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 …
In The Peace Treaty, the final part of the subpersonalities trilogy, you were presented with a few creative visualisation options for bringing your subpersonalities together. Those exercises were based on the discovery that each subpersonality is awash with Read More …
The subject of subpersonalities is a vast maze, awash with many theories and countless interpretations, some more user friendly and accessible than others. What has been offered in our trilogy is in part a synthesis of some of Read More …
In the worksheet, Making Peace with Your Subpersonalities, you were offered a clear template to achieve harmony and peace within the community of the self. Here is a reminder of the five stages: Identifying and naming your Read More …
Background and context Subpersonality is a common term used in many schools of psychology. Subpersonalities are considered to be characters that emerge at a time when the individual is overwhelmed by a particular event, experience or feeling. 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 …
