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Jeff Foster on Sadness and anger

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Some extraordinarily important words from Jeff about our relationship with emotions perceived as ‘difficult’ and the judgments these attract…. We are often struck by how common those judgments are, even among the ‘spiritual’ and even among therapists – as if … Continue reading →

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‘maggie and milly and molly and may’ ee cummings

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays … Continue reading →

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Mary Oliver on Love & its necessary wildness – Brainpickings

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Mary Oliver on Love and Its Necessary Wildness Lovely piece, beautiful poems, and a wonderful conversation between Mary and Krista Tippett for On Being – as Maria says ‘feast your soul’. Thank you, as ever, to Maria Popova and Brainpickings. Here’s the book … Continue reading →

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The Grace of Nostalgia – Toko-pa

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://toko-pa.com/2014/12/30/the-grace-of-nostalgia/ ‘What if nostalgia is not a fruitless dwelling on those irretrievable moments of the past, as we are taught, but an attempt by sweetness to reach you again?’ Toko-pa on where the experience of feeling loved meets/merges with our … Continue reading →

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Monica Cassani on the Shadow Child

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Powerful, touching sequence, on the shadow child within who needs welcoming home, who needs our love and attention, if we are to be able to offer ourselves love and attention inwardly, and radiate that outwards in our lives. http://beyondmeds.com/2015/08/20/rejected-shadow-child/ http://beyondmeds.com/2015/08/21/shadow-child-part-ii/ … Continue reading →

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