This is something I learned powerfully some time ago, when I was experiencing debilitating fatigue. While it was a physical condition, I began to become aware of the different ways I was leaking energy and identify what was draining me of it. By understanding this and finding some alternative ways of approaching what I was …
It’s not what you do it’s the way that you do it… Read More »
When deciding to work with any kind of practitioner it is important to know what you are signing up for. It helps to have a good idea of who you will be working with and the approach they will take. Then you can decide if it feels right for you. In a recent article for …
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Often when we experience what feels like a setback in our lives it can affect our sense of self-esteem and how we feel about ourselves. The setback might be loosing a job, the end of a relationship, developing a health issue, or recognising that we are unable to do something that we have enjoyed in …
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How does Mindfulness fit with other therapeutic approaches such as NLP, Hypnotherapy and EFT? Often when we seek therapy it is because we have identified a problem in the way we are feeling. We are stressed, anxious or overwhelmed by our circumstances or the challenges we are experiencing. In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) we would refer …
Why Living Sensitively? When it came to creating my own Facebook page and now Instagram account I decided to name it ‘Living Sensitively’. Why, you might ask? And how is that relevant to therapy or coaching (or therapeutic coaching)? ‘Living Sensitively’ encapsulates many things. But mainly it encourages a particular attitude. I have come across various …
We can all feel stuck at times. Our thoughts lead us to feeling a certain way, which encourages us to behave in a certain way. While feelings lead us to thinking in a particular way which then leads us to behaving in a particular way. Behaving in a certain way leads us to feeling and …
This phrase has become a bit of a cliché when it comes to therapy. But it’s a very important question for a therapist to ask their clients, which can’t be avoided. What the therapeutic hour offers is exactly what the question suggests – an opportunity to explore your feelings, as well as the events and …
Emotions, we all experience them, but it can be hard to pin down exactly what they are. A standard dictionary definition of emotion is “a strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood or relationships with others.” The Latin root of the word is ‘ex’ meaning ‘out’ and ‘movere’ ‘to move’. This can help us to …
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