Therapy Shorts 97: Why You Obsess About Your Partner’s Past.
We all have a past. When two people come together and try to form a relationship, the experiences gained by both play a role. How much of a role depends greatly on the people concerned...
Therapy Shorts 82: Want A New Start? Clear Out The Dead Wood First
Change is never easy but we face it every day. For some it is a terrifying experience, for others an opportunity. We all, see it, feel it and deal with in in different ways. How we see it, feel it and deal with it will generally determine how difficult it will be...
Become A Compassionate Witness To Your Past
As part of the 7 Day Challenge, I wrote about polarised thinking and how the battle for control of the various "parts" of our personality can lead us to such extremes as being stuck, procrastination, people pleasing and addiction...
Increase Your Self-Worth, Step 3: Conscious Thinking And Staying Present In The Moment
Much of our thinking, up to 95%, is on a subconscious level. It helps us navigate the world in form of habit, automatic thinking, processed memories and how those fit into our paradigm ...
Increase Your Self Worth, Step 2: Self Acceptance
Self acceptance is the root of mental health and self-esteem. It is seen universally as a key element in personal happiness, personal growth and a healthy view of the world and ourselves...
The 7 Day Challenge: A Summary
The 7 Day Challenge is over. If I look at the mails and responses I have had, many people followed it at least part way through. Not surprisingly, the most popular days were 2 and 4 that examined reasons why people find it difficult to move forward and the reasons why...
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...
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...
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