Thich Nhat Hanh – No Mud, no Lotus. Letting go is Thich Nhat Hanh’s first principle for transforming suffering. Letting go of attachments. He tells a story of a wealthy person who lived in a mansion and was afraid behind …
Tag: Healing
Why Do I Feel Anxiety?
Feelings want to be understood and be in connection, when we stuff them down, that’s when problems arise, and we get surprised. We can get really creative about HOW we stuff them down. I might be overeating, overworking, or causing …
What To Say To Someone With Anxiety
It is easy to think that when speaking to someone with anxiety, the best thing to do is to empathise. That might sound like, ‘I know how you are feeling, I get anxious before interviews.’ For someone with an anxiety …
How Is An ‘Anxiety Disorder’ Different To ‘Normal Anxiety’?
Anxiety is a normal feeling when there is something to be anxious about, like a job interview or a deadline at work. It can help you focus and get the job done. Once the interview or deadline is over, the …
The Art Of Re-Parenting Part 10 – Creativity & Your Inner Child
Creativity and the inner child are inextricably linked. Children HAVE to be creative to learn about the world. They have to be creative in their problem solving, learning to get a spoon in their mouth, learning how to get mum’s …
The Art Of Re-Parenting Part 8
“Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, but by integration of the contraries.” CARL JUNG As children we are complete, whole and unique. As we become socialised by our parents, we learn that parts of …
The Art of Re-Parenting Part 5 Self-Discipline
Self-discipline is learnt. We learn it as children as we are guided to do our homework before watching the TV, we learn acceptable ways to speak to our family even when we are angry, we learn how much of the …
Father Healing
Three years ago, my father died at 91 years old. I had the opportunity to be with him for a while about 4 weeks before he passed. As he laid in his bed getting weaker and weaker, and having a …
Physical & Emotional Symptoms of Trauma
There are so many responses to trauma, remember YOUR response is NORMAL for YOU. You may experience any combination of these symptoms in response to any trauma, large or small. The symptoms will usually subside within a few weeks or …
Causes of Psychological Trauma
You might be surprised to know there are different kinds of trauma. Our ability to recover from a trauma depends partly on the KIND of trauma we have experienced. When we have experienced a shock trauma psychological distress in the …