Did you know that most people are operating on auto-pilot most of the time? And do you realise that many people, at best, simply have a knee-jerk reaction to life’s circumstances and,…
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Herding Animals
Humankind is a herding animal. We have survived because there is safety in numbers and our ultimate instinct in life is to survive at all costs. We need to survive because we…
Growing Up
What is the cost of growing up? No one ever makes it through childhood without suffering from some degree of stress or trauma which will be retained in the inner mind where…
Labelling
Have you succumbed to the habit of sticking a label on your own head? How many people do you know who might say, for instance, that “I have clinical depression” “I suffer from…
Intellect
What is the role of the intellect in the therapeutic equation? Humankind is different from other mammals in that we have a cerebral cortex – or thinking brain – which can perform…
Emotional Intelligence
There is much hype banded about on the topic of so-called emotional intelligence some of which is feasible while most can be misguided and uninformed. But what is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence…
Can An Argument Ever Be Resolved?
Can an argument ever be truly resolved? When it comes to having a dispute with someone else you will often find that the parties involved will never ever be able to reach…
To Love and Be Loved
What’s all this about love? We are put on this earth to love and be loved as an inherent part of our survival. The instinctive need to seek a mate persists so…
Are You Killing Yourself?
In our toxic world the killing formula is simple – adopt an unhealthy lifestyle, harbour too much stress and rely too heavily on medical intervention and this regime will equal disaster for…
The Adult Child
An adult can prominently display childish characteristics as an integral part of his/her psyche and these traits will be noticeable by others who may become a target as a result. Childish traits…