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“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the...
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Fe Robinson
Dec 13, 20211 min read
At Year's End
I wrote this poem this time last year. So much has changed, as always, life will never be the same, it never is. I hope you enjoy the...
Fe Robinson
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Grief is not only about death
People are generally familiar with the idea that when someone dies, we grieve. There are many ways of describing the process grief might...
Fe Robinson
Dec 1, 20211 min read
I cannot tell you how the light comes
"I cannot tell you how the light comes. What I know is that it is more ancient than imagining. That it travels across an astounding...
Fe Robinson
Nov 26, 20211 min read
Native American Proverb
Walk as tall as the trees Live as strong as the mountains Be as gentle as the spring winds Keep the warmth of the summer sun in your...
Fe Robinson
Nov 13, 20212 min read
Presence in the therapy room
I had the pleasure of delivering a workshop recently with some Counselling degree students at Bishop Auckland College. I went to talk to...
Fe Robinson
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Repression, supression, expression and awareness
The opposite of repression and suppression is not expression, its awareness. I heard Andrew Seubert make this excellent observation in a...
Fe Robinson
Nov 5, 20212 min read
The bridge that breath provides
It seems to me we are not one, solid, unchanging being, but rather a deeply interconnected web of life from which consciousness arises. ...
Fe Robinson
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Useful perceptions
“We don’t perceive the world as it is, we perceive it as it is useful for us to do so.” Anil Seth in Being You Seth’s recent exploration...
Fe Robinson
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Grounded adaptation
“Adaptability does not prioritize drastic change over fierce rigidity. Adaptability is the conversation within us between stability and...
Fe Robinson
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Being the artist of your own life
“You are the artist of your own life. Don’t hand the paintbrush to anyone else!” I saw this quote online and it made me smile, I’m not...
Fe Robinson
Oct 15, 20212 min read
Trauma effects vary
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and trauma responses, are often thought of as being dramatic and invasive. We most often think of people...
Fe Robinson
Oct 8, 20211 min read
Shedding your bark
“Like a tree, our growth depends upon our ability to soften, loosen, and shed defenses we no longer need.” Daily OM This quote popped...
Fe Robinson
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Friday inspiration from Rumi
Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, Here’s the joyful face you’ve been waiting to see. Your hand opens and closes and opens and...
Fe Robinson
Sep 24, 20211 min read
A weekend blessing
May you recognize in your life the presence, power, and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in...
Fe Robinson
Sep 17, 20212 min read
A life well lived?
Today I’ve reached the final stage of Erik Erikson’s model of psychosocial development, that of later adulthood, which he suggested...
Fe Robinson
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Are you loving what is present?
“My formula for greatness is a human being is amor fati; that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all...
Fe Robinson
Sep 10, 20212 min read
Are you generating, or stagnating?
Almost at the end of my series on Erik Erikson’s model of psychosocial development, today I am exploring the seventh stage, that of...
Fe Robinson
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Are you engaging in your life?
I was reminded recently of the contrast between feeling that I had some control over what happened to me, and of feeling as if life was...
Fe Robinson
Sep 5, 20212 min read
How are your mental health symptoms trying to help you?
Before you make a change, it is important to be clear about what the current situation gives you. Remember that odd old phrase ‘don’t...
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