Buddhist Practice as Existential Therapy
Buddhism as an existential Practice What if Buddhism could be seen as, essentially, an existential practice? In other words, it asks questions like: “what is this thing that I am?”, …
Buddhism as an existential Practice What if Buddhism could be seen as, essentially, an existential practice? In other words, it asks questions like: “what is this thing that I am?”, …
I sometimes forget that I am meant to be a “sex therapist”. My journey of becoming one started in my early twenties, long before I had actually qualified. I worked …
What is it that psychotherapy is meant to be doing? This is a question that I am, by necessity, obsessed with. Michael Foucault thought that paying someone to tell you …
It was some time ago now. Looking back, it feels like another life that someone else was living for me. But it wasn’t too long ago after all; almost yesterday …
The other day I posted this image I had captured with the sentiment “all lives matter”. Apparently, this is readable as a “rebuttal” to the recent social media meme #blacklivesmatter. …
It has always concerned me how my children felt fearful at the presence of someone in police uniform. I am not sure how that came about. Perhaps the legacy of …
I didn’t walk this morning. Sometimes it’s a freedom to go inward rather than outward. I took the time to write. To double check the date on the side of …
I haven’t been able to ignore how there is a seeming increase in numbers of birds announcing the wake of dawn. The natural world making itself known. It’s soothing on …
It’s 4.30am. Somehow the waves seem louder at this time of almost-day. The voluminous crash washes over my half-made thoughts. It’s a welcome intrusion. I try and use it to …
Sometimes I learn more from my clients than they learn from me. This week a client was asking herself “What do we define as our greatest luxury?” Her answer to …