Our brains like to make sense of things. It’s why as children, if we experience abandonment or trauma, we often internalise it as being our fault, because our brains need answers and our cognitive ability isn’t able to understand the wider context.We take...
Something on loss:When we lose someone, or perhaps even a beloved pet, there is often an urge to ‘fill the hole’ left with another person, a new relationship, a new pet. That strategy can seem to work temporarily, but when you put your happiness outside of...
There’s a couple of miraculous moments that happen in a healing process, when you know all the tears, all the frustration, blame, guilt and shame, and all the work you’ve been doing to heal them are finally starting to make a difference.The first is when...
⁷I do not know what anything, including this, means. ⁸And so I do not know how to respond to it. ⁹And I will not use my own past learning as the light to guide me now. (https://acim.org/acim/en/s/188#6:7-9 | T-14.XI.6:7-9)If we respond to the world from what...
Today is my first day back seeing clients after a week’s break. It’s also a full moon for those who are interested.I aim to take one week off every three months to recharge and reset so I remain my best self for my clients, but life is always...
Closing a door so you can heal or honour yourself does not mean it has to stay closed forever.I’ve been reflecting a lot on boundaries this week, and how strong boundaries must also be flexible boundaries. Needing to “close the door” to someone or...
