’m really not that good at helping others.

I’ve found it really difficult to fit the session into my family’s busy schedule. The National Blood

Give Blood Soon!

Service visit our town every 2 weeks, but on a regular day each time. The time of the sessions are 14.00-16.30 and 17.00-19.30 – not great with working full-time, picking children up from school and children’s activities.

There’s been a few weeks when I wasn’t well enough (had a cold), and then other weeks I’ve been well when they haven’t been coming. Tuesday is usually my long day at work, when hubby collects the boys from school. So, if I’ve been trying to complete a piece of work, then to get there for 19.15 just doesn’t seem to happen.

And then there’s also been the couple of times where I have gone ready to give, but I would have had to wait for 1 1/2 hours to donate! These were times I really couldn’t afford to sit there and/or had the boys with me.

Tonight I’ve been twice. Once straight from school only to be told that the wait would be over an hour. I couldn’t stay as I had no.1 child to collect from an after school activity. Luckily they had a spare appointment tonight. So, I returned, book in hand and only had to wait 20 minutes before called. It took an hour overall – one hour of my day.

What could that pint of blood do for someone else? It could save someone’s life in an emergency. It could give someone some new blood that needs it after an operation or chemotherapy. Isn’t that worth one hour of my time every four months?

One of the nurses thanked me for coming and told me that my life was busy enough without spending time giving blood, saying that “Chorley people are really good and we’re always busy here”. My reply was – “I’m A-negative, and my Mum benefited from lots of blood from other people”. There’s only 7% of us with A- blood, (and 7% with O- blood), so if I don’t give, who would help people like Mum?

So, if you do give blood regularly, GREAT! If you don’t, please do try and squeeze an hour in to your life every four months. Is that really too much to ask?

Not about the election, although it is the first time ever I haven’t known how to vote. Had thought about doing a post on “Do you vote for a good trustworthy MP, or do you vote for the party politics you agree with most?”. Which I may do, although I think my Friday guest blogger is going to blow us away with her thoughts on party politics.

No, I’m excited that the first bra fitting agent for bras4mums is now trained and ready to go.

Tracy with T-J during her bra fitting training

This seemed a dream just a few weeks ago, but now I’ve done it! I’ve trained someone else. Passed on my knowledge so that she can share her new knowledge with women in her area and get them wearing comfy, suitable bras during pregnancy and when breastfeeding, whatever their shape or size.

When I first started bras4mums my ambition was to have bra fitters across the UK to be able to offer a home fitting service to pregnant women and new mums. Why? Well, the business started when I had a toddler and a new born baby, and I really couldn’t figure out how to go to a shop to get a bra fitting with a toddler and a pram. I was also horrified with the bra fitting advice and information that I was given during my pregnancies – virtually nothing, and some of it totally wrong.

So, you can see that I’m excited. I’m over the moon that Tracy Jones in Wrexham, Mum of 2, who also works as a Hypnotherapist, wants to offer women in Wrexham, Chester and Nantwich the opportunity of getting great bra fitting, in their own homes. Tracy was a fantastic trainee yesterday, and I know she learnt an awful lot about bras and bra fitting. Her head was buzzing most of the day. She was amazed that soft cup bras can be so comfy and give such good shape (we did bra fittings with all bras4mums stock, so she’s got a pretty good idea of the different shapes and fits of the bras now).

I’m also excited with the fact that I’ve stuck with my dream, and even though I’m 6 years down the road, and lots has happened to knock me off course, I’m now able to focus on this important task. With so many women telling us that they’re not getting what they want from the High Street (choice of bras in their sizes, or good bra fitting advice), with it being backed up by a recent Which? report, it is even more important to recruit bra fitters across the UK.

Tracy (@tracyej), is the first, but not the last. All agents will be fully supported throughout their time as an agent, and will certainly have an impact on women’s health in their local communities. So, if you like the sound of this excitement, please get in touch and get involved. bras4mums needs passionate women to make a difference to women in their local communities.

