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Depression is often seen as a problem, as something that needs to be overcome. Undoubtedly, we want to alleviate the pain that...

Here we are, in Advent, with Christmas fast approaching. Lights and decorations are popping up everywhere. It may not be our usual...

A mountain sits in the mist Shrouded It is strong Obscured It's serenity is unchanged Invisible It's joy is plain to see A tree stands...

“Many people miss out on themselves completely as they journey through life. They know others, they know places, they know skills, they...

I’m enjoying Johann Hari’s excellent book about depression, Lost Connections. It’s a compelling read. He wisely points at seven ways in...

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” Santayana I was reminded of this quote recently, and it struck a chord. ...

This Michael Mcintryre Fortune Teller sketch was sent to me recently, and it really made me laugh. Properly. Big belly laughs. Why? ...

There’s no getting away from it, winter is almost here. The winter solstice on December 21st is fast approaching, and the season has...

So why kindness? In these difficult times it’s not hard to find stories of people helping each other, it’s happening in every village...

It’s easy at the moment to wish we were someplace different, with different people, doing different things. For mental well-being, fully...

A young child recently asked me who the Buddha was, as he peered curiously at a picture. I found myself grappling with how to say...

I read this beautiful piece when resting with David Whyte’s River Flow, and wanted to share it. For me it gives such a sense of the...

Sometimes I’m a cloud. Sometimes a mountain or a stone. Sometimes I’m a river, a small seed or a great tree. But I am always me. Kate Coombs

Tomorrow’s an egg that hasn’t hatched. Yesterday is a bird that has flown. But today is real. Here now, this minute, the true wings....

I've had an interesting few weeks being reminded of how inter-dependent people are. I moved house. Depending on your previous moving...

In therapeutic work, therapists have the privilege of working with people over a period of time, and potentially of coming to know their...

Sometimes things are best left. There might be things you want to say, or things you’d like to do, that on reflection it just seems best...

Stephen Gilligan, the Self-relations psychotherapist, was one of my teachers when I trained as a psychotherapist. His way of being, and...

I’ve really been noticing of late the impact my state of being has on on the people around me. Not just at work, but in family life too....

October is Black history month. While it seems right that we give specific focus to this, I wonder why it is we have only one month in...