Feeling flat?
This week's guardian column by Annalisa Barbieri discusses anhedonia, or the experience of feeling flat and numb and what we can do to...
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Aug 71 min
How to motivate your child (and yourself!)
A really interesting conversation between journalist Annalisa Barbieri and psychotherapist Graham Music about how to motivate children -...
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Kate and Alex
Apr 151 min
Getting to know your superego
An interesting article in The Guardian which promotes the importance of getting to know one's "superego" or inner voice. So often we can...
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Kate and Alex
Mar 51 min
Three kinds of relationship
A great post by Jonathan Shedler about three kinds of relationships: hierarchical, transactional and mutual. Read here:...
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Kate and Alex
Oct 24, 20231 min
Dr Becky Kennedy Clinical Psychologist - Ted Talk
Dr Becky Kennedy's powerful Ted Talk about the importance of repair in relationships. She focuses on the parenting relationship, both...
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Kate and Alex
Sep 7, 20231 min
Compassion in sport
Compassion can produce better performance – just look at the Lionesses | Sport | The Guardian
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Kate and Alex
Aug 24, 20231 min
"Therapy Speak"
This recent conversation between Susie Orbach and Michael Rosen on BBC programme "Word of Mouth" explores the way we use language to...
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Kate and Alex
Jun 5, 20231 min
Why we cry
"Presenter of The Great Pottery Throwdown Keith Brymer-Jones finds that watching people create pottery often moves him to tears. In this...
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Kate and Alex
Apr 12, 20231 min
"What does repair look like in relationships?"
This great article by Esther Perel and Mary Alice Miller explores the cycles of "connection disconnection and reconnection" that exist in...
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Kate and Alex
Mar 13, 20231 min
How to breathe!
This podcast from Andrew Huberman was valuable in taking a closer look at breathing practices. Watch it here:
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Kate and Alex
Jan 19, 20231 min
Answers...
A great reminder of this (simple!) truth - beware of overly simplistic (and often appealing) answers to complex problems.
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Kate and Alex
Dec 13, 20221 min
What's in a voice? Notes on Music - BBC Radio 4
A really interesting programme by Laura Barton discussing the Baritone voice - what it conveys and how it makes us feel - which links...
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Kate and Alex
Sep 14, 20221 min
Creating a Compassionate World
A link from Professor Paul Gilbert and the Compassionate Mind Foundation to a series of interesting conversations about creating a...
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Kate and Alex
Jul 21, 20221 min
Uncomfortable conversations, uncomfortable feelings...
"Lies we tell ourselves: If I avoid the uncomfortable conversation I'll avoid the uncomfortable feeling. Nope. Have the uncomfortable...
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Kate and Alex
Jun 8, 20221 min
Is it time to go...?
A interesting post from Psychotherapist and writer Philippa Perry about the dilemma often faced in relationships: when is it time to try...
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Kate and Alex
May 12, 20221 min
The experience of shame
A powerful exploration of the experience of shame from Carolyn Spring * *mentions sexual abuse The start of my journey out of shame |...
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Kate and Alex
Apr 20, 20221 min
Intrusive thoughts after having a baby.
New mums on the fear of violent intrusive thoughts - YOU Magazine A interesting and useful article with comment from Dr Caroline Boyd,...
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Kate and Alex
Mar 9, 20221 min
"I don't know how to be me"
A great piece in last week's The Observer by writer and Psychotherapist Philippa Perry on the difficulties in finding, knowing and...
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Kate and Alex
Feb 15, 20221 min
"Therapy can be tough"
The decision to begin therapy is a brave one and not to be undertaken lightly. It involves turning towards our struggle and the things...
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Kate and Alex
Jan 17, 20221 min
Surviving is enough
A helpful reminder by Dr Emily Anhalt that sometimes, just getting through something difficult can be enough - we don't have to be...
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