We are supposed to depend on each other
"I can't burden anyone with this" "Other people have their own problems" "No-one will understand" "I'm too ashamed to tell anyone" There...
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Fe Robinson
- Nov 25, 2019
- 2 min
Give yourself permission to do what you sense is right
I ought to. I must. I should. I need to. Other people say I should... She says I'd be crazy to... Any of these sound familiar? If so,...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 15, 2019
- 2 min
Trust takes time to develop
Trust can be a tricky concept. We all like to believe we are trusting, it’s mostly portrayed socially as a virtue. And yet, “Don’t you...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 25, 2019
- 1 min
Expect at your peril
We all have hopes, and we all dream. Without our aspirations, life would be dull and flat. They can lift us up and inspire us to...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
Your most important relationship is with yourself
Reading a Derek Walcott poem recently I was reminded of the importance of the way that we relate to ourselves. So much of the time we...
Fe Robinson
- Sep 25, 2019
- 2 min
Being who you are, not who others want you to be
"As children we distort our true responses and needs in order to become the child our parents will recognise and appreciate" Judith...
Fe Robinson
- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
Power in relationships
In any relationship, there is a power dynamic. For some relationships, this is quite an equal balance, for other relationships it is...
Fe Robinson
- Sep 10, 2019
- 2 min
Are you OK with intimacy?
Being intimate is often thought of as being closely in touch with someone else, with the focus being very much on the other person and...
Fe Robinson
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Preparing for couples psychotherapy
Sitting down with a psychotherapist can be a daunting prospect. For many people, doing so with someone we love is even more tricky. The...
Fe Robinson
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Grieving? Then know you have loved
Grieving can be a difficult, complicated business. We each grieve differently, there is no one response, and there is certainly no...
Fe Robinson
- Aug 28, 2019
- 2 min
Is fear holding you back?
I have been reflecting of late on the way that fear can create prisons for us, stopping us from doing things. It can prevent us from...
Fe Robinson
- Aug 21, 2019
- 2 min
What do you need to name in your relationship?
‘To give a thing a name, a label, a handle; to rescue it from anonymity, to pluck it out of the Place of Namelessness, in short to...
Fe Robinson
- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
When you feel you need someone else to complete you...
In a healthy relationship, two whole people come together. They stay whole in their own right, and enjoy co-existing, recognising their...
Fe Robinson
- Apr 14, 2019
- 2 min
Is taking responsibility a good thing?
Is taking responsibility a good thing? Generally people would say yes. In reality though, its not so simple. Responsibility can come...
Fe Robinson
- Mar 12, 2019
- 2 min
Do you want your relationships to feel real?
Most people were brought up to have good manners. We learned to be polite. To say the expected things, at the expected times. In...
Fe Robinson
- Jul 21, 2017
- 1 min
Grieving? Then know you have loved.
Grieving can be a difficult, complicated business. We each grieve differently, there is no one response, and there is certainly no...
Fe Robinson
- May 14, 2017
- 3 min
How many types of power are there in a relationship?
In any relationship, there is a power dynamic. For some relationships, this is quite an equal balance, for other relationships it is...