What do you intend to do today?
I came across a really lovely way of thinking about activity last week that helped me change my relationship to to-do lists. It’s easy...
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Fe Robinson
Jul 24, 20202 min read
How flexible is your perspective?
If you look at a situation from only one perspective, your information is pretty limited. And yet, that is exactly what many of us do,...
Fe Robinson
Jul 4, 20201 min read
What are your top 20 free treats?
I remember many years ago being challenged to write down a list of at least 20 things that feel like treats that are free, or minimally...
Fe Robinson
Jul 4, 20202 min read
Appreciate what you are, not what you are not
I’m not a professional musician. I’m not a scientist. I’m not a dancer. Or a photographer. Or a botanist. Or a chef. Or many, many...
Fe Robinson
Jun 28, 20201 min read
Turn the lights up, you'll see more!
When I was training to be a psychotherapist, one of the ideas I came across that has really stayed with me is that the only purpose of a...
Fe Robinson
Jun 28, 20201 min read
Do you really know what you're experiencing?
I’ve been noticing in recent weeks how often I respond to things habitually. I’ve been taking moments through the day to check out my...
Fe Robinson
Jun 28, 20201 min read
What is trauma recovery?
What does it mean to recover from being traumatized? I like Babette Rothschild’s description. She defines recovery as understanding...
Fe Robinson
Jun 20, 20201 min read
Which fairy-tale character most appeals to you?
Working with clients, I am often reminded of the power of metaphor. For example, when building awareness of the way a client perceives...
Fe Robinson
Jun 20, 20202 min read
Feel safer in your own body
“If you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safer” Stephen Porges I love this quote from Stephen Porges, it speaks to...
Fe Robinson
Jun 13, 20201 min read
Can you describe how you feel physically?
Paying attention to the information you get through your senses may be instinctive, but for many reasons it may not be habitual. ...
Fe Robinson
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Coping with strong emotions
Clients often come to therapy wanting to find peace when experiencing strong emotions. Anger, sadness, guilt, grief; many different...
Fe Robinson
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Do you know what you want?
I often smile at signs that tell the public what not to do, for example ‘don’t walk on the grass.’ They conjure up images of doing...
Fe Robinson
May 30, 20202 min read
What languages do you speak?
We each have differing levels of comfort with different aspects of human experience. For some, the body, the physical is the prime way...
Fe Robinson
May 24, 20201 min read
Are your feet on the ground?
These are heady times. It is completely normal to have many different worries and thoughts passing through you, when daily events are so...
Fe Robinson
May 17, 20201 min read
Checking in while staying in
As the slight easing of this period of cocooning at home comes closer, I have been reflecting on the impact of so much time alone, and so...
Fe Robinson
May 10, 20202 min read
Maximising mental health through pregnancy and as a parent
May is Maternal Mental Health Month. As many as 1 in 5 mothers experience mental health symptoms during and/or after pregnancy. Yes,...
Fe Robinson
May 10, 20202 min read
Making your walking count
It’s National Walking Month, which makes me smile given how much more walking many people are doing given the restrictions we are under...
Fe Robinson
May 10, 20201 min read
The cracks that let the light in
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen This mental health awareness week, let’s end the myth that...
Fe Robinson
May 3, 20202 min read
What's in a story?
When clients attend their first therapy session, one of the important aspects of our initial encounter is to give them space to tell the...
Fe Robinson
May 3, 20201 min read
The Power of Sounds To Take You Places
As I sit here, rain is drumming on the velux window in my dining room ceiling. I love the height of this room, not just for the sense of...
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