In the 20th century, Western culture shrouded death in silence, relegating mourning practices and death rites to the shadows of our collective awareness. A veil was drawn over death, making it a topic rarely discussed, especially with the young. However, a paradigm shift has occurred in recent times, with death now finding an open channel of...
Read MoreThis blog post will walk you through a couple counseling process, and hopefully allow you to imagine how this process might apply to yourself. If you want to listen or download the audio version of this post follow this link. INITIAL CONTACT In this case, since I work alone, your first contact will be directly with me, the therapist, but just so...
Read MoreConditioned behaviours learned early in life can hold back our chances to form relationships of a healing nature. There was one principal theme I explored in the video "The books we hardly ever read", and that was the process of meeting new others. In that particular video I paused on the novel opportunities for bonding and intimacy that new...
Read MoreWhat the science of social pain is beginning to reveal is the dark error at the heart of individualism. In my extensive years living abroad the interplay between early social conditioning and our capacity to learn new behaviour and adapt to new environments have become somewhat more clear. Seven years in the exotically different culture of...
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