Self-esteem isn’t self-confidence. Self-confidence is believing in our competence and our ability to do something, whereas self-esteem is

Standing on the side lines when our partner is battling depression can seem like a helpless, even hopeless, experience. We can feel confused, frustrated, and...

Is your idea of family communication a note left on the refrigerator or a nod whilst passing in the hallway? Great communication is the key to great relation...

Whether or not you’ve noticed, you, like me and every other human being, move through each day leading on a constant inner conversation. We talk to ourselves...

After college I moved to London and shared a house with friends. There were endless nights of drug parties: LSD, speed, coke and hash. It wa

You know the saying: "You are your own worst enemy." The internal war is a form of self-sabotage that unfortunately so many of us are prone to. On the one ha
These thoughts have as much power over us as if our friends were saying them; that’s how powerful it has. How Can I Conquer My Critical Inner Voice? In order to take power over this destructive thought process, we must first become aware of what our critical voice is telling us so we can stop it from ruining our life. To

How do we get in our own way of achieving what matters to us the most? Many of us are familiar with the pattern of taking one step forward, two steps back wh...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is generally diagnosed after we experiences symptoms for at least one month following a traumatic event. However the sy...

In our most depressed state of being we can experience thoughts of suicide. We may feel ravaged by the world and think that the only way out is to stop livin...

Looking forward to a Happy Christmas? Not if you’ve come from a dysfunctional family. Ever caught a re-run of Arrested Development? The Bluth family has been...

There are 3 rules and 5 roles that make up the results of an archetypal dysfunctional family. These rules and roles are the key drivers of any dysfunctional ...

We all know the feeling of being uncomfortable, shy or nervous in a social situation. Consequently, we may have clammed up when meeting someone new or suffer...

Do you remember the last family upset you had? Maybe you were the centre of it. Then again you may have been a bystander but still seriously affected by it n
 Do you experience them in the company of strangers or is it only with certain members of you family or friends? What triggers their reoccurrence? 
 Who or what triggers these feelings? 
What situation do you get yourself into that triggers these feelings? Why does it always happen when you go to work/visit your brother/

Depression is very misunderstood, especially by those who’ve never suffered. It’s so much more than simply being sad and unmotivated. The symptoms of depress
 to fly. If you get into difficulty, or a spin, and you don’t know how to recover from it, you simply let go of the controls. This gives the plane the opportunity to sort itself out because it is designed to be dynamically stable. When learning to pilot a Cessna, the instructor will purposely get you into a muddle and th

Many of us have family members whose values and/or behavior are questionable. They maybe heavy drinkers, religious fanatics, sexual predators or simply high...

What Is a Dysfunctional Family? As children of dysfunctional families we thought our life was terrible and that we’d had the worst childhood ever and that ev...

Having a child who's depressed can be heartbreaking. Here's 10 tips to help get them, and you, through the toughest times. 1. Take a look at your own life. A...

Growing up in a household with parents who have some form of ‘mental illness’ produces children with lower self‐esteem, teens with greater dysphoria (a profo...

When you think of a narcissist, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was all about celebrity reflected vanity and grandiosity. In our selfie obsessed world it c...

What Is A Dysfunctional Family? There’s no government benchmark on what constitutes a dysfunctional family. However, if you identify with any of these charac...