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I’ve been preparing my house recently for a home blessing that is coming up. It’s really got me thinking about the impact of space, and...

Anger is a healthy, positive emotion that is a message to let us know that our boundaries have been transgressed, or that something has...

You might think this an odd question, it’s certainly a complex one. We each hold many, many beliefs about the world, some of them may...

I’ve been reflecting of late on the way that our perception changes when we are with different people. Seeing the world through the eyes...

I’ve been reminded several times in recent weeks of the power of working with the structure of the way we ‘hold’ experiences, rather than...

I was on a training course recently where there was amble opportunity to observe the power of break states. A break state is when we...

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...

Today I want to celebrate a much commented on Orchid which sits in my office. Clients often notice it and comment on it. It flowers so...

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...

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...

A colleague who works with families introduced me to a lovely exercise recently that captured my imagination. Aimed at increasing...

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...

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

Happiness comes in many guises – on the one hand you’ve got the hedonistic delight of eating your favourite chocolate, on the other is...

As one year has ended and 2023 begins, it’s a good time to reflect and look forwards. A year is a long time, with many experiences lived...

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