On feeling enough
Do you feel you are good enough? Adequate? Sufficient? Acceptable and loveable as you are? If you are not feeling enough, you are not...
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Fe Robinson
Jan 221 min read
Cherokee Wisdom
An elderly Cherokee was imparting wisdom to his grandson about life. "There's a battle within me," he told the boy, "a fierce clash...
Fe Robinson
Jan 11 min read
Re-setting and becoming happier for the new year
Happiness comes in many guises – on the one hand you’ve got the hedonistic delight of eating your favourite chocolate, on the other is...
Fe Robinson
Dec 22, 20232 min read
Autobiography in five short chapters
I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever...
Fe Robinson
Dec 15, 20231 min read
Having authenticity
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are” Carl Jung As I reach mid-life and the transition into elderhood, it seems to...
Fe Robinson
Nov 25, 20232 min read
Making archetypal energies your own
In therapeutic work we are addressing the individual and unique expressions that a person has. At the same time, we are working with...
Fe Robinson
Nov 17, 20232 min read
Nothing lasts forever
I had a lesson in transience this week…my gorgeous big cat Jasper accidentally knocked a mug tree off the kitchen bench, and gone were a...
Fe Robinson
Aug 25, 20232 min read
On being aware of how you are changing
Sometimes it can be hard to discern how we are changing. We tend to think of ourselves as fixed, consistent beings who are steady...
Fe Robinson
Aug 18, 20232 min read
Expanding your comfort zone
I’ve had a number of experiences recently where I have found myself doing things that were way out of my previous comfort zone. I’m...
Fe Robinson
Aug 1, 20232 min read
Expanding your comfort zone
I’ve had a number of experiences recently where I have found myself doing things that were way out of my previous comfort zone. I’m...
Fe Robinson
Jul 19, 20232 min read
The sacred gift of intuition
“The rational mind is a servant. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift. We have created a society that honours the servant and has...
Fe Robinson
Jul 3, 20233 min read
Coming to trust your intuition by understanding your nervous system
Learning to listen to your intuitive wisdom is an important skill that can help you to make good, congruent decisions in your life. When...
Fe Robinson
Jun 13, 20232 min read
We only exist in relationship
I’m currently reading the beautiful book Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli. It’s quite a read, exploring the current thinking around quantum...
Fe Robinson
Jun 2, 20231 min read
What are your weeds?
I have a big patch of clover in my back garden. It’s quite prominent, and just now it’s beginning to flower. Beautiful. The thing is,...
Fe Robinson
Mar 3, 20232 min read
With or about...and why it matters
Today I want to reflect on a distinction we can make in the way we hold and talk about others, or about aspects of our own self. We talk...
Fe Robinson
Jan 27, 20232 min read
We can only be compassionate when we are grounded
It’s the natural way of things that most people coming into psychotherapy are not feeling emotionally balanced. They may have suffered a...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20232 min read
When your comfort zone becomes uncomfortable...
I opened Matt Haig’s Comfort Book today, and read a beautiful short passage about ‘The Discomfort Zone.’ You know the one, the place...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Rapport is the foundation of all effective therapy
I had the pleasure of teaching an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Introduction to a small group of local Counselling Degree students...
Fe Robinson
Dec 3, 20222 min read
Don't pull yourself together...gather yourself gently
Whatever you do, don't pull yourself together. Don't pull yourself at all. Being pulled is seldom a nice experience. Add the edge of an...
Fe Robinson
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Why uncomfortable is not a bad thing
We all have habitual ways of behaving. They are comfortable and normal, and mostly they are not even on our radar, we just act and speak...
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