I recall being about 14 yrs old. I was at school and whilst moving from one lesson to the next recall thinking “no one else thinks like me, my thoughts are so intense”. Of course, I was mistaken, but in that moment… and for some considerable time after, I believed I was the only one in the world; it felt really, deep and lonely!
After all, you are good enough! Do you really know that though? Have you granted yourself permission to really, truly believe in you? Many people have something in them that is waiting to ‘be discovered’ and are sadly held back for any number of reasons!
The balancing act on the tightrope of life – and the myths of work/life balance; it’s a phrase we hear frequently – “work-life balance”. Does it really exist in the way most “experts” express?
Our imaginations change as we move through our lives… as a child, we were able to experience positive imaginations, fantasising about who we were, what we could do… the possibilities appeared endless. We know we also had less helpful, though ‘normal’ thoughts leaving us frightened! [Read more…]
About Depression… depression, depression, depression… We hear this word all the time it seems. Does this mean it has lost value? Have we become desensitised to the word ‘depression’, what does it really mean? [Read more…]
Married couples often consider long-term separation, rather than a divorce; or maybe worse, stay together despite irreconcilable differences, citing an inability to overcome financial barriers. [Read more…]
Job loss? Is just that – a job loss! Yet, if we are faced with this event, we take it personally, feeling wounded – perhaps humiliated and then anxious. The fear of financial problems along with the major challenges for our psyche of confronting change. [Read more…]
What would I be afraid of if I didn’t have a past? Very little, in reality! Because living in this moment, aware of that which is present – in the here and now, and which you can see, taste, smell, hear and touch, the past can be left where it belongs, along with the often inappropriate re-actions to this moment’s events. [Read more…]
Have you ever thought, unromantic as it is, how looking for that new relationship can be very similar to ‘job hunting’? (ouch!) We want to ‘sell’ ourselves and be viewed as trustworthy and pleasing to that someone who just might become the significant other and with whom we might have a future. Unlike the job hunt though, we want to be lucky in love. [Read more…]
Jealous? Jealousy is one of the most insidious of emotions. I’m sure no one has ever enjoyed feeling this way – or being on the receiving end! So where does it come from, why do we feel it, and what can we do about it? [Read more…]