The 7 Day Challenge Day 5: The Strategy, First Beat Polarized Thinking
The 7 Day Challenge is well under way. So far we have covered Day 1 Check, Day 2 Challenge, Day 3 Visualise, and Day 4 Demons...
The 7 Day Challenge Day 4: Build A Strategy And Fight Your Demons!
We have so far got through the 7 Day Challenge Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 where we have checked, challenged and visualised. If you have been following the challenge, you may well have a preferred scenario that you will want to aim for...
What Our Inner Voices Tell Us… The Bad News Is… We Believe Them!
When we allow our thinking patterns to "protect" us , we often feel there is no escape, no matter how hard we try. These thinking traps are exactly that, thinking and behaviour that are ingrained and seemingly impossible to shift...
Relationships: Stay Or Go – The Decisive Factors
There are times in our lives when big decisions have to be made and the consequences faced, however grim they may be. How many of us can actually say we enjoy this process? Not many, I guess...
Narcissist Abuse Syndrome: Elements of Stockholm Syndrome and PTSD
I once had a client who was involved with the most abusive, self-absorbed, self-centred, controlling man you could ever imagine. He abused her physically, emotionally, financially and verbally...
Emotional Honesty, Intimacy and Connection. Added Elements Of Relationship Success
Relationship success is something that many of us strive for. Sometimes, this elusive "Holy Grail" escapes all but the very few. I have written here before about the Four Pillars of a functional relationship and how that is the basis if the relationship is to sustain itself long-term.
Dealing With Internal Conflict: A Case Study Part 2: Leadership And Action
What is the point of therapy unless there is a clear measurable goal? A question I have often asked myself and one that I am sure many people who seek therapy ask themselves too...
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...
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"...
The Health Of Your Relationship Can Be Judged By The Way You Fight
If you have been in a relationship that has lasted longer than a few months, you will know that conflict and argument are going to be a part of it...
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