The Way We See The Problem, Often Is The Problem
I always remember the quote " Life is about the choices you make. If you want a better life, make different choices"...
Re-parenting your Inner Child
We have seen clearly in my previous set of posts how an inner critic is formed from the defence mechanisms used by the wounded, criticised child and how these can be taken forward into adulthood...
Clue Up On SAD: It Affects More People Than You Might Think
As I woke up this morning, I realised that something was different. I'm not talking here about the ageing process here but the sudden change in the weather...
Punishment is not Discipline (Part 2) Considerations
When my daughter who is now 30 started crawling, we attended as a couple some parenting classes. This was supplemented by visits from the seminar leader to consolidate the theory in practice...
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...
Take Your Internal Family To A Safe Place
In my last post, I talked about the value of meeting a "younger self" in visualisation. I said and believe that this is an emotional but worthwhile step in trying to come to terms with childhood trauma...
Meeting Your Younger Self Tells You All You Need To Know
While doing inner child work with clients, I often run them through a guided visualisation where they meet and greet a younger version of themselves...
Soothing Our “Child Part” Will Keep The Narcissist At Bay
I have worked with codependents for many years and have witnessed first-hand the devastation that occurs when a cruel, self-centred individual breezes in and out of their life...
Conditioning Can Be Changed But It Takes Hard Work And Awareness
A client who has been coming to therapy for quite some time, recently had a revelation where she finally realised that her family had conditioned her as a child to believe that she needed to behave in a certain way...
Dealing With Life’s Small (And Not So Small) Setbacks
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...
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