With Sarah launching into her PhD and taking a break from her regular posts in the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog, that means we have a vacancy. Do you have something YOU would like to say about psychology, counselling, or mental health in general?
This is the first time I have touched the computer for over a week. Life seems a lot more spacious, and slower. I am making a new year’s resolution. I am going to write letters again…
Writing poetry can be a practice of mindful awareness — but does anyone else want to read it?
Writing is a great way to get yourself unstuck. The first thing that comes into your head will do. Just write whatever comes into your head and however it does so. The therapeutic thing in this is freedom from the internal censor, or critic, just bypassing him or her completely, because all you have to do is keep writing, not be good or be bad, just keep going.
Over at our sister site BlogsInMind.com, new bloggers have been posting on topics ranging from how our minds can play tricks on us to the challenges of living with family members experiencing mental illness. Another has posted about embarking on a career in counselling, while others have just taken a moment to vent. Do you have your own blog yet?
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