“I overthink all the time. I can’t switch my brain off” It’s a common observation in my small room, where people come to tell me about what troubles them, but I’m not convinced that “under thinking”, if such a thing exists, is any better. My favourite time of the day is early morning, the … [Read more...] about Why Nothing Is Everything
Self Acceptance
How To Stop Feeling Average
A while ago a question posed on Quora caught my eye. “How can I stop being average?”. In answering it I began to think that this is probably a question many of us ask in one way or another much more regularly than we might think. The notion that “average” is something to aspire to is where the … [Read more...] about How To Stop Feeling Average
Why I'm Leaving A Body In The Cellar
Last week I had a dream. It was short and it was vivid, but its message wasn’t immediately clear. I dreamed that I was keeping a body in the cellar. Apparently nobody knew it was there but me. What surprised me was my sense of calm and the complete absence of panic about my secret being discovered. … [Read more...] about Why I'm Leaving A Body In The Cellar
Why Trust Is Elusive And What To Do
“I want to do it, but I don’t trust myself to get it right”. It’s a phrase most of us have used at one time or another and one I hear on most days in one way or another. The immobility caused by a fear of failure or the desperate need to sustain success is a steely paralysis. I recently watched … [Read more...] about Why Trust Is Elusive And What To Do
How To Find The Things You Fear
This week I was reminded, as I so often am, of something psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung once said, “who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes”. A client she is telling me about how depressed she feels all the time, and how life seems to hold no joy. Soon afterwards she is … [Read more...] about How To Find The Things You Fear