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Emotions: A weakness? The truth behind your tears

“The more anger towards the past you carry, the less capable you are of loving the present”  – Barbara De Angelis “Not now”, I tell myself. “Hold it. Deep breaths”. I can feel tears trickling towards the bottom of my eyes. My view gets hazy. I refuse to blink. Fearing that a blink would push the tears down my cheeks;

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I should have this figured out already!

“The hardest part is not finding out who you are, it is accepting that which you find” – Carl Jung I have lost count of the number of times I’ve heard clients criticise themselves with the thought “I should have had this figured out already!”, or “I cannot believe that my parents’ way of being still have

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To therapy, or not to therapy? Is psychotherapy “right” for me?

“Psychotherapy is a sanctuary; a battleground; it is a place I have been psychotic, neurotic, elated, confused, and despairing beyond belief” – Kay Redfield Jamison Client: “I really don’t know if therapy is actually “right” for me, or if I just need life coaching”Me: “What makes you think you are not “right” for therapy?” Client: “Well, I guess because I

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The Future of Self-Discovery: Using Technology and AI

“The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.” — Toni Collette How self-aware are you, really? Ever wondered that? Well, if you can answer the following two questions, you are well on your way: Who am I? How am I seen by the world? If you can answer these

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Have we over-therapised ourselves and the profession?

“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly”  – Mahatma Gandhi Client: “But I’m doing all these things and I still feel so lost. Like I don’t feel like I’m any closer to knowing who I really am!” Me: “Have you tried to perhaps instead of “doing” more, “being” more?”  Client:

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Why Self-knowledge is Your Greatest Asset

“The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world” – Toni Collett I find it fascinating how we are so intrigued about the world around us that we will spend so much of our time trying to make sense of it – and others. We want to learn new technologies, concepts, how the

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