Acceptance vs Understanding

Acceptance vs Understanding

New clients often tell me that they know logically what’s happened or why, and so they can’t understand why they still feel or behave in a certain way. Like rationalising something should somehow automatically ‘fix’ the emotional...
Surrender

Surrender

I’m currently working with a dog trainer for my dog Tilly. Moving to another country and culture having lived a pretty quiet life in rural Wales is an adjustment for us both and having some guidance and support so she feels safe and secure is super important for...
Inconsistency

Inconsistency

There’s a negative connotation that is associated with inconsistency. We seem to think that we have to show up in whatever way consistently in order to do well in whatever we’re trying to do. I also say the same thing to clients with therapy – show...
Why don’t I feel good enough?

Why don’t I feel good enough?

(one possible reason)If we grew up in a household with tension, but perhaps we didn’t understand why, our child brains went looking for an answer as to why things didn’t feel good. Since we are reliant on our parents / caregivers to feed and take care of...
Peace

Peace

Peace is not something we go find outside of ourselves. That’s always annoyed me a bit. Peace seems very illusive sometimes. We want it, but we also don’t always know how to ‘get’ it. Where is this ‘peace’? Where does it live? If...