The value of anger
The value of anger
As far as emotions go, anger gets a bad rap. There’s a lot of shame around acknowledging anger but there’s a big difference between feeling angry and acting from a place of anger.
Life-enhancing habits
Life-enhancing habits
This week is a very practical break from all the talk of feelings / emotions (don’t worry, we’ll get back to that next week!) because in amongst all the trauma process work it’s actually super important that we pause to develop new and different ways of doing life.
Getting comfortable feeling your feelings
Getting comfortable feeling your feelings
In the psychotherapeutic approaches to therapy that I work with, I spend lots of time navigating three different but equally important ‘compass points’ of a person’s inner world; thoughts (think more about the meaning or beliefs we have around certain events or experiences), physical sensations (what is happening in your physical body – tight chest? Butterflies in your tummy? Hurt in your heart? And lastly, there’s feelings (or emotions).
Mindfulness and meditation
Mindfulness and meditation
There is a wealth of science out there that supports why meditation is a good thing. Feel free to google, or just read this for a quick flavour of the stuff that’s out there.
Why journaling is good for you
Why journaling is good for you
There have been a whole bunch of studies done on the power of writing out your thoughts. Try googling it.