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How to expand our emotional vocabulary
How have you been? I am asking my client at the start of a therapy session. OK she answers. I vary the polite but often not very...
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Getting through Christmas
What used to be the highlight of the year can easily become the most frightening and difficult time when we are without our loved one(s)....
Nov 2, 20233 min read


Caring too much
As a child, particularly if we have younger siblings, we may have been given the message that it is important to look out and care for...
Oct 1, 20232 min read


The meaning of work
In the same way that every human being is unique, the meaning they will give to their work is very individual. Many times, we are not...
Sep 1, 20233 min read


Do I have to love myself?
One of the things I have noticed over recent years is how widespread the use of the terms love and self-love have become. I may hear...
Aug 1, 20234 min read


How to work with a positive self-statement
Unfortunately, we are so very good at talking ourselves down, often multiple times a day, frequently without even realizing it. The...
Jul 9, 20235 min read


What our dreams can tell us
Since an early age, I have been interested in the meaning of dreams. I remember buying a book about Freudian dream interpretation when I...
Jul 9, 20234 min read


When grieving gets complicated
Nowadays, grieving someone's death is often experienced as socially undesirable. Instead of seeing grief as something normal and healthy...
May 11, 20233 min read
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