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A reader asked me recently to write about the burden of shame. It is always a pleasure to write on topics that are pertinent and...

“What if the symptoms of my illness are trying to heal me?” Marion Woodman We have a saying in neuro-linguistic programming that ‘all...

In several contexts this week I’ve been reminded of the power of being clear about boundaries. The word boundary is a noun, and it’s...

As I write, I have in mind a series of mesmerising sunsets that I have been lucky enough to see recently. Out and about in the car, it...

Many moons ago, when I trained in NLP, I was fortunate to have a course rich with content about expanding awareness into that which us...

It’s the natural way of things that most people coming into psychotherapy are not feeling emotionally balanced. They may have suffered a...

I opened Matt Haig’s Comfort Book today, and read a beautiful short passage about ‘The Discomfort Zone.’ You know the one, the place...

Trauma specialist Bessel van der Kolk once remarked that psychotherapy can not really begin until the client is having a embodied...

Shame is a difficult emotion, it’s not one people tend to enjoy or want to cultivate. As such, it’s an experience people tend to...

I was reflecting recently on the deep interconnectedness that exists between humans, other humans, our ecosystem, fellow animals and our...

So much of human relating is transactional. We live in an economy where most everything has a price. We expect to pay to receive...

I was reflecting recently on the deep interconnectedness that exists between humans, other humans, our ecosystem, fellow animals and our...

Christmas is a much-hyped cultural festival, apparently full of fun and laughter. And yes, it can be. It is also true that for many,...

Like anything, we are energy and we are matter. This means that we naturally pick up energy as we go about our lives, from the people...

There are so many times when you hear 'positive thinking' being used as a way to shut out, minimise, deny or avoid uncomfortable truths. ...

I’ve made a few changes in my office lately, increasing my level of physical comfort when I am working. I’m noticing a significant...

It is a paradox of being human that while so, so much is common to us all, our experience of life is unique. There are no two people who...

In both couples and individual psychotherapy, a common theme in the way clients present is that there is much they want to say in their...

“If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.” Marion Woodman...

“The greatest changes stem from the darkest experiences. We fall apart to become new. We go through the dark to fly to the sun” Matt...