RESOURCES

Palouse Mindfulness offer a free 8 week online Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course based on the program founded by John Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. It offers both guidance to support daily mindfulness practice and readings to help understand the powerful effects of meditation.

Problems have a way of leaving people feeling out of control. Like many therapies Narrative Therapy is respectful and non-blaming but it also recognises people as experts on their own life and seeks to put people in touch with who they are (beliefs, skills & competencies) and what they value.

Narrative therapy invites you to rethink the way you have come to talk about your life or an experience you have had. It asks you to take a step back from and separate yourself from the problem(s) you are experiencing and start deciding what you take forward and what you leave behind.

We all have many stories to tell. Narrative therapy recognises there are many ways of telling the same story and that people often seek help when they need to start telling their stories in ways that are more helpful to them. Narrative therapy is central to the way I work.

The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris is a great resource. In this TEDx talk Steve Hayes Introduces the concept of ‘Psychological Flexibility’

Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.