How babies and children learn to repress their feelings and our choices to respond

How babies and children learn to repress their feelings and our choices to respond

Hello! I’d like to start with:   My journey with feelings and repressing feelings. I’d love to share my own journey with this over the years.  When I trained as a psychospiritual psychotherapist in the 1990’s, I learnt all about feelings and addictions and...
The Three Types of Feelings

The Three Types of Feelings

Hello again! I wrote an article about this a while ago, and now I’ve made a video! CLICK ON IT to watch it!   I love this way of seeing feelings! The three types are: 1. Needs Feelings. These are the feelings that we have when we have unmet needs –...
Guilt and shame are like hitting ourselves with emotional sticks

Guilt and shame are like hitting ourselves with emotional sticks

Hello! I wonder if you read my last email, which was all about differentiating between thoughts and feelings? I am so passionate about helping mothers free themselves from self-punishment, and I find myself wanting to write more about this.   I used to think that...
Our relationship with ourselves affects how our children feel with us

Our relationship with ourselves affects how our children feel with us

Hello! One of my original reasons for wanting to help mothers was because I saw how much my own Mum’s inner dialogue affected her and how she responded to me. My Mum is one of the most generous, giving, loving people I know ~ and so filled with harsh self-talk....