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The Obstacles to Forgiveness – Common Misunderstandings 4 Apr 2012 | 03:57 pm
Forgiveness is a major topic in religious, spiritual, and self-help circles; some teachings even say that forgiveness is the only thing we need. This is true in my experience – forgiveness has been ce...
A Compassion Practice – The Missing Link in Self-Healing? 9 Mar 2012 | 02:13 am
Many people struggle with shame. Childhood experiences of shaming and of humiliation become internalised. Instead of seeing ourselves as innocent, unlucky, recipients of bad behaviour, we often take o...
Self-Blame and Taking Responsibility 26 Feb 2012 | 07:00 pm
The man sitting in front of me was sobbing, grabbing at his hair, gripped in the throes of self-hatred*. “It is all my fault. I’m a horrible person, I’m rotten from the inside out,” he repeated incess...
A Little Fable for the Broken Hearted 23 Sep 2011 | 12:10 am
A few weeks ago, I suddenly began reminiscing about the very first girl I had fallen in love with. It was more than a decade ago, when I was just a teenager, and I haven’t thought about her for so lon...
My Favourite Modalities and Techniques, Part 3 18 Aug 2011 | 11:09 pm
This post provides mini-reviews of my favourite healing modalities – except these ones haven’t been supported by the scientific community, and in several cases, are actually criticised by them. Pleas...
My Favourite Modalities and Techniques, Part 2 – The Old Faithfuls 2 Mar 2011 | 08:01 pm
Other posts in this series so far: 1. Mainstream Psychological Approaches 2. The Old Faithfuls The Old Faithfuls This post provides mini-reviews of my favourite healing modalities – except these o...
