Reflections
Thoughts on healing, growth, and A Course in Miracles.
Is your pain great enough?
Your feelings are valid. There will always be people going through seemingly 'worse' situations than you. Their experiences are valid too. Feelings are…
Triggered
I had an eating disorder in my early twenties which, although awful, I was able to recover from. Every now and again, with certain triggers, I get the…
Surviving and thriving
Affirmations don't work. If you have any kind of belief that conflicts with whatever you're trying to tell yourself in any way, your RAS (reticular…
On hopelessness and surrendering
A friend asked me the other day if I had ever felt overwhelmed when meeting a client for the first time and hearing their 'story' or the reasons why they…
When nothing makes sense
Our brains like to make sense of things. It's why as children, if we experience abandonment or trauma, we often internalise it as being our fault, because…
Something on loss
Something on loss: When we lose someone, or perhaps even a beloved pet, there is often an urge to 'fill the hole' left with another person, a new…
Healing miracles
There's a couple of miraculous moments that happen in a healing process, when you know all the tears, all the frustration, blame, guilt and shame, and all…
Alone
"She was so painfully aware that she was a peripheral in almost everyone's lives and never front and centre. If she disappeared, there were a couple of…
The answer
Something that I've found helpful to work with the last week or so.... A Course in Miracles is annoyingly clear when it comes to how to respond to others.…
Forgiveness Workshops
As you may know, I've spent the last four months in a therapeutic group facilitation training course. As I reach the end of that training next month, I am…