There are some aspects of Buddhism that are incredibly close to my heart. One of them helps with the human condition of suffering. Itโs called โletting goโ and is said to bring happiness. You might like to try this little …
7 Communication Skills That Will Change Your Relationship
๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐: โ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ.โโฃ โฃ I canโt overemphasise how healing it is to hear, โthe way you …
Working with Anxiety
I have come to understand feelings as messengers from my years of working on myself and with my clients. I often see them as little children, desperately wanting and needing something from meโthe bigger the feeling, the stronger the message. …
What to Say to Someone with Anxiety
When someone is experiencing anxiety it is easy to say something like, โI know how you are feeling. I get anxious before interviews.โ For someone with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety does not just disappear once the event is over. …
What is Reparenting?
When we have experienced neglect, abuse, invalidation, narcissism, conflict or violence as children, as adults, there is still part of us that is expecting the same behaviour from those we love. We learn that love looks and feels like conflict, …
Anxiety Disorder V’s Normal Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal result of stress, which impulses to do something to get to safety. In the right situation, it can save our lives. When we canโt turn the anxiety down, it can lead to a generalised anxiety disorder …
Creativity and the Inner Child
This painting is Claude Monetโs โThe Artistโs Garden at Vetheuilโ. It happened to be hanging in a place we stayed in a few years ago, and I spent a good hour lying on the sofa, drinking chai tea and thinking …
Using the Inner Child to work with Emotions
I like to think of emotions as messengers. They are there to tell me that something is not right. There are LOTS of ways to work with emotions in psychotherapy. One way to do it is with the transactional analysis …
The Importance Of Joy
Having fun might sound simple, but for so many of us, the ability to relax and have fun was drilled out of us in childhood. If you grew up in an environment where you were in constant fight or flight, …
Integration
As children, we are complete, whole and unique. As we become socialised by our parents, we learn that parts of us are not acceptable. In response, we disown parts of us that are disliked or we think are wrong. In …