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The path from conscious thought to self-chosen change and action, does not necessarily happen overnight. That is part of what makes the process so fun to work with. Decisions do not need to be made in an instant, and the majority of life-changing action deserves a little thought. The process is why it is called personal development. I experienced an incredibly inspiring day on Wednesday. It was pretty much like any other day, no doubt about that. However, that which made it special, was... Read Full Story

Several 'hot' issues exist in the field of relationship work, and infidelity is one of them. It is hot, because it is a subject that can cause people to become upset just by talking about it. The secrecy in which it takes place, creates nervousness as people think what it might mean if it happened in their own relationships, and understandably so. After all, for the faithful partner, infidelity is a situation in which one is rendered into feelings of helplessness. The effects of infidelity... Read Full Story

Since I seem to spend much time writing about basic thoughts and beliefs that we all carry around with us in our daily lives, I thought that I would share something at the end of this post that I found a while back. Let it be food for thought about thought. Quite a sentence, isn't it? We are met with standards and expectations, every single day. Standards that are set by others in our immediate surroundings, the media, and collective society as a whole. It always seems as though someone... Read Full Story

As you develop, things change. Likewise, as circumstances change, you develop. As written in the last post, people would like to be happier, more successful, healthier, and have relationships that are more loving and satisfying. If people didn't want better, they would not be working so hard in their everyday lives, in order to attain better. The first dilemma rears its head when considering the best place to begin. A second dilemma is initiating personal development in the unknowingness of... Read Full Story

Change. No, this is not an endorsement of a candidate running for an up and coming election. The word did not just recently appear in our vocabulary. That does not mean that it is not important, or that we should not discuss what it means for everyday individual lives. If there is one thing people have difficulties implementing and handling; it is 'change'. It is a topic of many professionals, whether they work in the health occupations, are therapists, teachers, or whatever. The topic... Read Full Story

Have you heard of love-hate relationships? Sure you have! I know that a number of people also have this type of relationship with themselves, although in these cases, I would not call it love-hate. A more appropriate term would be, 'acceptance and non-acceptance'. Somewhere in the grey zone, yet not at any extremes. Furthermore, certainly not in every single area of life. In areas where people don't quite accept themselves, they tend to go, 'every which way, but loose'. OK. Some do even... Read Full Story

So. How is everyone doing? Have the feet appeared from the future, and the past? Worry and anger over, and done with? It may not be that easy. Yet, it's easier than we think as soon as we set the ball of events in motion. Some will talk about 'letting go' of worry, and all negative thought. In my clinical practice, and even in my own personal work with different systems, I find this a poor remedy to the core problem of worry. It is a difficult task for the mind to let go of something that... Read Full Story

In continuation of the previous thread about anger, I wanted to expand on an idea, or two. Let's face it. We can feel the emotion of anger as a reaction to almost any type of situation. We can try to hide it, but it often shows through our body language inclusive facial expressions, actions, and in the tones of voices. Yet, it is not always an easy thing to talk about. In the personal development of the self, or development of the personal realm, it sabotages the future more than people... Read Full Story