Parenting Part I: What Adults, Children and Young People Say About Parenting
Children, young people and adults explore many issues in the therapy room and they sometimes talk about parenting styles. In this article I look at some of the subjects, themes and issues that come up that I hope will generate learning and reflection for parents who are raising children and young people and also for […]
Gratitude
Gratitude is the key to creating a better life… I started experimenting with gratitude practices many years ago and one of the things I noticed was that I was noticing a change in feelings of happiness and that the more I focused on the positive in my life the more I manifested it. It takes […]
Inner Child Work
Sometimes in healing work old wounds from childhood come up. They can manifest as deep self-hatred, depression, self-criticism, anger and trauma memories. Sometimes they may appear as externalised criticism to loved ones around us. We may have addiction issues that try to soothe old pains and memories. We may be very difficult to be around […]
So you want to learn to meditate?
Many clients ask about meditation as a relaxation tool. However, meditation is far more than that. I first learned to meditate back in 1999 when I was living and working in Sri Lanka from a Buddhist work colleague. It was an amazing experience. It was simply a relaxation technique. It had no religious content but […]
Depression and Anxiety Support
Depression is a debilitating and scary place to experience. It is not to be confused with anxiety though people do experience the two together. Anxiety is an arousal state, not an emotion, and is a direct reaction to external stress. Anxiety is not a mental health condition. It is part of our human action and […]