The journey of personal development can be summarised in four phases. These are understanding, resolution, healing and becoming. The more we understand each phase and their relationship to one another, the more we can find our way back Read More …
Attachment theory has helped us to better understand the nature of relationships; that is the relationship we form with our environment (in the first instance our caregivers) and because of those relationships the relationship we form with Read More …
Self-awareness is the light that illuminates the path. The whole point of self-improvement is to increase awareness and then use that awareness to wake up… and potentially become enlightened. At this point it’s worth pausing to consider the Read More …
COMMUNITY OF THE SELF 1 The self is an amazing, wonderful and powerful life force. It is intricate, strong, delicate, complex and deep – an entity full of paradoxes. The self is like a huge maze, in which Read More …
Virtues are at their best when they travel in pairs. This is a simple idea which has incredible depth and far-reaching implications for us all. Behind the veil of this principle lie the secrets as to why so Read More …
ATTENTION, AFFECTION, AFFIRMATION, these are the 3 ‘A’s – without these the process of human development remains incomplete. It does not matter how old we are and what we have experienced in our lives if these Read More …
In the first article on this fascinating subject we laid out the anatomy of the mind and summarised the roles of each of its four aspects. In this follow-up piece we are focusing on the relationships between these Read More …
The mind is such an incredible phenomenon and as a result it is extremely difficult to classify its numerous functions and astounding complexity. Over the centuries there have been many attempts to define the mind and its role in our Read More …
The primary purpose of personal growth is to be the best you that you can be. In order that this can be achieved, your ‘acquired self’ needs to be renounced, allowing the ‘authentic self’ to take its Read More …
“Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves with other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being….you do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success Read More …
