All my relationships ended in tears… when people I loved left me. Following a series of failed relationships, and after noticing that they would all unfold in a similar way, I wanted to get to the heart of the unhealthy feelings and behaviours that kept cropping up and messing with my capacity to hold down a healthy relationship…

Exploring the many states and levels of consciousness within us is known as Svādhyāya - ‘the study of The Self’ – and within that quest is often the attainment of what’s commonly called ‘Divine’ or ‘Christ Consciousness’. Although this is a wonderful goal to aspire to, after over two decades of dedication to this quest myself, I want to offer some clarification and caveats – so you avoid certain spiritual traps when ‘waking up’ and ‘knowing thyself’.

During January, we can often put a lot of pressure on ourself to get super active - creating new things in our life. The common slogan ‘New Year New You’ is thrown around a lot and we can feel obligated (guilt-tripped?) into immediately working to get our goals. However, this time of year - if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere - may not be the best time for you to be so active and busy doing so much. Here's why…

When I was a child, I snuck into the television room late one night, and watched the movie Jaws. It scared me to death! For weeks I couldn’t sleep; filled with fear, hiding under the covers. When my dad eventually sat me down to tell me that Jaws wasn’t in my wardrobe, instead, he was only in my mind and imagination, I didn’t believe him - because it felt so real. But he spoke the truth, and gave me one of the most important lessons of my life…

Gaslighting is a term that’s getting much more exposure recently, but what is it exactly? Let me shine some light on the subject, so that you can know if you are accidentally gaslighting yourself or others, or are ever being gaslit.

Gaslighting is a form of mental and emotional manipulation that undermines the validity of a person's thoughts, feelings and perceptions of reality. It usually causes confusion and uncertainty, loss of confidence, anxiety and can …

Being raised by good parents and having what we consider to be a normal childhood, doesn’t always mean that we avoided the lesser-known early-life traumas that can be negatively impacting us, from the shadows, for decades. Keep reading to find out if any of these childhood traumas have happened to you, including Proximal Abandonment, Thwarted Autonomy, Parentification…