In many Option process dialogue (OPD) sessions I have counselled recently, clients have described themselves in various ways, here are some.."...bad mother, uncaring person, stupid, inadequate wife...the list goes on...".So the question begs "why do we use 'these' beliefs to label ourselves with? why do we judge ourselves in this way?". Well I can tell you [...]
I was chatting to a new client today and she remarked on how calm I was on the phone when she first spoke to me and she said she wanted a piece of that. So I told her about my teacher, my son Rohan who was 10 years old yesterday. When he was born I [...]
Bhindi is a very underrated and hence under used vegetable by most people. It needs a little respect and when cooked well is delicious! I used to hate it as a kids, but my baby brother loved it so it was cooked regularly now I find myself craving it! When you pick them out at a supermarket, snap [...]
A friend started an email to me with…”I don’t want to be a burden as I know you already have so much on...” That made me question what does being a burden mean to me? For me a burden is doing a task that I don’t want to do, almost against my will. So I [...]
I have had a very very busy few years since I qualified and started my practice. So recently when our filing cabinet was heaving to breaking point I sifted the top stuff off to make space for newer stuff. Then I asked my husband to bring down the box of old papers we had filed [...]