I stood on the wet sand with salt water splashing my sunglasses. It was a curious experience to feel a tug and and not to act. I couldn’t always see my daughter as she fought her way through the breakers out into the sea. The waves were high and unpredictable… Years ago, on her second birthday
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. From the Tao Te Ching
A re-write of my 2014 blog written for Valentine’s Day. I’m not a cynic and today is a good day to express my inner romantic and reflect on falling in love… I was with a client a few weeks ago discussing her relationship problems with her partner and we were remembering the stage in her
Love: is it 'blind' or 'second sight'? Read Post »
It’s for many good reasons that I have dedicated December as ‘Look after yourself month’ at Blue Skies. MIND – as a psychotherapist I know December is often a very stressful month for people with most of my referrals coming in January (straight after Christmas). Loss is experienced more acutely too. Family tensions and expectations,
Why Ho Ho Ho is the perfect affirmation for the Season! Read Post »
Do you ever find yourself saying or behaving in a way that takes you right off track from who you believe you are and want to be? As if you got in your car one morning to go somewhere beautiful and someone held a gun to your head and said, “No, drive straight to hell
This morning I’m chatting to Julie Creffield the founder of The Fat Girls Guide to Running. I met Julie last month in London on a Hay House Writers Event and we swapped business cards. I was immediately taken with what Julie is doing, and I have NO INTENTION of running, I might add. There is
Miriam's Wednesday Breakfast Blog with Julie Creffield & The Fat Girls Guide to Running Read Post »
My meeting with Louise is one of those strange synchronistic stories; Louise and I lived streets away from each other when our children were very young, yet (probably) never met. Years later we were introduced through my friend Imogen, when Louise was living in Utah! At this point Louise was helping the shy entrepreneur and
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Wednesday Breakfast with Miriam Blog – with Phil Greenfield Hi today is my ‘Wednesday Breakfast with Miriam Blog’ and I’m chatting with Phil Greenfield about Zero Balancing and his book….‘Unravelling – Letting Go, Getting Well’ Good morning Phil, what are you eating for breakfast and what is your view as you eat? Hi Miriam. I’m sitting at home in
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So if, as explored last time, we suspend expectations, where does that leave us in our relationships? Does this mean we should expect nothing from our partners, our friends, our family? If they are ‘doing their thing’ and I am doing mine, how will we meet each other? For me as a therapist, this is where in
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want …. Read Post »
Gestalt ‘Prayer’ I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful. If not, it
Great Expectations Read Post »