The benefits of social media are many and include the ability to stay in close contact with friends and family, the commercial aspects of having access to a self publishing tool, enjoying direct contact with your audience and having a means to drive traffic to your website. The downside of social media, and perhaps Instagram […]
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This podcast is about immortality with Dr Shelley Astrof, originally from Montreal but now based in India, and asks questions such as does life end when the body dies and is existence dependent only on a body. Shelley is the author of the Knower Curriculum and Timeless Tales books and chapter contributor to Sacred Death, 25 tools for
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This podcast (see link below) is with Andrew Thomas, he of the Rainbow Map, who has developed a new adjunct for integrative therapists called Avoidance Theory. Avoidance Theory is grounded in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. Accompanying slides to the podcast can be accessed here. Avoidance Theory connects with and supports Bowlby’s Attachment Theory by offering a
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My latest podcast interview was with Hemali Vora and Sherry Burns, both end of life doulas, in which we discussed life and death and a lot things in between, including death cafe meetings, legacy in life, anxiety, end of life preparation and planning and specifically their book Sacred Death: 25 tools for caregivers. See also
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Ah, yes, that time of packing away the seasonal decorations and lights is upon us and with perhaps little on the immediate horizon, in the way of excitement, it can be common to experience low mood. The parties are over and family and friends have departed and perhaps worse still, the credit card bills are
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I recently contributed to a post on self-care for therapists for the UKCP website when asked to reflect on my own self-care routine. UKCP is my professional body and stands for the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. When thinking about what to contribute I became more aware of what self-care actually means for me. Self-care
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I came across the idea of death cafes the other day when a colleague mentioned them almost in passing when we were discussing something unrelated on the telephone. I find it an uncomfortable truth that everyone alive today, no matter where they live in the world, and no matter how rich they are, will eventually
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This is a podcast interview with Allan Frater, UKCP accredited psychotherapist and teacher at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London, in which we discuss waking dreams, imagination (tame and wild), and an image centric way of working in psychotherapy. Allan’s new book Waking Dreams – Imagination in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life is published by Transpersonal Press and can be
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Misophonia (also known as Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome, or 4S) is a condition when intense anger and disgust is experienced when confronted with sounds and noise coming from other people. Sufferers of this condition are not choosing to feel that way. Misophonia is a conditioned reflex disorder, and whilst not formally recognised yet as a medical
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It is common to have anxieties about returning to an office location following a period of extended homeworking, whether that is a hybrid approach or a full time return to a physical location. Lockdown will have affected us all in very different ways. It is very common to have worries about ongoing safety and protection
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