“Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it… Continue reading Emotional Splitting, Tinker Bell & Good/Bad Emotions
So there’s recently been a heatwave in the UK. My little garden is blooming, there’s sunlight in the office while I work, we can have barbecues for a sunny evening dinner. It’s beautiful. But is there one little thing missing? A small voice whispers in the back of my mind. The thing about giving up… Continue reading Everyday Drinking Triggers (And How To Be Mindful of Them)
As I covered in my recent discussion on what emotions do for us, one of the three key functions of emotions is to communicate our emotional world and needs to others. This is biologically wired into our brain for survival. Yes, sometimes we need to learn to regulate those emotions so we can still behave… Continue reading How Invalidating Environments Intensify Distress
Eliza Blooms 