Lost For Words
I am a keen advocate of talking therapies and have no doubt at all that they can be extremely effective in helping us all to find our...
What it takes to feel better
Who among us would seriously court emotional discomfort or pain? How can it make any sense to go out of our way to feel sad, unhappy,...
The Shorthand of Stress
It seems to me that we could do worse than take some time to consider in a little more detail what has become a rather overused word -...
The forbidden feelings
It’s probably true that we are in a progressive Age of Feeling. Whether or not we feel more than we ever did is unlikely, but it seems to...
The only thing we have to fear
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, coined this phrase in 1933 and it is the one...
The highs and lows
It occurs to me that I hear too often of late a phrase that has become embedded in our psyches and is used as a concise catch-all to help...
The trauma of living
After the recent, appalling event in Christchurch, New Zealand - the mass murder of many worshipping Muslims - the long-lasting and...
We are all allowed to feel.
Liam Neeson’s comments have caused controversy over the past month. The Premiere of his latest film has been cancelled, or at least...
The Power and the Glory.
In my blog on loneliness, I made mention of social media. Today, we are hearing of its role in aggravating the tragic suicide of a...
New year, new you?
The birth of a new year has an optimistic effect on most of us. It seems to offer the opportunity to put all bad feelings and judgements...
