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How to keep emotionally safe

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photo credit: OakleyOriginals Working with people in groups and one to one situations, professionals are obliged to inform their clients on confidentiality. This is a discipline that is focused upon very much in the early stages of training to be a counsellor or psychotherapist. Quite often a conversation begins with “everything we discuss today remains confidential.” The conversation then

How valueable is your currency?

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photo credit: joeymanley Watching TV this morning, I took interest in a programme I like to watch BBC CLICK. This is a magazine programme that features the latest technology. New technology fascinates me in this fast moving world that we live in. This mornings programme referred to the latest Android mobile/cell phones that can be used to make traditional purchases such as paying for train

Choosing our reality

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attribution: Jon Bragg This blog is a reaction to Day 18 of Mind Alchemy “My reality is not your reality”. Steven made an excellent analogy in his post regarding the movie “The Matrix”. It is a film I chose to watch in it fullness only a couple of weeks ago. When I have experienced an emotion, I generally think of it as something that that I passively receive. I've been challenged today in

A formula for progress

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Following what I have written over previous days days, I've been developing the concept of how to progress through our outcomes. There are times when we see apparent successes that people achieve, however, there they can be false. They only appear as true to satisfy the parameters that have been set. For instance: yesterday I wrote about the success of the runner Usain Bolt. I can remember

Are you a Perfectionist

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photo credit: az1172 I've been thinking more about this subject recently. A few years ago I described myself as a perfectionist (or at least an aspiring perfectionist) and I thought it somewhat noble. I discovered that there are great dangers in this attitude to life. The whole concept is..... click here to read the rest

Do you have Tenacity?

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photo credit: SmithGreg This is something I believe I have. I was quite surprised when looking this word up at the synonyms there are for it. Application, backbone, courage, determination, doggedness, grit, heart, fortitude... there are many more, but these are one that struck me. When challenged, there is the constant temptation to give up and fall foul of......... click here to read the

What about Integrity?

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photo credit: m.gifford Dictionary.com reference definition Integrity1. adherence to moral principals, honesty2. the quality of being unimpaired; soundness3. unity; wholeness I'll state how it is today. I've had a challenging day and that has not happened for a while. The way I work with people when they have a challenging day for whatever reason is to encourage them to hold on to their

It is Valentines day. How about "Agape?"

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photo credit: Jorbasa How do you respond when someone leave you with a message "Love" with a few crosses? I've often done this when writing email type messages to friends. On one occasion, a dear friend was a little concerned. I think that she maybe thought I was making amorous overtures to her! -----------I've now moved  my blog to Wordpress under a new domain. I will continue to post a

Letting go your Outcomes - The pinball effect

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Picture courtesy of The Smithsonian institution http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2940633609/ Check out an interesting blog on this Cassiopeia   Day 12 of Mind Alchemy and the discussion is around letting go. On the surface of it, this concept seems somewhat against what we want to achieve, however it is about balance and using energy appropriately. It is also about allowing space to

How to overcome the imposter we call "failure"

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Games: Play Perfect Match and Puzzle & Board Games on AddictingGames Terms of Use Privacy Policy ©ATOM Entertainment, Inc., a MTV Networks Companyhhhh What we perceive other think of us is what forms the belief we have of ourselves. We can look at failure in a different light. It could be described as successfully discovering what does not work thereby clearing the clutter. Eventually, we

Practice effective communication

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So much trouble is caused in this world due to miscommunication. It can be something quite simple such as "Can you deliver this to........ for me?" I say yes and later discovered that the item to be delivered was within the case, needing the case to be returned which I didn't do. This happened to me last week. It was no major drama, but it occurred for 1 of 2 reasons (or both).  1. The

How to positively process emotions

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This is simply a no brainer. This also follows on from yesterdays Mind Alchemy session where Steven Aitchison encouraged us so seek our music that motivates and inspires us.  Whilst yesterday, I focused on popular and modern music from the charts in recent years, I have a strong connection with classical music. In so many ways I find classical music to be a powerful force to process emotions. 

Inspirational songs

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Day 7 of Mind Alchemy and this is a task close to my heart. Picking my favourite inspirational songs. Music plays SUCH an important part in what makes us tick as human beings. I can get inspired by music in so many ways. It is the ability to experience the whole range of emotions that means so much to me. Sometimes it's a sad song that inspires, simply because it allows us to get in touch with

Capture the moment

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We face so many challenges in life. This happens for some more than others. If you are anything like I have been in the past, it involves far too much time wishing for better times, remembering better times and realising it had passed all to quickly.  It may be a moment when you make a life changing decision. It may be a time when something amazing happens in your life.  To get the full

How to organise emotional discipline

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Working to support people can be hard work at times. I got midway through today and suddenly felt very fatigued both mentally and physically. Getting home from work I found it hard to focus on anything and I considered going straight to bed after dinner.  Here is what I did. Meditation... I spent 15 minutes listening to some meditative music through my headphones visualising yesterdays Mind