A moment of what?
Hello, I feel strange, and … The moment has passed somewhat because I opened Instagram. However, I just saw one of the gang who I was hanging out with back in the day, and hopefully [...]
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01, 2026
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01, 2026
nico gum cravings
Dear Goodness, If only I had your phone number and could call you up! You said one day you would call me, , , but you never did. . . It seems that if our [...]
1
01, 2026
wanted to stay near – what it seems to be
I am not providing MUCH company, text through a computer screen to you in your world. It is not exactly the 'connection' I feel sure you and I need right now. I had some harebrained [...]
25
09, 2023
A sea breeze for the spirit
There is something so healing about the smell of the salt water and the warmth of the sunshine on my skin. The wonderful sea breeze blows away all my pain. And this combination of all [...]
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09, 2023
Momento mori – when life gets real
The other thing that I have been thinking of in terms of psychology lately, is the idea of memento mori. I have heard a few great thinkers say that it is important to ponder on [...]
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06, 2023
Feeling sad thoughts – self-compassion statements
Are you feeling sad today? I can empathise. I have been feeling sad lately too. Someone who had made me feel like they cared for me, left me suddenly and I have had feeling sad [...]
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06, 2023
Validate your own feelings – the ACT approach
One of the things that make ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) so useful is the fact that I think it can be a kind of 'validation' for your thoughts and feelings. If you are feeling [...]
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10, 2022
Self-compassion for a crappy day
Do you ever have one of those crappy days when things go pear-shaped for whatever reason, and you are left in psychological pain? We all have those kinds of days sometimes. It is a part [...]
2
10, 2022
How (and why) to transform anxiety avoidance
The most interesting thing that I have come to learn about anxiety is that it can be a signal that something transformative has the potential to happen. Anxiety avoidance is understandable. Because the sensation of [...]
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04, 2020
Thoughts on the impacts of enforced isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic
How are you going? It is an important question to ask during this very unusual and challenging time of the coronavirus pandemic and all the quarantine conditions that we are all subject to at the [...]