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For People Who Notice Things
Reflections, observations and explorations for those who find themselves looking beneath the surface of life, relationships and human experience.
“An unexamined life is not worth living.”
- Socrates
Do You Want Honesty, or Do You Want Agreement?
Most people say they value honesty. They'll tell you they want the truth. They appreciate...
Counselling, Therapy, Coaching or Clean Mirror?
What kind of support do you actually need? Sometimes the biggest difference isn’t the answer. It’s...
When “I’ll do anything” meets “except that”
There is a phrase that I hear surprisingly often when people are talking about their health, their relationships, their work, their anxiety, their sense of feeling stuck.
Learning to Trust Yourself, Without Needing Certainty
One of the more curious features of human consciousness is that we can observe our own thinking because we do not simply “have thoughts.” We can also step back and examine them.
Authentic to What? Identity, Distortion and the Deeper Purpose of Self-Inquiry
Where exactly are we anchoring this thing we call authenticity?
Because if we are not careful, authenticity becomes nothing more than loyalty to a familiar pattern.
The Map Is Not the Territory : When Labels Become Identity
This is one of the phrases that seems to crop up regularly in psychological, philosophical and personal development circles, and for years, I nodded along whenever I heard it.