Emotions and the Limbic System
The limbic system is a set of brain structures that plays a role in emotions, particularly those that evolved early and which play an...
Feeling Afraid
It’s not an illustrious category to belong to of course, but there are plenty of us at least. We worry about work, money, being left,...
Women vs Men & Gender Equality
March is women's international month. There are various heated discussions on this topic and perhaps an universal need to understand...
Helping Your Anxious Child
These days, most of us live with some degree of stress. For kids, between their homework, friends, after-school activities, sports, and...
When Feeling Anxious
One of the most difficult features of anxiety is that it tends to be all-consuming. It squats in the middle of our minds and refuses to...
Childhood Emotional Neglect
Because it’s mostly silent and invisible, childhood emotional neglect is largely an overlooked phenomenon in psychology. Unlike physical...
Sexual Shame
We have collectively grown highly attuned to the problems associated with a lack of shame around sex: with a decadent culture in which it...
Cognitive Distortions
Thought patterns can be changed through a process referred to in cognitive therapy as cognitive restructuring. The idea behind it is that...
On The Need to Feel Heard
One of our deepest longings – deeper than we even perhaps recognise day to to day – is that other people should acknowledge certain of...
The Present Moment
Life is full of moments where we are meant to feel certain things. The demand starts in early childhood: it’s our birthday – and we are...