Presence beats stress. It starts in your feet đź‘Ł “Alexandra, I’m so 🤬⚡️🔥💥 🌶️ 🔴✨stressed.” “I can’t think straight”, she added. I’ve heard this many times. People so stressed they don’t believe they can handle their session. Or much of anything else. Caroline was suffering from the usual forms of stress: Information overload: emails, messaging, […]
Read More“It was none of my doing”. My client said it with a heavy sigh. I replied: “Too bad because then it will be none of your fixing.” I invited her to draw a responsibility camembert. When I mention a French cheese, clients find it amusing and fill it out with a little smile. Taking responsibility […]
Read MoreDo you know what you actually need — or just what you want? While you chase what you want, you may be neglecting what you actually need. We frequently confuse our wants with our needs. This confusion creates a lot of unnecessary unhappiness. Let me first show it to you in relationships. Sally thinks she […]
Read MoreFlight as Relationship Wisdom, not cowardice: in praise of avoidance.  When I was 16, philosophy entered my life to feed a hunger I didn’t even know I had: I wanted meaning. Often confused, I also wanted advice: not my parents’, biased, nor my friends’, just as clueless as I. I appreciated philosophy’s variety of […]
Read MoreWhen crisis hits at work, reach for your purple crayon 🖍️💜 Are you in crisis right now? If not, have you ever experienced one and can you remember it? In the book Harold and the Purple Crayon*, a boy escapes catastrophe thanks to a magic crayon. In the grip of calamity, do you wish you […]
Read MoreHello and welcome to this month’s neuro blog! Last month, we discussed other-awareness and landed on the notion that disagreement – about beliefs, values and behaviours – is more likely to be the norm. I advocated tolerance but also proposed that you put on a metaphorical Detective Columbo’s raincoat (no need for the cigar nor the dishevelled look) and go look for the […]
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