A people-pleaser is someone who has become stuck within a persona of helpfulness. They are unaware and unconscious that they are wearing a mask, that they are projecting an image of themselves as helpful while all the time, their true … Read more
Could these symptoms refer to you? Do you: struggle to recover from early or childhood traumas and injuries? feel your old wounds will not heal? fail to take care of your own needs? lack self control? have an enduring sense … Read more
Grief can be overpowering It can stop us in our tracks. Try to remember it is entirely natural to feel like this, you feel like this because you are in mourning. You will recover, you will adapt, it may take … Read more
Living with a fear of rejection A fear of rejection, be it to do with relationships or careers can hold us back. Rejection leaves us vulnerable and insecure. Fitting in and being part of the group is what has enabled us to … Read more
Abandoned, lost property, All of the lost unclaimed things. Do you fear that you might be discarded, lost and left behind? Abandoned children and animals are very vulnerable. Abandonment threatens our security. As adults we may be less vulnerable now, but if you … Read more
Not all sibling relationships are healthy. A toxic sibling relationship is an unbalanced relationship. It may be complicated by a history of abuse and dysfunctional sibling rivalries. Often this develops out of problems within parental relationships, or parental psychological problems. … Read more
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a broad diagnosis that describes the way in which our emotional responses to other people can be complicated and unpredictable. Whereas many people may remain, on a day-to-day basis, within the same emotional range, people … Read more
An emotional affair happens in an area of uncertainty. You become aware that you have become more than friends with someone other than your partner. There may be no physical or sexual interaction, but the connection is emotional, it involves … Read more
Erotic fantasy is a pattern of thought, or an idea or image, that stimulates someone’s sexual response or is sexually arousing. It is a necessary part of human biology and mental activity and response, without it human reproduction would be … Read more
A narcissistic wound describes both: the sense of disturbance in our sense of how we relate to ourselves, and, the sense of disturbance in our sense of how we relate to other people. While the word ‘narcissism’ has a disparaging … Read more