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As I read more of Anil Seth’s book Being You, I reflect more and more on the way we are continually making sense of what happens to us,...

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

Every now and again I put together a short digest of the posts that have seemed to resonate with people, and send it out to my subscriber...

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...

When relationships end, it can be difficult. Particularly if you did not want things to change. It may be that a romantic relationship...

I often blog about self-help techniques and approaches those interested can use to support their well-being and emotional health. I like...

I first consciously came across the phenomenon of my body moving without my deliberate control when I trained in Neuro-Linguistic...

May you recognize in your life the presence, power, and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in...

I’m introducing another simple reflection tool today, one I met many moons ago when I trained as a life coach. It’s called a Life Wheel,...

Psychotherapy is intended to be an authentic encounter. An intimate, enabling space in which we as clients can be utterly who we are...

I want to talk today about a simple tool you can use to increase your awareness of how the relationships in your life impact your...

It’s hard to beat the feeling of really being with someone. That feeling of parent and child spontaneously connecting in an experience. ...

Today I’ve reached the final stage of Erik Erikson’s model of psychosocial development, that of later adulthood, which he suggested...

I frequently hear people talk about mindfulness as a way to inner peace. I hear it so often I feel compelled to write a little about my...

“My formula for greatness is a human being is amor fati; that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all...

Sometimes, we can get caught in a trap of feeling continually ‘on.’ It may feel like you’re on a hamster wheel, needing to be in...

Almost at the end of my series on Erik Erikson’s model of psychosocial development, today I am exploring the seventh stage, that of...

I was reminded recently of the contrast between feeling that I had some control over what happened to me, and of feeling as if life was...

Before you make a change, it is important to be clear about what the current situation gives you. Remember that odd old phrase ‘don’t...

Sometimes clients come into therapy wanting to be absolved of guilt when they have done something they regret. Guilt is painful, and this...