Embodying Compassion: The body, mindfulness and therapy
Rafath Unnisa also adds in her expertise, “Body, as mindfulness taught me, is an anchor that constantly grounds our experiences and makes it possible for us to access them. By constantly checking in with our body and what we are experiencing in an embodied way makes it real and tangible. I feel that our bodies have deep wisdom which we often don’t give language to, and when we become aware of this and try to give language to our experience we also get closer to what’s actually happening and what we want for ourselves.”
HOME (NOT) ALONE: The Confessions of a Mental Health Therapist
#WFHSeries Ever wondered how work from home is for mental health professionals? No? Like always, Pause for Perspective is here to show you different layers in the same story! In this Work from Home series, we will show how different groups are dealing with the pandemic and maintaining their work-life balance. Being confined to our […]
At the heart of dealing with difficult emotions
Difficult emotions… all of us are faced with them. Sometimes, we let them take over and other times we simply push them away. But what we are doing is, simply avoiding them. What is at the heart of dealing with difficult emotions? It is this acknowledgement: “I was feeling distant and separated. I am […]
Say Yes to Happiness!
Happiness, is not in another place, but this place not for another hour but this hour – Walt Whitman. Wouldn’t life become simple if we can just drop off expectations and habitual responses and allow physical, behavioural and mental happiness-inducing actions to take over. But for most of us this is not the case. We fall […]
These are a few of my favourite things
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open- John Barrymore. Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens, black copper kettles and warm woollen mittens… I love that song from Sound of Music. And what a brilliant advice, to think about your favourite things when something untoward happens in your […]