Don’t just vote for a new Government tomorrow, come and join a revolution in the way bras are fitted! (No, I haven’t been drinking tonight, just feeling very passionate and excited about what we can achieve through a network of like minded women. Think this is a THEME for the week!)

T-J asked me to write a post for her blog on how art helps you relax. So here’s a little bit about me, and a lot about the right side of your

Using clay to create

brain – your new friend.

Art and crafts have always featured in my life from early years having our ‘clarty’ (Northumbrian for dirty / mucky – where I originate from) table built by Dad, where we, (my little brother and I), could do all the painty gluey stuff and not be “in trouble for making a mess”. It was fun as a child and I never saw it as something relaxing to do as to me then it was fun and continued to be into my late teens.

So now later on in life I have an arty business, Fired 4 U a pottery painting studio.  I have looked into the benefits of arts and crafts as I have made various observations when watching my customers from the very young to adults, enjoy themselves over the past 4 ¾ years.

The children arrive excited and playful (boisterous sometimes) and settle quickly once painting then….. go silent, yes I said SILENT ! they do really honest. Art is magic or is it?

The Adults arrive, if with children in tow nervous/stressed, and if by themselves chatty but apprehensive – will they make a mess of it and it’ll look like a 3 year old did it? But after settling they to cease to talk, the shoulders drop and when done they grin and yawn, why?

8 quiet 8 year olds enjoying painting party

When you start looking at pottery/arts/crafts/sewing etc choosing the item to paint/make then thinking “What colour? What design? How to do it?” you start using the right side your brain the creative thinking part of your brain which for most people lies dormant most of the time. This doesn’t meant to say creative as in the arty type of creative it is creative thinking / problem solving way of working too. Although those who use the right side of their brain fully can be extremely creative and very artistic.

As we don’t tend to use this side of the brain much due to our busy schedules, getting up, packed lunches, breakfast, school run, work and it’s not 8.30am yet! We don’t allow the right side of the brain a look in so it stops working and for most people can’t be accessed at the same time as you use the left side. So when you concentrate hard to work out which colours to use  what patterns to choose your brain flips to the right and all being well adults stay in that zone, providing you don’t get the muuuuuum, Daaaaad cries!. This in a sense switches off your left side so all the chatting in you head of what needs doing, who you need to call/ see /sort /fix stops and the silence of colour and pattern moves in. This has the effect of true relaxation on any one. Hence, why children stop talking and become mesmerized on what they are doing – some not for long as they are easily distracted but for us adults it is bliss. You find yourself having fun, enjoying what you do and concentrating on ONE thing RIGHT INFRONT of you and not the pile and the other pile and the notes over there and there there oh and the list in the bag as well! You can get to the state of feeling totally switched off from the world and you often can feel tired as you have switched off properly but you will sleep well if you do your arty thing in the evening.

Art is therapy for a lot of people, autistic children are a classic example as their right side of the brain can be very closed so introducing different arts and crafts can help open up the right side of the brain allowing it to function more and reduce some of the autistic traits. People who suffer from strokes often find the damage afterwards is caused to the left side of the body which is controlled / wired up by the right side of the brain. Art work even simple colouring in of a picture is encouraged to help reactivate the paralysed side of the body as the right side of the brain is forced to wake up and function so causing repair to the left side of the body.

If you want a simple fix get a colouring in book – it does not matter it’s a child’s book ( you can find some with ornate deisgns which you might prefer) and colour in for at least half an hour. Choose colours carefully, plan where they are to go and then colour and stay in between the lines! Don’t look at anything else or glance around the rooms to see the ironing pile just look at what you are doing and you will relax and switch off and feel blissful.

Using the right side of your brain also has other benefits, you can problem solve in a much easier way without the stress, your body functions more evenly because of it and if you were unfortunate to suffer from a stroke your less likely to have a severe one and less likely to have lasting damage.

So get arty and stay healthy!

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it and would love to read your comments about this subject or what you have tried your self.

