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Allegorical Journaling: A creative path to emotional clarity

Journaling has many, well documented benefits. It can help to process thoughts, explore emotions and make sense of life’s chaos. But what if there was a way to add a layer of imagination, emotional distance, and insight to your journaling practice? What if this new approach helped you to see things from a different perspective and was more powerful in helping you to identify possible solutions? A while ago I was struggling in my daily Read more…

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Gratitude and Appreciation: How are they different and why does it matter?

Many personal development and self-help programmes focus on the importance of gratitude. Indeed, research has proven its links to positive outcomes such as increased personal resilience and beneficial physiological changes such as increased oxytocin, dopamine and endorphins which lead to reduced stress and enhanced wellbeing. Gratitude can be helpful on a social level too – it is better to be around grateful people than those who are ungrateful or who simply do not notice the Read more…

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Homonara: an invented word for an important concept

I thought it would be useful to write an explanation of what Homonara is, given that it is a term that I have invented due to my inability to find a suitable equivalent that already existed. I wanted to find a simple word that communicated the following core beliefs: As individuals we are more alike than we are different, irrespective of our backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs or cultures. As a human race we should consider ourselves to Read more…

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Perspective: Its value in modern day life

This website and the accompanying personal development tool are both based around the concept of perspective. In modern day society the ability to view situations, problems, and ideas from multiple perspectives is an important skill to possess. Being able to look at everyday situations from multiple perspectives helps us to empathise with others, see problems more clearly and helps us to devise creative solutions. Enhancing UnderstandingWhen we consider different viewpoints, we gain a more comprehensive Read more…

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