What I Wish I Had Known: Is 'do unto others' bad advice?
I have always subscribed to the notion of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", also known as the Golden Rule. It seems...
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Oct 2, 20211 min read
What I Wish I Had Known: Everybody has their reasons (and most likely the reason isn't you)
I have always tended to take things very personally. When people don’t reply to me on chats, block me on social media, stop hanging out...
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Sep 22, 20212 min read
What I Wish I had Known: Coping with Uncomfortable thoughts
I have always blindly accepted every thought I have as fact. If I am thinking it it must be true, I would reason. If, for example, my...
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Aug 21, 20211 min read
What I Wish I had Known: On the tendency to draw conclusions
I was always guilty of giving into the temptation to look at a situation and draw some conclusions based on that about either what it...
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Aug 11, 20212 min read
What I Wish I had Known: Mutually exclusive values
I always hated fighting in a relationship. It upset me when we fought but it also upset me when my partner would do things without taking...
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Jun 11, 20211 min read
What I Wish I Had Known: Nobody really cares
I can't even begin to describe how many years I tried to get other people to approve of me, to be pleased with me or to not screw up or...
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May 31, 20211 min read
What I Wish I Had Known: There is an expiration date for blaming your parents
This is one of the hard truths I have recently been forced to come to terms with. When you grow up your decisions are your own and you...
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May 14, 20211 min read
What I Wish I Had Known: The Tyranny of Ambition?
I recently watched a documentary describing why Swedish people were among the happiest in the world. And one reason really struck with...
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Apr 30, 20212 min read
What I wish I Had Known: Don’t follow your passion?
How many times have you heard ‘do what you love and you’ll never have to work another day in your life?’ or ‘Just follow your passion’ as...
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Apr 9, 20213 min read
What I Wish I Had Known: On Self-Compassion Part 2
Hello again! I hope you enjoyed my post last week about self-compassion and I hope it gave you insight into how it can be helpful rather...
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Mar 26, 20212 min read
What I Wish I had Known: On Self-Compassion Part 1
Self-compassion to me has always been a dirty word. Isn't that about letting yourself off the hook when you make a mistake or fail? I...
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Feb 24, 20212 min read
What I Wish I Had Known: It is not a failure to change your mind
Who expected and planned for 2020 being the year it was with COVID, lockdown, restrictions and our lives and plans basically going out...
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Jan 20, 20212 min read
What I Wish I had Known: Self-hate is a choice
How can it be a choice? Not only do you hate yourself and have crippling low-self esteem but now you are also to blame for your low...
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Jan 8, 20212 min read
What I Wish I had Known: Nobody really has it figured out
Growing up I watched adults around me always seeming to get everything right and understanding exactly how to act and how to manipulate...
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Jan 2, 20212 min read
What I wish I had Known: Seeking people's approval
One of the hardest things in life is learning not to seek other people's approval. From young we crave approval, we crave to be liked, to...
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Dec 26, 20203 min read
What I wish I had Known: Uncomfortable feelings
After writing my last post on intrusive thoughts, many people asked about feelings, which got me thinking. Just like thoughts, we spend...
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Dec 19, 20202 min read
What I wish I had Known: Intrusive Thoughts
Have you ever had scary and intrusive thoughts that you wish you could get rid of but nothing you do makes them go away? I know I have....
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Oct 27, 20203 min read
On Failure: Part three- Techniques to Change Our Stories
Our belief in our inadequacy and inability to succeed largely stems from the feeling of being ‘unique’ or ‘different to’ other people....
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Oct 14, 20202 min read
On Failure Part Two: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
It is not the actual failure that bothers us so much but the stories we tell ourselves for why we failed. The thing about how we often...
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Oct 6, 20202 min read
On Failure: Part One- How failure feels
'Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success' 'Failure is an attitude, not an outcome' 'Success is stumbling from...
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