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I read an article recently that said many people were finding coming out of lockdown far more stressful than the…
I honestly think it would be impossible to get out of childhood unscathed. Our parents and carers are/were only human after…
I had just been thinking how my books (the ones that deal with emotions which is all of them!) almost…
This is a small part of CFT by Dr Paul Gilbert that I think you could very usefully use with…
(You will have to forgive me – I cannot source any of this theory but I hope to soon. Aha –…
I am reading ‘The school of life’ introduced by Alan de Botton. It’s a great philosophical journey into the impact…
As exhausted parents/carers/teachers, we tend to manage difficult behaviours in a reactive way e.g. a reprimand, the removal of an…
I am sure many of you have heard the Stanford marshmallow experiment where young children were told they could have one…
I was disappointed this week in an ‘I was really, really looking forward to something that now isn’t going to…
It’s a very obvious statement when I say that what we think can impact on how we feel and how…
This week I have a new book out which I am delighted about. It is very much linked to the…
Generally, our emotions are not focussed on other than when the reactions to them are extreme. We are not in…
