(originally written 2015, updated 2023) There is a inflatable dinosaur with a santa hat eating a gift in the front garden of a neighbour. My 2 yr old is captivated...
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One of the most common themes these days that I hear in my office is folks feeling isolated and alone, not feeling the connections in community and family that they’d…
I don’t know about you, but my relationship with my phone has become annoying. The compulsion to check it incase there’s something exciting is now so irritating. Clearly phone addiction…
These are the stones that sit by my window. They were given to me by my parents as they downsized. Unbeknowst to me, or at least to my conscious mind,…
A Mama Day Blessing for All Kinds of Mamas Gustav Klimt, Mother and Child I appreciate this poem. I also recognise it is not very inclusive of non-binary or trans...
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This month I officially start to include acupressure as part of my therapeutic practice as a Registered Psychotherapist. Here's the back story. 20 years ago I was a 20-something not-for-profit...
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In this video I guide you through a technique called Focusing by Eugene Gendlin. Focusing is a 6-step self-help tool to help get insight on something that is bothering you….
I draw a lot on Focusing-Oriented Therapy and here is a simple exercise called Clearing Space taken from Eugene Gendlin’s work, with help from my dog Mango. It’s a fairly…
My own grief process lately has led be to re-find Tara Brach’s teachings and her sweet, kind wisdom. In this video she refers to becoming an apprentice to sorrow, deepening…
We live in a society that peddles solutions, whether it’s solutions to those extra pounds you’re carrying, or to your thinning hair, or to your loss of appetite, loss of…