An Integrative Approach for Healing CPTSD & Developmental Trauma Did you know… Most of us carry unhealed trauma from childhood. Feeling anxious, depressed, lost, stuck, empty (often inexplicably) are very common experiences. We often mask over them, and don't realise that the people around us are feeling them too. The available resources of individual is … Continue reading Healing Developmental Trauma
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Paced Healing for Depression
WHO estimates that 5% of the global population is living in a state of depression (2023). This is the approximate equivalent of 400million people. (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression). Signs of Major (Unipolar) Depression Sufferers of depression experience feelings of sadness, hopelessness and worthlessness. A general negativity about world and the self can be overwhelming and pervasive. It can … Continue reading Paced Healing for Depression
Post-Traumatic Growth
Resilience is the ability to recover and adapt to a stressor. Stresses can be physical (like an injury), and they can also be psychological (like a traumatic event). When a bone breaks and heals, the healed area grows back knitting together to be stronger than it was before the break. Similarly, when we heal a … Continue reading Post-Traumatic Growth
How to connect with your intuition
The inner guide is a natural part of every human being. It can be hard to hear your intuition with many other voices getting in the way. Worry, judgment, ruminating thoughts... all kinds of mental noise can create blocks to hearing your intuition. Try this quick and simple technique to clean up the mental noise … Continue reading How to connect with your intuition
Messages from your soul
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The 3 Masks of Fear
Fear is a trickster! It wears many different masks, making it hard to detect. When fear goes unnoticed, it can seep into life and alter the way that you feel, think, and choose without you even realizing it. This can cause problems in your relationships, for your inner peace, and the kind of life you … Continue reading The 3 Masks of Fear
HEAL THE WOUNDED INNER CHILD
How to heal the Inner Child Being Human is not easy! Especially as children. The heart can be wounded or neglected, and as a result we develop defences to protect ourselves from future pain. Although it serves us to do this in the moment, over time we lose connection with our core being, feel lost … Continue reading HEAL THE WOUNDED INNER CHILD
THE BODY-MIND-BRAIN CONNECTION OF EMOTION
THE BODY-MIND-BRAIN CONNECTION OF EMOTION Your emotional life is influenced by your body, brain, and mind. This means that you can transform your brain, body, and mind so that they are primed for a balanced emotional life. Working with any one aspect will influence the others. It's all connected. Not only can you actively work … Continue reading THE BODY-MIND-BRAIN CONNECTION OF EMOTION
Five Myths About Psychotherapy – HOW TO FIND THE THERAPIST THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU
Making the decision to speak to a psychologist or a psychotherapist is a very personal choice. Your therapist should be the right fit for your goals and needs. Many people can walk away from a bad session and blame themselves. Others can spend ages in therapy without results, and think they are at fault. If … Continue reading Five Myths About Psychotherapy – HOW TO FIND THE THERAPIST THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU
PORTRAIT OF AN INNER CHILD
They were on their way to the park, and waiting to cross the road. Beep. Beep. Beep - Tock! Green light. Mum held onto Marelise's hand very tightly. Too tightly. She walked briskly, pulling at Marelise's arm as they made their way to the other side of the road. The day before, Marelise and her … Continue reading PORTRAIT OF AN INNER CHILD
FEELING UNWANTED
You look for the reason, but can't find the problem... If you've ever felt unwanted, and are tired of friends and family telling you that "it's all in your head," but you can't change your mind, the problem is not what you think. This is the thing about having a subconscious! We know how we … Continue reading FEELING UNWANTED