Therapy is not always meant to be comfortable
It can take courage to reach out for psychotherapy, especially if you know what you are letting yourself in for. You see, while a...
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Fe Robinson
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Why do I feel comfortable in a relationship with an uneven power dynamic?
Most people are aware that relationships with an uneven power balance are not healthy. And yet, many people find themselves...
Fe Robinson
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Digging in and laying bare
Now the structure of my house extension is up, my attention has turned to the garden. So far some 21 tons of concrete / gravel has come...
Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20212 min read
Want to change your relationship?
Change starts with you. Always. It’s tempting when things don’t feel great to want circumstances to be different, to want other people...
Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Fable of the disabled fox
A man walking through the forest saw a fox that had lost its legs and wondered how it lived. Then he saw a tiger come with game in its...
Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Body Matters
Your body really matters, it has a huge impact on your mental health. That might seem an odd thing for a psychotherapist to say, but the...
Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20211 min read
New therapy room on its way...
I’m excited to say that my new therapy room in Gainford, Co. Durham is really coming on. So far it has walls, a floor, a roof, stud...
Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Forgiving your own mistakes
"One of the qualities that you can develop, particularly in your older years, is a sense of great compassion for yourself. When you visit...
Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Play your day away!
“The opposite of play is not work. It's depression” Brian Sutton-Smith Neuroscience findings now amply show that play increases the...
Fe Robinson
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Refuse to fall down
"Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to stay down, lift you heart toward...
Fe Robinson
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Finding continuity as spring blossoms
Spring has certainly sprung. Buds, blossoms, lambs, warmer weather...we are blessed with the turning of the season and the seeming...
Fe Robinson
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Laughter as therapy
Today I want to say something about the healing power of laughter. I am blessed to be a mother, and to have young children who are...
Fe Robinson
Mar 27, 20212 min read
Releasing trauma from the body
As I learn more and more about the nature of trauma and its effects on us, I become increasingly aware of the need for us to meet and...
Fe Robinson
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Ripples on the moon
Ripples ceaselessly form At the stream’s surface But they cannot efface The reflection of the moon Which has made its home there Zen...
Fe Robinson
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Are people living down to your expectations?
I’ve had an interesting experience the last few weeks, with the opportunity to observe the impact of differing expectations on one of my...
Fe Robinson
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Compassion is courageous
“Compassion is the courage to descend into the reality of human experience” Paul Gilbert So often compassion is seen as something warm...
Fe Robinson
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Contemplating the beauty of the earth
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. … There is something...
Fe Robinson
Mar 19, 20212 min read
How have you grown through the ongoing pandemic?
I happened across a post traumatic growth inventory recently, and I read it through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic. Working on the...
Fe Robinson
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Moving forwards after a trauma
Last week I posted a video of Andrew Huberman talking about neuro-science, and today I wanted to highlight one of the areas he spoke...
Fe Robinson
Mar 13, 20211 min read
How trauma and chronic stress affect your nervous system
Here’s a short animation giving an overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact our...
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