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As a therapist I’m deeply concerned about how we are sabotaging the life-support systems upon which we depend.

I needed to understand how we, as a species, came to be ‘wired’ in a way that leads, inevitably, toward extinction, hoping against all hope that “if we could understand the ‘mechanism’, then

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Emotions - Connectedness

The role that emotions play in keeping us safe

Seeing a beautiful flower, listening to sublime music, tasting a delicious morsel of food, inhaling a heavenly scent or feeling the titillating sensation of a gentle touch on my arm

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Every Room Becomes Your Prison

Debbie Ford opened my eyes to the concept of 'Shadow', and my life has never been the same. Here's a powerful extract from her book, "The Dark Side of the Light

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THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I JUST CAN’T CHANGE

That's why I focus on those that I can! If you have been reading my articles and newsletters for a while, you may have noticed how much happier and freer I've

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Time to Turn the Tables and to Defend Ourselves – Philip Be’er

All this began when I saw a FB post quoting Jane Goodall:  “How is it possible that the most intellectual creature to ever walk the planet Earth is destroying its only

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Copy of an open letter to Eve Ensler following the Democracy Now interview about her new book, “The Apology”.

Dear Eve,Your recent interview with Juan González and Amy Goodman on Democracy Now moved me to tears and then it inspired this response. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: The Apology. That’s the name of

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Copy of an open letter to Bessel van der Kolk and Jayson Gaddis

This is a copy of the open letter that I wrote to Bessel van der Kolk and Jayson Gaddis in response to a fascinating conversation that they shared on

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The Mechanism that Evolved to Protect Us from Emotional & Psychological Threats

Listening to sublime music, observing a beautiful flower, tasting delicious morsels of food, inhaling a heavenly scent and feeling the titillating sensation of a gentle touch on my arm are

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