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Category Archives: relationship
Francis Weller on remembering relationship with the earth
“Still, the ground beneath me felt unsteady, as though at any moment it could shake and easily take me to the ground. I stumbled upon what Zen priest and author Susan Murphy calls the koan of the earth. How do … Continue reading
Posted in awakening, consciousness, cultural questions, Disconnection, ecological, ecological issues, embodiment, empathy, encounter, ethics, fear, Francis Weller, grief, growth, healing, interconnection & belonging, natural world, paradigm shift, perception, presence, relationship, rewilding, spirituality, transformation, vulnerability
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Reasons not to use ‘timeouts’ or ‘naughty steps’
Useful short film, explaining how ‘timeout’ or the ‘naughty step’ harm your relationship with your child and damage their ability to connect helpfully with their feelings and with you. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling in Exeter since 1994
Posted in anger, blaming, boundaries, child development, communication, compassion, cultural questions, Disconnection, emotions, empathy, empowerment, encounter, family systems, growing up, interconnection & belonging, parenting, relationship, sadness & pain, self concept, shame, shaming, teaching, vulnerability
Tagged affordable counselling exeter, building relationship, conscious parenting, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, creating boundaries, emotional awareness, emotional intelligence, low cost counselling exeter, models of connection, models of disconnection, models of intimacy, models of separation, naughty step, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, time-outs, timeouts, why time outs harm your child, why time outs harm your relationship with your child, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Marion Woodman on Growth
“There is no growth without real feeling. Children not loved for who they are do not learn how to love themselves. Their growth is an exercise in pleasing others, not in expanding through experience. As adults, they must learn to … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, compassion, conditions of worth, core conditions, cultural questions, emotions, growing up, growth, love, Marion Woodman, parenting, person centred, presence, relationship, self concept, unconditional positive regard
Tagged affordable counselling exeter, being accepted, Coming Home to Myself, conditional love, conditional regard, conditions of worth, core conditions, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, deep feeling, experiencing acceptance, feeling emotions, inner child, low cost counselling exeter, Marion Woodman, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, pleasing others, real feeling, receiving nurture, reparenting, seeking approval, self acceptance, self care, self compassion, self concept, self love, self nurture, self-structure, winning approval, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Our Power to Bless One Another – John O’Donohue
Here’s the wording, for those who have trouble seeing Facebook posts:- ‘OUR POWER TO BLESS ONE ANOTHER In the parched deserts of postmodernity a blessing can be like the discovery of a fresh well. It would be lovely if we … Continue reading
Posted in cultural questions, flow, good, healing, interconnection & belonging, John O'Donohue, kindness & compassion, relationship, spirituality
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Parker Palmer on the highest form of love
“The highest form of love is the love that allows for intimacy without the annihilation of difference.” Parker J. Palmer: The Courage to Teach Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling in Exeter since 1994
Posted in boundaries, diversity, education, emotions, encounter, love, Parker J Palmer, relationship
Tagged affordable counselling exeter, allowing difference, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, Courage to Teach, intimacy, low cost counselling exeter, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, Parker J Palmer, Parker Palmer, person centred counselling exeter, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Thich Nhat Hanh on those who harm others
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.” Thich Nhat Hanh This feels wholly … Continue reading
Posted in 'evil', communication, compassion, conflict, congruence, core conditions, cultural questions, Disconnection, emotions, empathy, encounter, fear, friendship, growth, healing, human condition, interconnection & belonging, love, person centred, person centred theory, presence, relationship, sadness & pain, Thích Nhất Hạnh, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, transformation, trauma, trust, vulnerability, working with clients
Tagged affordable counselling exeter, being received in relationship, being seen, conflicting needs in relationship, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, dehumanising, dehumanizing, effect of suffering, healing relationship, human cruelty, human relationship, low cost counselling exeter, meaning of suffering, othering, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, passing pain on, passing suffering on, person centred counselling exeter, personal growth, relationship that heals, Thích Nhất Hạnh, therapeutic relationship, transmitting pain, transmitting suffering, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Rupi Kaur on confusing anger and kindness
“Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindness which seems like a good idea till she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look … Continue reading
Posted in anger, boundaries, child development, communication, cultural questions, family systems, feminine, growing up, kindness & compassion, love, parenting, perception, relationship, trust, vulnerability
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