A powerful overview of CBT techniques – a modern approach to knowing yourself by monitoring your own thoughts, and mastering yourself by taking back control of your internal world.
This guest post is by John J. Patton, a spiritual seeker I am good friends with. He doesn’t have a blog, but writes and compiles many beautiful articles. In this double post, John presents two things. First – a series of statements, to be kept near as a reminder, or perhaps a mantra. Second – a series of steps, for when we are overwhelmed by a potential problem.
What if shyness, commonly seen as the opposite of a big ego, is just another expression of egotism? This is explored in detail in this eye-opening guest post, with practical steps for overcoming shyness.
Several years ago I lost a friend to suicide, and I always wondered if I could have prevented it by being there for him. I vowed never to ignore a plea for help again. Recently, I had the opportunity to reach out to a stranger who was contemplating suicide, and it made all the difference in the world. Just the tiniest bit of love and compassion can really do wonders against suffering and depression.
If you have a belief that the way you see things is the way they are, you are not only wrong, but will severely impede your chance of becoming the person you want to be. In actuality you see things the way you think they are according to your map of reality. And by the way, you are the only person holding that map.
There is a child inside all of us, whether we realize it or not. And sometimes we return to that state, with all of its vulnerabilities, dependencies, and insecurities. Many of us try to become an adult by pushing away and ignoring this child – but the real path to adulthood is recognising and making friends with him or her. This post introduces a simple and yet very powerful process for reintegrating your inner child.
There was something I discovered recently, something that sounds so absurd and yet so simple. As much as I want to be free of whatever I am suffering – there is a part of me that wants it. Getting in touch with this part can be the next step in finding inner freedom.
Hypnotherapy is a great tool for relaxation and relieving stress. It helps calm both the mind and body, giving a valuable ‘time out’. However it can be quite costly to hire a clinical hypnotherapist, and we may not always want one around when we want to de-stress. This is not a problem, as it is possible to do self hypnosis, and Jon Rhodes will show you how in this article.
The story of the Hero/ine’s Journey is everywhere. From Hollywood to novels and even to news stories. It is the story of the person who leaves their home to pursue a quest – a quest that involves going through trials in order to gain the ‘prize’. This makes it easy to forget that in some ways the return is what the Journey is all about.
A reader asked me once – why is this entire blog about inner work? What about changing from the outside? In my experience, true change begins from within, from the consciousness that underlies everything else. What exactly does this mean? Find out more.
A touching reunion… Regular readers will know I try not to clutter the blog with little posts, but I haven’t had anything move me like this for a very long time!
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