Our first Grid retreat is a success
News from our first Grid retreat where we work on helping people construct healthy and deeply fulfilling lives that encourage their best expression.
News from our first Grid retreat where we work on helping people construct healthy and deeply fulfilling lives that encourage their best expression.
5 ways to nurture emotional connections in your relationships Sometimes the people we love most and, those who love us, can get into a downward spiral in our relationships. We can feel them slipping away in spite of effort to connect better with them on an emotional level. In such instances instead of love being…
Pleasantness: the quality of being pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure; being and feeling amiable; a sense of agreeableness. Empowerment and integration give us an internal feeling of pleasantness no matter what is happening around us. Common struggles Impatience, anger, frustration are way too common in today’s world. We often feel either ‘on edge’ or…
Conscious or subconscious thought patterns Mental functions can be either conscious or subconscious. The conscious mind consists of thoughts you are easily aware of. They take place when you’re awake and choose to apply purposeful attention to what is happening and what you want. The subconscious mind consists of everything else such as habits, reflexes,…
February Highly Recommended Read This month’s recommended book is Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and Hope to Find Hope by Johann Hari. You can watch Johann in conversation with Decca Aitkenhead, interviewer for the Guardian from a Thursday lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) below. This is a beautiful, deeply…
Contemplating self-love Whether you get swept up in the red hearts and roses or decide to go against them, there is no denying it – February invites us to contemplate love and closeness in all its forms. While Western culture tends to celebrate the nobleness of giving and sharing romantic love, at its core love…
Say No to Winter Blues The cold season has finally arrived and for many this hails the struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. For me it’s brought on by grey skies, frequent soggy rain, the crackle of radiators, and more tea and coffee to sip trying to feel a warmth from the inside that…
Life frequently gets in the way of finding self-love. Here is a simple truth: while rushing through our daily struggles, we often neglect ourselves.
I’ve been asked my by colleague and friend Kenneth Clifford to contribute to his blog and the Portsmouth counselling practice with a series of blogs on either neuroscience or anxiety. You can see I chose something far more practical. 4-5 people in my annual leadership programme of 40 candidates faces and struggles with anxiety in…
“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you’ve found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.” – Lawrence Block Needs are things that are either essential or very important for healthy life. For example as an organism, humans need oxygen to breathe, live and…