Let’s Recognise Codependency For What It Is
At the time of writing, the term “codependency” cannot be found in any diagnostic manual anywhere. It is simply not classed as a recognisable disorder and as discussed earlier...
In Defence Of The “Marriage Reboot”
When it comes to computers, it has always amazed me that the majority of issues can be solved by switching the machine off and restarting it...
Silent Treatment: A Nemesis For Codependency And Generally Indefensible
Yesterday, I read an article by a "life coach" who said that silent treatment was justified mostly because your partner "probably deserved it"...
Increase your Self-Esteem in 10 Days. Day 10: Celebrate Your Success
You have spent the last nine days learning how the voices and self-talk in your head can become a pattern and a terrible habit to fall into...
Increase your Self-Esteem in 10 Days. Day 9: Know Your Triggers
This covers the most vulnerable parts of your self-worth. It is your weakness. It can hit you in relationships, work, with authority figures or in many other aspects of your life...
5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Change Your Life
Life doesn't always go as planned. As humans, we have to face constant changes in our lives and sometimes we get stuck. We get stuck in jobs, relationships, situations and life generally...
The Power Of Nature Can Bring Everything Into Perspective.
I recently watched a documentary on the Vietnam War. I vividly remember the images on black and white TV in the Sixties when it was happening...
Difficult Times? It Is All A State Of Mind
We all have times when everything gets too much. There are many issues to face, things to do, plan and action to be taken. Sometimes, we feel overwhelmed, paralysed and wonder how we will get through...
The Ideal Self: Realistic Or A Myth?
Anyone who practices therapy or has an interest in it will have probably been influenced by Carl Rogers. He developed person-centered therapy and was one of the key founders of humanistic psychology...
Be Kind To Your Internal Family And Gain Access To The Self
There are a range of books that tell us how to deal with our Internal family of thinking parts. Most centre on mantras and progressively aggressive language to deal with them...