Sunflower Counselling

16/08/2021

This is a great resource

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23/11/2019

Had the pleasure of attending a Dramatherapy Wales conference yesterday.

All of it was fab but as I woke this morning the mantra of the fantastic keynote speaker/performer Clown Holly Stoppit.

The mantra she uses to help people move towards authenticity as they clown together is ...

"I don't know what I'm doing but it's ok"

When you were a naive child you were incompetent in every way and your response was to be curious and playful. So often as adults we labour under the idea that we must be competent at everything and the result is we stop playing, stop taking risks, stop learning and ... stop living.

So perhaps when you find yourself feeling unskilled, incompetent and awkward, try repeating Holly's mantra to yourself.

She did caution two scenarios where it's not appropriate ... driving and brain surgery.

15/11/2019

I watched this video years ago and integrated the Temporal Model he uses into my explanation of Mindfulness. Do you think I was able to find when attempting to reference it academically.

Well here it is ...

This is "RSA Animate – Phillip Zimbardo: The Secret Powers of Time - A Cognitive Whiteboard Animation" by Cognitive on Vimeo, the home for high quality…

01/10/2019

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Intelligent nature!

20/09/2019

Psychotherapist Mary Smail offers a safe space to explore issues. Creative Therapies and Assertion training. London Tulse Hill

08/09/2019

06/07/2019

Pilot of King, Lover, Warrior, Magician: An exploration of male archetypes

I'm after expressions of interest from men in the South Wales area for this set of five drama based therapeutic workshops exploring what it is to be male.

Please feel free to pass this on to any interested parties or groups

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr54omooyosys3i/Pilot%20of%20King%2C%20Lover%2C%20Warrior%2C%20Magician_%20An%20exploration%20of%20male%20archetypes%20%282%29.pdf?dl=0

03/07/2019

Pilot of King, Lover, Warrior, Magician: An exploration of male archetypes

I'm after expressions of interest from men in the South Wales area for this set of five drama based therapeutic workshops exploring what it is to be male.

Please feel free to pass this on to any interested parties or groups

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m589pb7dsc17t6r/Pilot%20of%20King%2C%20Lover%2C%20Warrior%2C%20Magician_%20An%20exploration%20of%20male%20archetypes.pdf?dl=0

Shared with Dropbox

03/07/2019

Pilot of King, Lover, Warrior, Magician: An exploration of male archetypes

I'm after expressions of interest from men in the South Wales area for this set of five drama based therapeutic workshops exploring what it is to be male.

Please feel free to pass this on to any interested parties or groups

Shared with Dropbox

05/06/2019

Find a way to flourish!

02/06/2019

For all those experiencing a dark night of the soul:
https://lonerwolf.co/the-dark-night

04/05/2019

24/12/2018

Christmas can be a tough time of year so if you're struggling reach out and speak to someone.

This is the most distressing time of the year for so many people. Here are some numbers to share with as many people as you can. Please you are not alone. Just pick up the phone and call.

16/12/2018

25/10/2018

Learn to love yourself

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21/10/2018

This is great.

My own view is this ...

If you sit ruminating on an issue you're only using one part of your incredible brain to resolve the difficulties you are wrestling with.

However, if you write or draw or sing or speak your pain and suffering and anguish you are engaging many parts of your brain and focusing them on the issue. You are allowing the whole of your brain to process and integrate the topic.

Furthermore, if you share your experience with another you will received feedback which hopefully can facilitate compassion, tenderness, forgiveness and normalisation which can then be integrated from the other to one self.

You don't have to share ... but do consider journalling specially first thing in the morning. It doesn't have to make sense. Just write without direction and be uninhibited. Trust me, it's freeing and you'll discover some unexpected treasure

20/10/2018

I often find that the fear of something is actually much worse than the reality. If one can find the courage to move closer to the source of the fear it loses its power over you.

P.S. Brene Brown is ace. Check out her videos on Teds.com

https://twitter.com/BreneBrown/status/1052286069964705793