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We need to talk: 7 ways to master successful dialogue with your therapist

Carole Lyden — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:48:00 +0000

Talking to each other is something that we do every day of our lives. It is something that we take for granted and pay little heed to. But the power of words in dialogue with another can change lives. How many meaningful conversations do you have each day? By meaningful I mean conversations that have [...]

How toxic is your family? 6 Powerful strategies to deal with your family and keep your sanity this Christmas.

Carole Lyden — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:09:03 +0000

How are the folks? Does the thought of spending time with your family this Christmas fill you with dread? Christmas is supposed to be all about good will and love and all that stuff isn’t it? Ho! Ho! Ho! Who forgot the bloody mistletoe? Relationships with parents, children, ex husbands, mothers-in-law etc. can be [...]

Understanding Psychotherapy: a window to the soul

Carole Lyden — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:38:06 +0000

“ The unconscious sends all sorts of vapors, odd beings, terrors and deluding images up into the mind-whether in dream, broad daylight, or insanity: for the human kingdom, beneath the floor of the comparatively neat little dwelling that we call our consciousness goes down into unsuspected Aladdin caves” Joseph Campbell (The Hero with a thousand [...]

When words are not enough; how can we help the bereaved?

Carole Lyden — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:00:14 +0000

When a loved one dies, nothing makes sense anymore. Your world and everything in it has changed, your feelings are in chaos and you will never be the same again. After the death of both my parents, I felt a deep sense of sadness, loss, shock, anger and self-pity. But I am not sure [...]

Psyche Buzz is changing. Are you changing?

Carole Lyden — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:40:15 +0000

Psyche Buzz is changing. Are you changing? Change is exhilarating, frustrating, freeing and threatening. Change is something that is often needed but resisted because it feels strange or uncomfortable and yet change is what life is all about. I was reading Susan Hayward’s book ‘Begin it Now’ and she asks the question “ Why haven’t [...]

How my writing business died before it was born and why I am relieved that it was a failure

Carole Lyden — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:20:43 +0000

Take a good hard look at your life. What are you unhappy about? Are you taking responsibility for your own life? Have you made bad choices? Do you know what they are? Is your gut throwing you sneaky butterfly feelings that something is not quite right? Or do you have a blind spot when it [...]

Do you have the guts to do a ‘Julia’ and stick it to the men in your lives?

Carole Lyden — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:44:04 +0000

Many women secretly and not so secretly loved the way Julia Gillard stuck it to Tony Abbot last week. It would seem that women would love to stand up to the men in their lives like that, but the shame of it is that they do not have the guts. Julia Gillard, on the other [...]

What happens when your kids let you down? Are you setting your child up to fail?

Carole Lyden — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:47:29 +0000

What happens when your kids let you down? Are you setting your child up to fail? How is little Johnny? Is he well behaved at school? Does he always do his homework? Will he be captain of the footie team next term? Does he keep his room neat and tidy? Or maybe it is little [...]

Are you investing in yourself? 10 Powerful ways to rock your self- confidence.

Carole Lyden — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:10:40 +0000

As a baby you were born with all the confidence in the world but as you grew your confidence was stolen from you. Many people appear to be confident. They put themselves out there, they smile and say all the right things and yet, believe it or not, inside they are not so confident. They [...]

Australian retailers have captured Christmas

Carole Lyden — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:38:15 +0000

Christmas is coming and the shops are already stocked with Christmas fare. But Christmas can be a really bad time for many people. The older I get, my distaste for the routinely superficial Christmas spending frenzy that begins in August and continues on until January, increases. Today the Christmas season is all about spending vast [...]