In psychological circles this is referred to as pain addiction. This is real, lived experience for many. It is a state of being where separating pain from anything that we encounter in life becomes impossible. It merges with our being in a way that…
Category: creative drawing, creative imagination, depth psychology, nature based spirituality, negative energies, painful emotions, psychology, psychology of spirit, shadow work, transpersonal psychologyTags: absence of light, addicted to pain, creative imagination work, dark and light, negative scripts, pain addiction, painful emotions, psychology of pain, TA, working creatively with pain
When focusing on what we don’t have rather than what we do have it can be pretty hard to differentiate between our wants and needs. Time to evaluate! Is that something that you want is really what you need? If you think you really…
Category: authentic living, being whole, daily joy practice, depth psychology, dreams, nature based spirituality, transformationTags: Already have everything you need, dreams and illusions, living in the present, looking closer to home, needs and wants, reality check, universe provides
I would describe the process of psychotherapy as a process of unfolding and becoming. It is a journey back ‘home to ourselves’. Therapist is a witness to that process, who is let into a world of a client to journey with and who serves…
Category: depth psychology, emotional healing, healing techniques, nature based spirituality, transpersonal psychologyTags: daily practice, emotional healing, insights and psychotherapy, Journey of unfolding, living a full life, Psychotherapy process, self-healing, spiritual practice, The end of therapy
Posted on February 19, 2017
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Does fear need to be bad, always? Yes, it is tarrying, yes it is a terrible vibration to hold and hard to shake off. I know it well. But it is also a messenger, it is a pointer towards something that is asking for…
Category: body of emotions, depth psychology, emotional body, emotional healing, nature based spirituality, perception, psychology, psychology of spirit, shadow work, transpersonal psychologyTags: emotion of fear, Emotional intelligence, fear, fear and love, love and fear, nature wisdom, shadow emotions, shadow feelings
We are born, we bloom and we die. What of those in-between spaces? That is day-to-day living, those are the moments, of which life consists. Today, it feels like the past is gone and the future is doubtful and uncertain. There is death anxiety…
Category: depth psychology, existential, life crisis, life purpose, nature based spirituality, psychology, transitionsTags: death anxiety, existential crisis, existential psychotherapy, existential thinking, life cycle, life plans, life purpose, meaning of life, transitional phase
Posted on November 16, 2016
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Too often we engage in exchanges with someone being completely unaware how what is running through our heads is a response to what the other person is sharing. We are focused on our own response ready and waiting and not listening to the other. What…
Category: depth psychology, mindfulness, nature based spirituality, practicing silence, psychology, psychology of spirit, transpersonal psychologyTags: beauty of silence, healing in silence, magic of silence, saying nothing heals, self-awareness, silence speaks, transformative silence
What is happening this year around Samhain for me is interesting and I aim to delve into reflecting on what this means for me at this time. I feel angry with my ancestors, on one hand, and, on the other, I feel grateful. I…
