Life is a Game
What if Forgiveness Isn’t Necessary?
The Forgiveness Trap: What If We Don’t Need It? What if forgiveness isn’t necessary? The question came up for me after a friend said, “You
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The Art of Pattern Alchemy
Understanding Archetypes in Relationship Dynamics
If you had difficult or traumatic experiences in childhood, you may have noticed that certain people can make you feel like you are right back
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Life is a Game
Forget the Rules. Let’s Play.
Welcome to The Art of Being. If today finds you feeling as though you no longer know who you are, or as though you are
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The Art of Being™
Using the FRAME™ Method to Change Core Beliefs
FRAME: A Method for Self-Authorship FRAME™ is one of the core tools I created within The Art of Being. It is a simple method for
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The Art of Emotional Alchemy
The Trance Room: When Your Mind Leaves Before You Do
Have you ever been speaking and suddenly lost your words? Your mind goes blank, your thoughts scramble, the room feels far away, your breath catches, you freeze, space out, panic, or become overwhelmed by everything happening around you. This is dissociation.
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Human Adaptation
The Hell Room: When You Turn Against Yourself
The Hell Room describes severe emotional collapse, when shame, rage, helplessness, self-attack or overwhelm begin organising the experience. Understanding the state can help separate behaviour from identity and make greater regulation, responsibility and choice possible.
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Human Adaptation
The Escape Room: When Escaping Feels Easier Than Staying
The Escape Room describes the ways we use distraction, fantasy, stimulation, overconsumption and avoidance to change an experience we do not want to stay with. Understanding what the behaviour is doing can reveal the need underneath it and widen the responses available to you.
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Human Adaptation
The Three Rooms: What Happens When Inner Coherence Drops
The Trance Room, Hell Room and Escape Room describe three different ways inner coherence can drop. The Three Rooms provide an orientation map for recognising the state you are in, what has become harder to access, and what may help restore greater range.
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