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Self-Improvement for Dummies.
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The usual approach to self-improvement encourages us to be heroic, independant, take initiative and be positive. All of which are admirable. But I have a confession (or series of confessions) to make. I think that I feel pretty weak and easily influenced much of the time. When […]Awareness Cures: What I have learned from Gestalt #3
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One of the surprises that the early psychiatrists came across was that, “awareness itself cures”.
What they were referring to is the kind of experience that probably most of us have had. Times like: we are talking about something we do and don’t understand why. Then the person we are talking […]Less Stress and More Energy from Finishing With the Past. What I have learnt from gestalt #2
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Perhaps you have had the experience of hearing a piece of muzak in a shop and leaving when the song is half way through. This can be very aggravating - you wanted to hear the end. Or perhaps you thought you recognised the song but couldn’t quite place it. […]It Depends on The Situation: What I have learned from Gestalt#1
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Anything makes sense in context. Every thing makes sense in context. Meaning has to do with the relationship of the ‘thing’ (word, behaviour, object, whatever) to its context.
This probably sounds a bit abstract, so bear with me for a bit while and I’ll try and show why it can be so […]Gestalt Therapy
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Gestalt Therapy excitement and growth in the human personality by Perls, Hefferline and Goodman. First published 1951 (other editions since).
This book changed my life. I discovered it in my mid-twenties and what I learned from it has stayed a significant part of my life for 25 years. The exercises in […]Embracing Our Conflicts: One Method for Personal Change
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This method is for those times when you feel stuck. It is not a method for dealing with external obstacles (priorities, goals, efficiency - all of which are important for external effectiveness) but for personal change.
The central insight is that being stuck is different to being tired. When we feel stuck we are […]Four Reasons Why Disgust Is Good.
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Disgust doesn’t always feel good - in fact it often feels revolting. Partly this is due to our attempts to restrain it. Wishing to retain control and not vomit doesn’t help us feel any better. So part of the bad feeling is not expressing our disgust. The […]