Best wishes

Jane, Fired 4 U

What a fabulous Easter holidays I’ve had. I have so much more energy and enthusiasm and feel

How can you fail to relax here?

ready to take action on a number of fronts. It is the first proper break I’ve had in a long, long while (see previous post for some reasons if you’re interested), and I can now for the first time in a long time, reap the rewards of a break and a rest.

But why do I feel so good? And how can I repeat it in the future? What can I share with others? Here’s my view, but would be interested in what others think about holidays, rest and getting ourselves ready for all our future activities:

1. No mobile or internet access where we stayed, so I had to focus on different activities. I couldn’t ‘just check’ that things were OK, even to share with my twitter & Facebook friends that I was having a fab time. Didn’t do me any harm, and did any of you really miss me for the few days I was ‘unobtainable’? (Having been forced this time, I’ll find it much easier to not bother next time!)
2. I had put plans in place for my business, if anything went wrong, before I went away. Just like we get friends to check on our house and collect up mail, the same goes for the business. There was nothing so urgent that my staff couldn’t deal with things whilst I wasn’t there.
3. My body and brain needed a break, and I was able to give it to them. Listening to what our bodies tell us is really important. How many of us get silly colds right before a big event (personal or business)? Isn’t it our body’s way of telling us to slow down and take a break? (I won’t be fooled again into thinking, I MUST get this done or this will/will not happen – bet I’m not doing it well!)
4. It was part of my PLAN and my FOCUS to have a break. Why do schools have holidays? We all need a break from our learning and development activities, so plan them in and don’t feel guilty.

I posted a note on a business forum I’m on about how others get the rest they need, particularly those running a business with children at home. An interesting response came back from a man who actually planned with his wife/business partner, to go away on holiday with the children and take their work with them. They took it in turns to be with the children doing activities, whilst each in turn continued their work for the business. He said, “I think it worked for us because of the mindset that instead of saying we were on holiday and having to work, we were at work and having to holiday.”

I’m very much looking forward to my next family holiday, but am also looking forward to the time I’m planning in the garden and with family and friends, and really getting away from it all just by doing something different.

What about you? How do you rest and refocus?

I’ve just returned from training 7 bra fitters in the wider issues of bra fitting for maternity and nursing bras, using the RCM accredited Bra Fitting Awareness Course. During my long drive home it’s really struck me that, even though all these women have been bra fitters in the shops they work in, they still had very little understanding of how important bra fitting is to women’s health and well being, especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The exact point made by last week’s Which report I talked about previously.

I’m not saying that I have all the answers. However, during one of the sessions one of the ladies requested that I measure her to confirm her own bra size. She was surprised with my answer. She was even more surprised when I adjusted the bra she was wearing and she found that she could breathe and her bra didn’t hurt! Yes, it was simple enough for me to do as I know what I’m looking for. But I would have expected that someone who has been carrying out bra fittings on other ladies would have known that if her own bra was not comfortable, (and she shared with us that she’s been to the doctor as she’s had pains in her breasts), would have been able to do these simple adjustments herself.

Out of the 7 women who attended today’s course, only 1 of them said that they’d had a good bra fitting themselves. The others had all had awful experiences, and now tended not to have bra fittings as they didn’t trust the bra fitters, or felt that they had more idea than those that were serving them.

So how can we improve this situation? Obviously more training is needed of sales assistants in all stores selling bras, even if they’re not offering a fitting service, they need to be able to give advice. We need our health professionals to have more understanding of bra fitting so that they can help us to get it right and not damage our breast tissue. And wouldn’t it be good if we taught our young women how to fit and wear bras in school? And we, ladies, need to demand better service and tell the shops we go to that we’re not happy with what they’re telling us if they are recommending bras that feel uncomfortable. They will never learn otherwise.

I guess my training services are even more vital in training others, but, I know there are other good bra fitters out there. We need to shout out about what we do and the importance of good fitting bras to women’s health, well being, self esteem and confidence.

