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Mia Leijssen on Working with the Inner Critic

Interesting excerpt from Mia’s essay on Focusing, in this excellent book edited by Brian Thorne and Elke Lambers. Mia looks at working with someone who experiences interruptions from the ‘bad parent’/superego voice. She follows this with a brief illustrative case … Continue reading

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Michael Leunig & Heartbreak

Michael Leunig & Heartbreak Click on the title to visit the – lovely – Michael Leunig Appreciation page on Facebook for this poem about how we might meet ourselves in a healing way, when our hearts are ‘cut or cracked … Continue reading

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