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Why do we feel alive around some people and like we’ve been through the wringer when we are around others?  What’s going on for us when some people lift us up and with others we can feel as if it’s they have dropped us from a great height?  In this episode I’m exploring what’s going on from...

How do we feel when someone makes a comment about us?  There are probably times when we can brush it off and not think about it again, and there are others where we end up ruminating over it for days afterwards.  But what’s going on in the making of these comments?  Are they just as innocuous as the...

It’s an easy trap to fall into, thinking we should be brilliant at everything the minute we try it, and then berating ourselves when we aren’t.  What’s happening for us when we set ourselves up in this way?  What stories are we telling ourselves about where we think we should be? In this episode I explore the...

How do we make sense of our worlds?  How do we understand what seems incomprehensible?  It’s no surprise to discover that we will create stories and meanings for what happens to us, in order for us to make sense of our worlds.  But why do we do this?  And is it any good for us? Find out what Freud...

There’s a million and one different things that distract us in our day to day lives.  Just putting this episode together I had to ensure that my phone was away and I had done everything that I needed to before I sat down to work.  Why do we do this?  Is it just that we...

What’s going on for us when we feel we need to hoover up all the food on the breakfast buffet?  Are we being selfish or are there other things at play for us?  In this episode I look at hoarding and what might be the psychodynamic reasons for us taking more than we actually need....

I’m thrilled to welcome another guest to the show today, Rozalyn Willocks. Rozalyn is a Recruitment Director, career coach, mentor, and Amazon bestselling author of Get Your Career Unstuck. She’s here to discuss career transitions and to explore why many of us remain in unfulfilling jobs. Join us as we discuss all things career related from...

Just in time for Halloween I am bringing out a ghosting special.  Ghosting is a particularly unkind and unfeeling way of treating people and can be extremely difficult to come to terms with.  Not every ghost is friendly like Casper… In this episode I’m exploring what ghosting is, why it happens and what we can do about...

Freud found a huge amount of inspiration in Shakespeare’s works – so if it’s good enough for him, it’s definitely good enough for me.  This time we are delving into Hamlet to see what we can learn about narcissism.  This definitely won’t be the first time we use Hamlet as a reference point, as there’s so much...

Can we always see what is right in front of us?  We might like to tell ourselves that we can, but this is not necessarily always the case.  Despite what we might like to believe. In this episode I explore why we might be avoiding what is staring us right in the face.  We’ll need our defence mechanism...