When it comes to understanding the way you think, feel and behave, it is useful to have an awareness of how your brain works. This is...

Uncomfortable feelings are part of what it means to be human, but we don’t always know what to do with them. One way of seeing these feelings is to imagine them to be like a Ball of Discomfort. This ball represents the energy of our emotions. We experience this energy as physical sensations in the body. For example, we might feel a tightening in the stomach and a racing heart when fearful.   Emotional energy is part of our survival mechanism. It motivates us to move towards s

Do you ever find yourself pulled in all directions, trying to meet the needs of others? Or frustrated by the things that others do?...

Do you ever find yourself in a conversation with someone and they seem distracted, not really paying attention to what you are saying? Or they end up interrupting you with their opinions and advice? They ‘speak into your  life’, telling you what you should be thinking and doing. You end up holding back a little or telling them what you think they want to hear.   Perhaps there are times when you find yourself doing the same to others: your mind is elsewhere, you interrupt, you