When I’m working with children, I use a very simple analogy of the weather to help them understand how human emotions work. So all humans are born perfectly psychologically well. This might seem like a radical idea, but as I’ve said before, have you ever seen a depressed baby? Our …
When we are born, we’re a bundle of pure potential. A blank slate. A spark of infinite light connected to the source from which we came. Between the ages of 0-2 we start to distinguish ourselves from the world around us. Our actions help us to do that…such as shaking …
The pressures of today’s society can leave us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted as we juggle work, family and social lives. Sometimes we simply can’t keep those plates spinning and it feels like the world is falling apart around us. Specific events can impact us too; the death of a loved …
One of my favourite quotes is by Jack Pransky, one of the first generation teachers of the inside out understanding that I talk about and share in my coaching. It’s ‘All we are is love, peace and wisdom and the power to create the illusion that we are not.’ I’ve seen …
In my work, I highlight to children that we are a part of nature. It’s not that there’s nature and then there’s us on the outside looking in on it, but we are literally a part of it. The same energy, that powers it up, powers us up! We are …
