Understanding your family's unspoken language
A colleague described beautifully to me the other day the power of unspoken communication in families. You know…the looks. The sighs. ...
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Fe Robinson
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Are you suppressing your anger?
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...
Fe Robinson
- Jan 21
- 1 min
National Hug Day!
I could get all sciency and talk about 20 seconds of physical contact causing the participants to release oxytocin (the love hormone),...
Fe Robinson
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Having a brew this Blue Monday
Today is thought to be Blue Monday, the combination of short days, poor weather and the aftermath of the festive season with the distance...
Fe Robinson
- Jan 7
- 2 min
When you just can't take your own advice...
We’re not always in touch with all of the capability, wisdom and resourcefulness we have inside. While we are all multi-faceted, it's...
Fe Robinson
- Jan 7
- 1 min
The colour clouds add
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore What...
Fe Robinson
- Jan 1
- 2 min
When the lights go out
Here we are, another festive season over, and the winter ahead of us. The Christmas lights are coming down. For many people the coming...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Discovering unconscious relationship patterns
Discovering unconscious patterns I was teaching at Bishop Auckland College last week, introducing some concepts from Neuro-Linguistic...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Trauma symptoms are about survival
“Trauma represents a profound compression of “survival” energy, energy that has not been able to complete its meaningful course of...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Everything flows
“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Wishing you well for mid-winter
Today is my last working day of 2021. I wish you all well for the festive season and the turning of the year. May your mid-winter be a...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
What's good to do?
Today I wanted to reflect on the concept of ecology, which is used in neuro-linguistic programming to check out the congruence of a...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
At Year's End
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...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 9, 2021
- 1 min
Mid-winter blues
If you have the mid-winter blues this article I helped #UKCP with may be of interest. https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/news/how-to-cope-w...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 9, 2021
- 1 min
Preparing for 2022
As you prepare for 2022, it’s a good time to reflect on both the year past and the year to come. Here’s an article I wrote for #UKCP...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
For the interim time
This wonderful John O’Donohue poem has popped into my awareness a few times in recent weeks, I wanted to share it for all those who may...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Grief is not only about death
People are generally familiar with the idea that when someone dies, we grieve. There are many ways of describing the process grief might...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Trust yourself
Sometimes it is easy to lose trust in what you are experiencing. It may be that someone else somehow undermines you, convincing you that...
Fe Robinson
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
I cannot tell you how the light comes
"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...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
Native American Proverb
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...