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I had a profoundly moving experience recently, of sitting in the company of women, in a space of deep trust and warmth. I was...

Feeling insignificant and invisible while in relationships is sadly not an uncommon experience. Therapeutically and in life more...

It's more years since I care to remember since I first came across the idea of Character Strengths, back then I was working in the...

Anger is an unpopular emotion, and frankly it gets quite a bad press. The caricature of an angry person is red faced, steam coming out...

Today is thought to be Blue Monday, the combination of short days, poor weather and the aftermath of the festive season with the distance...

Here we are, another festive season over, and the winter ahead of us. The Christmas lights are coming down. For many people the coming...

“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the...

I wrote this poem this time last year. So much has changed, as always, life will never be the same, it never is. I hope you enjoy the...

People are generally familiar with the idea that when someone dies, we grieve. There are many ways of describing the process grief might...

"I cannot tell you how the light comes. What I know is that it is more ancient than imagining. That it travels across an astounding...

Walk as tall as the trees Live as strong as the mountains Be as gentle as the spring winds Keep the warmth of the summer sun in your...

I had the pleasure of delivering a workshop recently with some Counselling degree students at Bishop Auckland College. I went to talk to...

The opposite of repression and suppression is not expression, its awareness. I heard Andrew Seubert make this excellent observation in a...

It seems to me we are not one, solid, unchanging being, but rather a deeply interconnected web of life from which consciousness arises. ...

“We don’t perceive the world as it is, we perceive it as it is useful for us to do so.” Anil Seth in Being You Seth’s recent exploration...

“Adaptability does not prioritize drastic change over fierce rigidity. Adaptability is the conversation within us between stability and...

“You are the artist of your own life. Don’t hand the paintbrush to anyone else!” I saw this quote online and it made me smile, I’m not...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and trauma responses, are often thought of as being dramatic and invasive. We most often think of people...

“Like a tree, our growth depends upon our ability to soften, loosen, and shed defenses we no longer need.” Daily OM This quote popped...

Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, Here’s the joyful face you’ve been waiting to see. Your hand opens and closes and opens and...