“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” Maria Rilke How are you meeting your vulnerability and the challenges and fears in your life? …
Your body is communicating are you able to pay attention? Felt Sense Prayer I am the pain in your head, the knot in your stomach, the unspoken grief in your smile. I am your high blood sugar, your elevated blood pressure, your fear of challenge, your lack of trust. I am your hot flashes, …
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arrival. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Mostly we do not want to feel uncomfortable. We don’t feel …
Brene Brown, an American scholar, author, public speaker, and a research professor, explains in her talk The Power of Vulnerability that you can’t selectively numb emotions. You can’t say here is the bad stuff: shame, guilt, grief, vulnerability, fear, disappointment. I don’t want to feel these. I’m going to have a couple of beers and a …
Below is an extract from a very interesting article on parenting by Janet Lansbury, an author of ‘Elevating Child Care, a guide to respectful parenting.’ 1. Stop “doing”and start discovering your child There’s a pervasive attitude in our culture that children can’t do anything unless we show or do it for them. We’re encouraged to …
Because of the misfortunes of her parents, a young princess must be married to a fearful dragon. When the king and queen tell her she becomes frightened for her life. She goes out to seek a wise woman, who has raised twelve children and twenty-nine grandchildren and knows the ways of dragons and Men. The …
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Psychotherapy is not about getting rid of anything, it is about changing the frame of reference so that all of you can be included. So that you can simply rest in your own skin without picking at it.
RAIN is a mindfulness practice that can be used with any content of mind, but is typically applied to unpleasant, uncomfortable, or upsetting material (the focus here). RAIN is an acronym that incorporates the core teachings of mindfulness, and instructs us to Recognize, Accept, Investigate, and Not-identify with difficult thoughts, feelings, desires, etc. (for simplicity, …
A story about compassion: A samurai comes to see a Zen master and says: ‘Tell me the nature of heaven and hell.’ The Zen master looks him in the face and says, ‘Why should I tell a scruffy, disgusting, miserable slob like you? A warm like you, do you think I should tell you anything? …
Ron Kurtz in his book ‘The Hakomi Method’ points out that people are self-creating, self-maintaining beings. The self starts with our genetic inheritance and is influenced by early experiences. As children we make a map of who we are and who we love and how we will communicate. We make a map of what kind …
