Have you ever had those house guests who need loads of looking after but see themselves as easy-breezy? You know the ones who like things ‘just so’ and then make it seem like you’re a bit of a fuss pot for trying to make things just so? Those guests really bug me and I’m happy…
How are we shaping reality?
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! Stay in your houses. Close your doors. Sanitise. Sanitise. Sanitise. Failure to do so may kill you. This feels like the message the world over. You don’t have to seek out the doom. You can have it delivered to your eyes and ears every minute of the day. There’s plenty of…
Self-worth: Accepting it rather than proving it (Podcast)
Having a sense of self-worth means you value yourself and having a sense of self-value means that you are worthy. Courtney Ackerman – http://www.positivepsychology.com Until recently, I thought I had a handle on the whole ‘self-worth’, ‘self-value’ thing but over the last few weeks, some questions surfaced for me. Why do I feel the need…
Do I feel safe in my body?
What a strange question! It would never have occurred to me to ask this question and I’m grateful for the prompt – which came from Episode 3 of the Transcendance documentary on Gaia. I needed it. The monsters are attacking me again. The claws and teeth of judgemental thoughts are scratching and biting. “Bad mother….
Emotions and Feelings – The Hidden Value and Power (Podcast)
The world of self-development and positive thinking makes it easy to be disdainful of ‘negative’ emotions but lately I’ve come to think of them a little differently. Did you know that without emotions, you’d struggle to make any decisions? Even choosing a sandwich filling would be difficult! Emotions provide ‘towards’ or ‘away from’ signals to…
An Hour to Feel Better: How to create a 60-minute retreat (Podcast)
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin I have always judged myself harshly. The voice in my head is mean spirited, sharp and vicious. I spent years working on myself in an effort to win the approval…
5 Lessons I’ve learned about adoptive parenting
They may not have my eyes. They may not have my smile, but they have all my heart. Unknown This morning, my daughter came bounding down the stairs just after 8am. She was smiling and we hugged each other good morning before she reached over and hugged her dad and they did this kind of…
Step back to move forwards (Podcast)
Listen to the podcast here Retreat (verb) To withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat. Retreat (noun) The act of moving back or withdrawing Life holds challenges for all of us. Sometimes we feel able to cope and other times the challenges overwhelm and overpower us. In…
Focus to feel better
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain. On purpose. Bill Crawford Malfunction or Dysfunction? When it comes to changing your brain, the distinction between these two things matters. Before reading Daniel Amen’s books, I had never thought about it. Dr Amen explains the difference this way:…
