The freedom of safety
"We all need freedom and security, which is why when the world doesn’t feel safe, we often don’t feel as free." Esther Perel At first...
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Fe Robinson
Sep 9, 20222 min read
Emerging from the dark
“Don’t fear the dark: it's a natural part of the journey. The most beautiful butterflies emerge from the darkness of the cocoon; the...
Fe Robinson
Sep 9, 20221 min read
Walk softly and peace will go with you
Take time to see the sky, find shapes in the clouds, hear the murmur of the breeze and touch the cool water. Walk softly and peace will...
Fe Robinson
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Back into the rhythm of school and work
Now we're into September, families country-wide will be back into the rhythm of school and working weeks after the different pace of the...
Fe Robinson
Aug 19, 20221 min read
The sacred mundane
I love meditating in company, I experience such a resonance in the collective energy, just remembering brings tingles and smiles. Here’s...
Fe Robinson
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Wild Witch
Here’s a poetic offering for the weekend, about the insights that can come from therapeutic work and the way just one revelation...
Fe Robinson
Aug 3, 20222 min read
On feeling out of sync
I watched Hannah Gadesby’s show Douglas recently, and along with the many, many laughs she provoked, she spoke of a truth that resonated...
Fe Robinson
Jul 15, 20221 min read
A weekend thought
“Be humble because you are made of earth Be noble, for you are made of stars" Serbian Proverb As above, so below. I love this proverb...
Fe Robinson
Jul 9, 20223 min read
Staying with life even when the flowers don't yet bloom
When I planted my new garden last year, I put a row of floribunda rose bushes along the back fence, anticipating by this year I would be...
Fe Robinson
Jul 9, 20221 min read
A poem about resilience
look at you. still standing after being knocked down and thrown out. look at you. still growing after being picked and plucked and...
Fe Robinson
Jun 24, 20223 min read
Rowing your metaphorical boat
I popped into my kids school this week to talk to the Early Years and Key Stage 1 children about Spiritual Practice and Meditation. We...
Fe Robinson
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Healing and recognising your wholeness
“Healing does not mean wallowing in or identifying with injury. Nor does it mean defensive inaction. It means having the courage to...
Fe Robinson
Jun 10, 20222 min read
The benefits of being in nature
Out walking a few weeks ago at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, my companion wished the trees could tell us the stories of all they...
Fe Robinson
Jun 10, 20222 min read
Meaningful metaphors
I have a gnarled old piece of wood that sits on my desk in my therapy room. I picked it up years ago in some woodland near Durham, I...
Fe Robinson
May 20, 20221 min read
Letting Go
I recently came across a cracking set of questions about letting go. If you’ve a sense of it being time to reflect on what energises you...
Fe Robinson
May 20, 20221 min read
The Abyss of Trauma
My weekend poem this week is called The Abyss. I wrote it in 2011. It speaks of trauma, of the fragmentation inside that happens when...
Fe Robinson
May 13, 20221 min read
Maternal Mental Health Month
May is Maternal Mental Health Month, and it’s a theme that resonates with me. We tend to think of maternal mental health as being a...
Fe Robinson
May 6, 20222 min read
Full to overflowing, or full beyond capacity?
When a client tells me or shows me they are overwhelmed, what they are describing is an intense experience. For them, moving past the...
Fe Robinson
May 6, 20221 min read
Poetic Silence
Today’s poem is hot off the press, I wrote it a few weeks ago. Wishing you a weekend filled with the joy found in the spaces between…...
Fe Robinson
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Weekend notes
I found this poem I wrote in 2011 today, and felt moved to share it. In my recent reorganisation I have created a music and meditation...
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