Marriage: Survival of the fittest (your mind tells you).

In order to work out who we choose to marry, who we are attracted to, we can look at the dynamics of early years relationships. It’s a factual analysis with statistics, but I am referring to the emotional connection driven by survival needs. A discussion of the...

Anxiety, love and fear of death! – Melanie Klein

In this article I attempt to help you see that your upbringing is highly likely to have informed how you feel about yourself today. It is impossible for it not to have. I am interested (in the work I do), about just how many people struggle with low self esteem and I...

Turning Wounds into Wisdom

This article is about “the shadow” which is from Jungian theory. The concept of the ‘shadow’ in psychology involves recognising and integrating the parts of ourselves that we have repressed or denied. These hidden aspects often stem from childhood...

Emotions

People I work with have often been unable to connect with emotions, sometimes fearing them and ashamed of having feelings, never mind talking to someone about them. Understanding emotions are not only safe to feel, but also necessary to be a healthy human being and to...