PRAISE FOR PATIENCE: A lost virtue
I have been thinking about how a year of the COVID pandemic has forced people to make changes or maybe [...]
HOW TO ESCAPE THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME
I was asked to speak about the “imposter syndrome” and it left me musing about my time as a MA [...]
FINDING CLARITY AND PURPOSE IN UNCERTAINTY
We have all been through a period of profound change and, for some or most of us, tough challenges. The [...]
RECOVERING FROM CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES
This has been quite a tumultuous time so far! How do we process change and uncertainty, change that affects routines, [...]
HOW IMPORTANT IS SETTING BOUNDARIES?
Boundaries are different in each culture. Individualistic societies tend to set boundaries individually and collectivist societies set boundaries around the [...]
THE PROBLEM WITH WORRY
There is a conversation in the movie Bridge of Spies when Tom Hanks says to Mark Rylance "Aren't you worried" [...]
THERAPY EXPLAINED: What to expect
This blog post is meant to unravel the puzzle that is therapy. In the past therapy was considered only for [...]
EXPRESSING ANGER CONSTRUCTIVELY
Expressing anger in a constructive way is challenging and in many situations almost impossible. First we need to locate the [...]
FINDING COMPASSION WITHIN
Every part of us that we do not love will regress and become more primitive – Carl Jung [...]
RE-VISIONING TIME MANAGEMENT
It seems that we keep telling ourselves we should manage our time better. We think it is just a matter [...]