Nurture Your Inner Critic
There are a range of books that tell us how to deal with our family of inner critics. Most centre on mantras and progressively aggressive language to deal with them…
Tag: Internal family Systems Therapy
Our Escape Voice: The Basis Of Addiction And Instant Gratification
Much of the thinking that we employ on a daily basis is a reflection of childhood and interaction with our caregivers. I am very much on the nurture side of the nature versus nurture argument…
Examining Your Past Effectively Can Lead to a Better Present
I am currently reading The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz. It is a captivating book that looks at the interactions between a psychoanalyst and his patients…
Inner Child Therapy: How We Become What We Are
Consider the following situation. Paula, as a five year old, enjoyed being outside with her friends, male and female, playing with a ball, riding her bike and generally enjoying the…
Challenge Your Self-Talk Or Stay Stuck
It’s called self-talk, emotional traffic, inner conflict, internal family. Call it what you will, it can have a marked effect on the way we see the world. These ancient childhood…
Recovery from Codependency Is Ultimately About Making The Right Choices
There are many programs that one can subscribe to in order to recover from a codependent life. All of them offer something different from different angles and theories. There are…
Staying With Your Partner After Infidelity?
Once infidelity occurs in a relationship, it breaks the foundation of trust that might have been the one of the main reasons the relationship maintained itself. Let’s face it, many…
Only Definitive Action Can Move You Away From The Influence Of The Thinking Parts
In my last two posts, I talked about meeting a younger self and a safe place for your internal family. This is fine and brings people to a point of…