Do you… Get confused as to what you are feeling Not feel emotions when you think you should? Not feel a deep connect with anyone else? Prefer to be in your head analysing things rather than feeling them? Or maybe you do not feel your emotions? If you have answered...
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Lifeshocks- And How to Love Them by Sophie Sabbage
Down the ages it has been a staple of popular wisdom that challenges are sent to help us live better lives and become better human beings. So much so that it has become cheesy, even annoying. When ‘bad’ things happen, well-meaning friends often fish it out of a river of...
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Shame by Dr Joseph Burgo (Extract)
Imagine yourself at a social gathering with people you recently met and whose company you enjoy. Conversation is lively; everybody appears to be having a good time. When another guest makes a comment that reminds you of a funny story you once heard, you take advantage of the natural opening...
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Are you an empath? by Judith Orloff MD (Extract)
I’m so passionate about this topic both professionally and personally because I’ve had to develop specific strategies to manage the challenges of being an empath myself. These allow me to protect my sensitivities so I can maximize their benefits—and there are so many! I want to share with you how...
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Steve Taylor on his New Edition of The Fall
The Fall is mainly about the human race’s past. It’s about how we fell ‘asleep’ – how we ‘fell’ out of a natural state of harmony and connection into discord and separateness. But the book is also about our future, and the corrective process to the fall. It’s about the...
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James Hollis on Living the Examined Life (Extract)
I offer this book containing the summation of decades of working with students, clients, analysands, and myself in the hope that it will be helpful to each reader in the conduct of his or her life and bring a greater sense of purpose and personal permission to be, in the...
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Resolving Conflict by Alan Sharland
“Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.” Unresolved conflict can be a longstanding cause of stress, physical, emotional and spiritual exhaustion and mental health challenges such as depression, paranoia and a sense of powerlessness. I have been a Mediator since 1994 and this has given me the privilege of seeing how...
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How Prayer Changed My Life by Rose-Marie Sorokin
I truly believe that when we really start to listen to our inner wisdom, we can’t go wrong. Things will work out. Many years ago, I was in a difficult situation. I had just split up from my husband, I had quit my job and I had no money (and...
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Using the Mind-Body-Soul connection to heal + be happy
By Sandy C. Newbigging You don’t need a doctorate from Cambridge or Harvard to know your mind is constantly causing changes to occur within your body. Simply watch a movie that’s a bit of a tearjerker and the undeniable evidence of the mind–body connection can fast end up rolling down...
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Mary Daniel reveals what integrity really means
by Mary Daniel, author of Wild Awakening (published by Hay House) When Geoff invited me to write this article for Cygnus review I was over the moon, what an honour I thought. Over the years, as I have slowly got to know Geoff Napier and the Cygnus community, I have...
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