“Love isn’t “deserved”, as in: If only I had said the right thing, made the perfect gesture, or found a way to be more, to be good enough, then I would deserve love. We don’t become worthy of love someday; we are worthy of love simply because we exist” ~ Meggan Watterson The Search for Read more about The Search for Love[…]
We live fast pace, high stress lives and often don’t create time to deal with what’s on our plate. Stress can take a huge toll on the body and have major impact on you emotionally and physically. Only you can make time for you, be it to learn how to effectively handle what is on Read more about How Stress Affects The Body & What To Do About It[…]
“An anxious mind cannot exist in a relaxed body” ~ Dr Edmund Jacobson Dr. Edmund Jacobson (a medical doctor) invented the technique, Jacobson’s Relaxation, in 1929 stemming from his belief that relaxing specific muscles in sequence could relax the mind as well. This is a reciprocal inhibition technique which as described by Joseph Wolpe (a Read more about Progressive Muscle Relaxation[…]
Recently I attended a practical training workshop through Familyzone and Irma Schutte Training. What an incredible experience. The training was specifically about childhood sexual abuse, conceptualization thereof and practical therapeutic interventions in assisting in the healing process. For me this was add-on training to expand my skills and repertoire, as I am a big believer Read more about Childhood Sexual Abuse and The Impact into Adulthood[…]
Accepting What You Can’t Change and Committing to What You Can Author: Ben Sedley (2015) Buy this book As a psychologist I like to read the odd self-help book to see what is on the shelves in book stores. Many folk buy self-help books and although some have great ideas presented and can be really Read more about Stuff That Sucks by Ben Sedley[…]
Judgement, judging others, being judged, judgmental – we feel the impact yet all of us have some evaluative lenses of viewing the world. So when is judgement judgemental? I ask this question as many (if not most) people I interact with experience judgement within their environment. This judgement can be so harmful to us and Read more about Value Judgements and awareness[…]
