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I took a young child ice skating for the first time recently. It was a quite wonderful experience. Today I thought I'd write about what...

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let...

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ...

Are you happy? This seems to be a frequently asked question, with a 'right' answer. Happy = good, anything else = a problem. But how...

A loss of meaning is a painful experience. It may be that a cherished job role no longer seems to have a purpose, hobbies that lose their...

We tend to think of ourselves as matter. A solid, homogenous being that exists within our skin. All that is beyond our skin is therefore...

Mindfulness is now known to be beneficial for mental health. Learning how to let yourself be, allowing thoughts and feelings to arise,...

“There is nothing I have found, in all my pursuit of pleasure-seeking distraction, that can compare with feeling at home in one’s self....

Loving yourself is something you do every day, in every moment, for the rest of your life. Self-love is a way of living, a practice, and...

“What’s different about the heart is that the heart doesn’t do calculations. The heart reads energy.” Bruce Lipton It’s a language...

In recent times the invidious practice of gas lighting has been much highlighted. Gaslighting is a form of persistent manipulation and...

Working with clients, I am often reminded of the power of metaphor. For example, when building awareness of the way a client perceives...

I was recently given a beautiful book called The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. Here’s the first quote I saw...

It is a common problem for clients to say they are finding their thoughts negative and debilitating and really need relief from them. ...

“Stillness does not come from stopping the mind from doing its thing, although seasoned meditators will experience seemingly eternal...

There is a very human tendency to believe that if something could just change outside of ourselves we will feel better. This is at one...

"Life is about intuition, with a splash of logic. If you learn to use the two in the right balance, any decision you take will normally...

I recently came across Jizo figures and I am really struck by them. Jizo figures can frequently be found along paths and roadways in...

Each time I look out of my therapy room window, I see a scene that speaks of the complexity of life. Fallen red leaves surrounding a pot...

Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful...