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Here are recommended books, podcasts and other resources:Read more...

When people speak about 'holistic' counselling they usually mean something like 'mind, body, spirit'. Having just come out of a retreat on embodied integration of psychological work I'm particularly aware of how our physical bodies are a fundamental aspect of our psychological healing.Read more...

All of us know the Inner Critic, that nasty, relentless, sometimes obvious and often insidious voice of self-criticism, or even of self-hatred .. the gremlin on the shoulder that whispers in our ear, telling us things like:Read more...

Recently I've been longing to spend time 'away'...  away from busyness, away from stress. Talking with my dear friend and mentor, Path of Love Leader Alima Cameron, I found myself envying her life in Samasati, in the hills behind Byron Bay, a beautiful forest place. She looks out her large window onto a waterfall cascading down from an escarpment. The sound of the water, the smells of the trees and sky, the light and the air have a magical quality. Stepping out onto her deck it feels to me like being in Bali. (Here is a link to a video of Alima)Read more...

This TED talk helps explain the very real impact of childhood trauma, and why modalities like Somatic Experiencing work:Read more...