How to befriend difficult emotions
First understand your difficult emotions The first step in growing the ability to be with our difficult emotions is to understand them. Befriending these emotions means first to get to know our autonomic …
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What Does ‘Resilient Grieving’ Mean?
Before we dive into the meaning of the term ‘resilient grieving’, let’s take a look at the meaning of the word ‘resilient’. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from hardship and difficult …
About Compassion Focussed Therapy
A better understanding of the types of therapy and the many technical terms a skilled counsellor uses can help to increase your comfort with both the idea of therapy and the techniques that …
Use the Upside of Stress and Rise to the Challenges of Life
“We get stressed if something important to us is at stake.”, explains Kelly McGonigal in her book, The Upside of Stress. What happens in our body is designed to help us deal with …
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New Year’s Self-Review Instead of Resolutions
In this post I share an alternative to New Year’s Resolutions. I call it New Year’s Self-review. If you’ve ever failed to stick to your resolutions this alternative approach may help you. Why …
