When you read the title, what comes to mind? Low self-esteem? Not meeting expectations of others and then berating yourself for it? Feeling ‘less than’ others and noticing the feeling of trying to be ‘better than’ others...
For so many of us, our wounding can be found at the deep of our core. The stories we tell ourselves about how who we are, how we should be in the world, and how people should treat us, so often come from early childhood experiences. If we had...
Consider this – if your wounds are like a litre of water, and your capacity to manage them is like a bowl, inevitably there is going to be some stirring of that water in the therapy process. Would you prefer to have the capacity of a...
Rage, anger, frustration… Hurt, rejected, shame, Sadness, grief, despair We may know the names of the emotions, but not how they play a role in our lives. Often, when our feelings become intolerable, frightening even, we may feel anxious or...
I often discuss resources and self-care with friends, colleagues and clients and more often than not I get met with blank stares. I understand the language is off putting – before I learnt what it meant I too would have given the same look.
Aged 21 I found myself trapped by my own silence. I was struggling emotionally, I had lost weight because I was so unhappy. I was suffering with regular migraines and I was not living a healthy lifestyle to say the least. Many of my behaviours...