Mindfulness is not clearing your mind
Meditation is not about clearing your mind. It’s not about control. It’s about perspective. Meditation is about finding the stillness...
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Fe Robinson
May 3, 20202 min read
What stayed the same through extraordinary times?
I hear continual narratives about what has changed as a result of covid-19, the lockdown and the grim reality of loss of life on a scale...
Fe Robinson
Apr 26, 20201 min read
On the nature of thoughts and feelings
“They come, they blow, they go” Mooji I was listening to a youtube video the other day, and came across this pithy phrase to describe...
Fe Robinson
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Thank you is more than just words
Counting gratitudes is an often mentioned positive psychology exercise that is known to support well-being. Today I want to say a few...
Fe Robinson
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Feeling disappointed?
Disappointment is a difficult emotion. It comes from having an expectation of something, and that expectation not being met. ...
Fe Robinson
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Be stuck, and keep moving
I was inspired recently by a recorded conversation with one of my therapeutic heroes, Bill O’Hanlan. Thinking about trauma, he described...
Fe Robinson
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Your mind is not your brain
‘Your mind is not just your brain. Your mind is both your whole body and your relational world.' Dan Siegel Even conservative estimates...
Fe Robinson
Apr 8, 20203 min read
Making space
Space is at a premium currently. Whether you are working flat out, or not working at all, we are all confining ourselves in our homes...
Fe Robinson
Apr 4, 20202 min read
Reflecting on what really matters
As the dust begins to settle on confinement to our homes, it seems we are each beginning to encounter ourselves in different ways. Each...
Fe Robinson
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Three daily questions
There are three questions which are really lovely to ask yourself at the end of each day. They are great to use on your own, but even...
Fe Robinson
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Space matters
Space matters. We each have our own individual ways of internally organising our perception and experience, and space is a component of...
Fe Robinson
Mar 28, 20202 min read
Relationship culture in a stay at home world
These are interesting times for family relationships. All of a sudden our personal space has been reduced, and contact with those we live...
Fe Robinson
Mar 13, 20201 min read
Post traumatic stress is a condition of dis-connection
“Post-traumatic stress is an embodied response where the sense of self is fragmented. Relationship with one’s whole self and others is...
Fe Robinson
Mar 13, 20201 min read
Drawing on strengths in adversity
Many people are finding the current health situation extremely challenging. Uncertainty about what is going to happen, fear about loved...
Fe Robinson
Mar 9, 20201 min read
Lift your mood, drug free
I remember when I first heard about the positive benefits of being grateful. It was more years ago than I care to count, when positive...
Fe Robinson
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Speak kindly when it counts the most
I’ve been reflecting this week on the power of kindness. Many times I sit with clients who seem to have a huge capacity to care, and do...
Fe Robinson
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Grounding yourself in the natural world
As the days get warmer, and plants large and small come out into full bloom, I've been feeling a yearning to be outside, to be out in...
Fe Robinson
Feb 25, 20202 min read
There is no failure, only feedback
This idea is an often quoted pre-supposition from neuro-linguistic modelling. It's also good old common sense, around for aeons before...
Fe Robinson
Feb 25, 20202 min read
You don't have to solve problems on your own
There can be many reasons that we tend to solve our own problems, and to do so on our own. Perhaps life has turned out so far in a way...
Fe Robinson
Feb 10, 20202 min read
Your sixth sense
From time to time, I meet clients whose thinking is no longer free-flowing. They are caught in a repeating pattern of the same thoughts...
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