Category: Blog
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Lost for words – The Covid trauma
And so, we’re finally here. The last month of the year. And what a truly unbelievable year it’s been! Congrats to all of us for getting through 2020!! I notice at times I have had to double check with myself about what has actually happened. I started the year seeing my clients in person, commuting…
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Ghosting – a relational haunting
In honour of this spooky time of year, I wanted to open up the can of emotional worms that is ghosting. Just in case you’ve not heard of this (lucky you), ghosting is when someone cuts off all forms of communication in a relationship, be it romantic, friendship or at work. It can vary from…
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The masks we wear – the sequel
Back in September 2018, I wrote a blog entitled “The masks we wear” focusing on the psychological concepts of the false self and the persona. Little did I know that just over two years later, the masks we wear (literally) would be of a very different kind. I was recently in a local café (getting…
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Sibling Rivalry – Child to Adult
“When we were growing up you always looked like you were having such funYou always were and you always will be the taller and the prettier onePeople seem to love youThey gravitate towards youThat’s why I started to hate you so muchAnd I just completely ignored you” [lyrics from Back to the Start by Lily…
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My 2020 Summer reading
I cannot quite believe it’s that time of year again! I’m taking a bit of Summer leave and one of my favourite holiday pastimes is getting engrossed in a good book. It’s been a crazy few months (a complete understatement) and I’ve struggled (as many others have) to really focus on reading, so am chuffed…
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Trusting intuition
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein When faced with indecision, I often play a trick on myself. I reduce my dilemma to two choices and flip a coin. I let…
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Screen relations
All of a sudden, a few months ago, our lives went from IRL (In Real Life) to online. Restrictions to keep us safe meant our connections to the world outside had to be diverted via the virtual realm. Suddenly Zoom was THE word du jour and lo and behold the good old-fashioned telephone made a comeback.…
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Cabin fever anyone?
“If you’re going to have cabin fever, have a big cabin…” Joe Cocker Most of us have been in some kind of lockdown for well over a month now. Easter holidays have been and gone. And certainly, any novelty of our new way of life has worn off. We are social animals, (yes even us…
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All Change
Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice… We are mistaken when we compare war with ‘normal life’. Life has never been normal. CS Lewis in 1939 When I first started thinking about my April post a few weeks ago I had zero idea what was around the corner. Sure I…
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Addicted to our phones
“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots” Albert Einstein A few months ago, I took part in jury service and when you go into deliberation, you have to hand in your phones to the clerk for the whole day. Imagine! I was surprised…
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