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Beat Procrastination And Time-wasting

I have read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People many times and taught others its principles. As Covey rightly said "you need to learn to teach and teach to learn". The first three habits are extremely effective for anyone looking to add structure to their lives in a way that gets them out "the rut"...

Reflections On The Inner Child In Group Therapy

In the latest group therapy session, we investigated the Inner Child through meditation and visualisation. This is not a new exercise but it went a little deeper than normal and went on a little longer...

When Does The Responsibility Become Ours?

Often people come into therapy stating they are stuck. Many of them can change that in an instant if they just backed themselves to make better decisions...

Connect With Yourself By Talking With Your Internal Family: A Real-life Depiction

I truly believe that the way we think about ourselves and the world we live in greatly determines the way we behave and act. We get that conditioning in childhood, good or not so good, and it is added to by gained experience over a period of time...

Failure Is Not The End: Learning And Moving On When Things Don’t Go To Plan

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing...

Progress In Therapy Depends On The Relationship But There Must Be Limits

As a therapist, I am always happy when one of my clients has a "aha" moment. This is that very moment when everything comes together and you just know, it is going to initiate some form of positive change in the client's disposition...

Love Does Not Conquer All: Expectations In Relationships Under The Spotlight

Just how prepared are we for the considerable work needed in order to maintain a relationship? Many of us say that we know fully what lies ahead when we commit ourselves but I wonder just how true this really is...

Grounding Yourself Is Essential But Why?

Most of us spend time analyzing and wishing. We are the only species on Earth that can predict the future and analyse the past (as far as we know)...

Increase Your Self Worth, Step 5: Self Assertiveness, Honesty And Purpose

Once you have done the hard work to bring in self awareness, self acceptance, self discipline and self responsibility into your life, the next issue is how do we maintain that? How do we create a framework that will move us consistently...

Increasing Self Worth, Step 4: Self Discipline And Self Responsibility

Many people come to an awareness of what they need to do to improve their self esteem. This can be a short process or one that takes a frustratingly long time...