Please ladies, don’t put up with uncomfortable bras. Try different styles, sizes and make a visit to an expert, specialist bra fitter, or ask advice from an online bra fitting service like bras4mums and bras4all. The business started when I got bad advice, and I don’t want it perpetuating! Tell me what I can do to make it better, and I’ll do my best, with your support.

A Which report published this week could not recommend any

A measure is only a guide

High Street bra fitting service, stating, “Fewer than 1 in 3 shops measured up and no service was good enough to recommend.” Just style reported that even though the report focused on larger busted women (DD+), smaller busted women also got a poor service

I have to say I’m disappointed, but not surprised. My business was set up almost 6 years ago after I got awful advice from a ‘trained bra fitter’ running an independent business. But I still see women who tell us of their awful experiences in High Street Shops.

I’ve always based the bra fitting service we offer at bras4mums and bras4all on good fitting advice. We will not let a woman buy a bra we believe is ill fitting. If she insists, we make a note on her fitting record, in case she has cause to complain.

We allow up to an hour for each fitting at our shop and with our home fitting service. This allows time to educate the customer as well as try on a variety of styles and sizes to ensure good fit. At the shows we attend, this isn’t possible, but our fitters do their best in a very busy environment, and will spend as much time with a customer as required to ensure good fit and comfort.

One of our main frustrations as bra fitters, are the sizes available from suppliers. Even though bras4mums offers the widest range of maternity and nursing bras in the UK, we don’t feel there is enough for a lot of the women we see. We need more 28-30 back sizes, more F+ cups, and particularly more HH – J – L cups. Despite our good communications with our suppliers, they are still not listening as we’re only a small part of their income. For example, HOTmilk have decided to no longer manufacture 30 band sizes. It turns out that we’re one of the very few stockists of this size, and not big enough for them to manufacture just for us.

Yes, bra fitting services should be better and more consistent. But so should bra manufacturing! You can even buy a bra from the same manufacturer in a different size to normal due to the fabric being more/less stretchy. It’s frustrating!

So, if in doubt, give us a call. Our bra fitters are trained to offer advice by phone and by email. We may use a tape measure as a guide, but not as the final ’size answer’, as all bras fit differently. See how we size you up for an initial guesstimate and starting point.

Recent training sessions we’ve run have surprised the attendees, and disappointed sales assistants. During the day they’ve not only realised that they are uncomfortable in their current bra, but that the range that they are stocking will not fit most of the women who shop there! Stores need to start asking women what they want, not relying on suppliers who want to sell bra patterns they already have.

Don’t let anyone tell you it’s the right fit if it’s uncomfortable to wear. But please do remember, that you may not be wearing your bra right. Do listen to advice on this – an ill fitting bra really can affect your health.

Related article – Why aren’t we taught how to wear a bra at school?

If you’re anything like me, my Mum took me to M&S when my breasts started to grow and then I wore the same size bras for ever.

It was only when I got pregnant that I really started to become more aware of

Nursing bra by Bravado

my breasts and my bras. My breasts grew massive in the first few weeks of pregnancy, and was told by an M&S fitter that this was unusual, (I’ve since discovered that this is normal!). She put me in a sports bra, which wasn’t that comfy, but I thought they were the experts, so I wore it during pregnancy.

I discovered NCT bras for breastfeeding, which were OK. But looking back, I probably wasn’t wearing the right size.

When no.2 came along, I bought a nursing bra set that fitted one week but not the next – it was at 12 weeks, when your breasts settle down and I dropped a cup size. I wasn’t best pleased to have a lovely bra that didn’t fit right!

So it’s only 5 1/2 years ago that I started to question about bras and bra fitting. I went on a 2 day bra fitting course at De Montfort University (leaders in contour design) and discovered a whole new world. Almost a hidden and undercover (excuse the pun!) world that as a consumer I had no idea about.

