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  • Spiritual Bypassing: When ‘spirituality’ isn’t what we think it is

    Spiritual Bypassing: When ‘spirituality’ isn’t what we think it is

    Note to reader: this article makes reference to trauma and difficult experiences. Always contact your healthcare team if you’re worried about your well-being.  When we invest energy in living spiritually, and we do this with self-awareness and compassionate self-reflection, this can be a meaningful pathway to spiritual intelligence (SQ). Doing our own shadow work is key… Read more

  • Rules for Living: The narratives and beliefs that can hold us back

    Rules for Living: The narratives and beliefs that can hold us back

    ⚠️ This article touches briefly on controlling behaviours and potentially unhealthy memories of childhood. Please take care of yourself if you choose to read this article. This list of links may also be useful. Have you ever heard phrases like “respect your elders”, “finish your plate”, “big boys don’t cry”, or felt the emphasis placed… Read more

  • Should I Trust My Intuition? Why it matters and what might help

    Should I Trust My Intuition? Why it matters and what might help

    Intuition is our ability to know something instinctively without having to discover it or rationalise it intellectually – a deep sense of ‘knowing’ without analytical process.  You can’t explain to anyone why – you don’t have statistics or research to back up your perspective.  You just ‘know’.  Intuition is seen by many as the highest form… Read more

  • What is Grounding and How Can It Help?

    What is Grounding and How Can It Help?

    Grounding is a way of bringing awareness back to the present moment, especially when a person is experiencing overwhelm or where it’s helpful to keep focus in the here and now. When are these used? Grounding activities can be particularly useful: What is Grounding? Grounding is a practice that can reconnect us to the present… Read more

  • What is Spiritual Intelligence?

    What is Spiritual Intelligence?

    You have probably heard of the Intelligence Quotient, or IQ, and more recently, on the back of work from psychologists like Daniel Goleman, an expansion of this in to discussions around Emotional Intelligence (EQ). What you may not know, is that the purpose of the Intelligence Quotient may have been misrepresented (and even exploited) over… Read more

  • Big Picture Goals, Awakened Awareness and The Power of Intention

    Big Picture Goals, Awakened Awareness and The Power of Intention

    Sometimes it helps to know where we’re going, especially if we don’t want to stay where we are. In the ever-changing landscape of the 21st Century though, we might not be sure about our direction of travel or where to begin. This article explores some key ideas that might help. If I was to ask… Read more