The history of feelings

The history of feelings

  If you experienced not being heard, or not being understood, or not being loved just for being you as a child, you probably remember how painful that is.   Remembering how we felt as a child can be powerful to help us put ourselves in our child’s shoes and...
Reducing repression, aggression and agitation in children

Reducing repression, aggression and agitation in children

  As parents, when we have access to a compassionate understanding that all children have feelings to express as a result of daily stresses and bigger challenges,   and we have enough emotional capacity to listen with loving presence to their feelings,...
How babies and children learn to repress their feelings and our choices to respond

How babies and children learn to repress their feelings and our choices to respond

Hello! I’d like to start with:   My journey with feelings and repressing feelings. I’d love to share my own journey with this over the years.  When I trained as a psychospiritual psychotherapist in the 1990’s, I learnt all about feelings and addictions and...