Did you know:

1. We all have one breast bigger than the other?
2. Our breast size changes during our monthly cycle?
3. All bra manufacturers use different measurements for their bras, so all bras fit quite differently?
4. That an ill fitting bra can cause damage to breasts, and is a known factor in increasing incidence of breast disease and cancer?
5. When you have a breast increase or reduction, breast surgeons don’t understand how bras are made, so the size you ask for may not match the bras you’d like to buy?

I started bras4mums, not to sell bras (but there was and still is a need for a specialist shop), but to educate women about bra fitting particularly during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Midwives aren’t bra fitters, and I’m not a midwife or breastfeeding counsellor. But we all want the best for women, their health, and their baby’s health. And as we’re not taught about bra fitting at school, how do we know what’s right? How do our Mum’s know what’s right if they haven’t been ‘taught’ how to fit a bra?

The Royal College of Midwives have agreed that their members need to be more aware of bra fitting, as women sometimes cause more problems during pregnancy and breastfeeding with ill fitting bras, and their initial point of contact is their midwife. So, they have given Professional Accreditation to the bras4mums “Bra Fitting Awareness” one day course. It aims to give an insight into general bra fitting, and the specific areas to consider during pregnancy and nursing.

bras4mums are running this course throughout the year around the UK, and also for groups and companies. We’re delighted that Mamas & Papas are using the course for their sales advisors to become more aware of bra fitting when they introduce a range of lingerie into their larger stores this month.

But, wouldn’t it be so much easier if we had a basic grounding in bra fitting at school? If we had the basic knowledge about how bras affect our health we wouldn’t put up with uncomfy bras for the sake of fashion for as long.

Maybe I should write a course for delivery in PSHE classes and submit to the Department of Education & Health. What do you think?

This week is the week many people will be starting their new fitness regime to get a new shape / lose weight / feel better at the start of 2010.

Don’t forget that a new bra can get you a new shape without the need to lose weight! You can surprise your partner and friends by getting the right size, bra shape and correctly fitted bra. Sometimes you need to reduce your t-shirt size as a good bra can make all the difference to how you look.

We have surprised women all the time in the shop, exclaiming, “I can’t believe the difference the bra has made”. It’s a great feeling to help women look and feel better. It’s the part of the job I love most.

So, how do we do this for ourselves? The most important thing is how you fit the bra. Think down or low for the bra band. This should be firm and sit in the smallest part of your back. This is often a lot lower than where you usually wear your bra, but you will benefit from the support and shape it gives you – it shapes your natural contours, and lifts your breasts naturally from a firm base. It will bring your shoulders back and help improve your posture.

How not to wear a bra

If you’re worried about the overhang, then get a bra that is deeper than usual. A lot of fashion bras have very narrow bands. Older ladies that wear longline bras don’t have this problem, as everything is held in by the length of the bra.

The shape of the bra cup is also important, and what suits you may not suit your sister or best friend. Try a few styles out and see what you like and what looks good. Always, always, always, try your top on over the bra that you try as this is the only way of testing what it looks like. There are very few people that see you without your top on, so the with top on look is the one that concerns you most.

Make it a new year’s resolution to go for a proper bra fitting, or try some new bra styles and check they are fitting correctly.

If you don’t want to go for a bra fitting, or it’s difficult to find somewhere with

How to wear your bra

your size bra, or you have children, then there are a lot of internet shops, like mine, that can help. Our bra fitters can help advise by phone or email before and after you purchase. You can also exchange as many times are you need to so we can get it right with you. Sometimes it’s the shape of the bra we need to change, not just the size. bras4all is a specialist plus size, sports and post surgery bra shop, but we also stock and sell Anita Rosa Faia, Fantasie and Freya bras. We don’t currently list all on the website. bras4mums is a specialist maternity and nursing bra shop. So, you can see, we can advise about most aspect of bra fitting, and supply most types of bra to most women.

Happy New Year, and we look forward to helping more women wear bras that are comfortable and supportive. If you have any queries, please ask. That’s what we’re here for!