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Reclaiming Sweet Freedom – 23 things that we need not explain justify or defend – Isabel Abbott

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/09/reclaiming-sweet-freedom-23-things-that-we-need-not-explain-justify-or-defend/ Just gorgeous. This is written from the woman’s perspective, and the writer wants to expand it to include all of us (with any tweaks required to find the right fit for you). It’s wonderful, profound, poetic and important. Thanks, … Continue reading →

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John Rowan on the nature of assuming personal power

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘During the process of working with the real self, consciousness changes. The mental ego is mainly either existence-oriented or relationship-oriented. If existence-oriented, then the main concern is with power, mastery and control. If relatedness-oriented, the main concern is with conformity … Continue reading →

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Jung on balance and the full palette

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning … Continue reading →

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Nathaniel Hawthorne on Expressing love

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.” Nathaniel Hawthorne With thanks to … Continue reading →

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The Well of Grief: David Whyte

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The Well of Grief: David Whyte Click on the title for this beautiful photograph from David’s Facebook page, and profound poem. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter THE WELL OF GRIEF Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the … Continue reading →

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Bertrand Russell on Thought

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and … Continue reading →

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