by Clare Myatt | Oct 1, 2022 | Thoughts
I talked to someone this morning about starting a new practice and we agreed few people like being a beginner – we prefer to start out with poise and expertise. We rarely enjoy looking foolish, clumsy, inept, it’s an embarrassing and can even be a shameful...
by Clare Myatt | Sep 1, 2022 | Thoughts
Buying online is so easy. Sometimes too easy? I have several unsatisfying books downloaded to my Kindle. Under a fiver, so not beating myself up, but it has piqued my curiosity about those late night purchases when the latest from an author I follow (miraculously!)...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 1, 2022 | Thoughts
I first met David Whyte many years ago (thanks to Richard Strozzi-Heckler at Strozzi Institute) and I am an admirer. I find myself captivated by his words, both spoken and written, often pausing podcasts to jot down some of his musings. One stopped me in my tracks...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog
Most clients in therapy have been offered the good old reframe. It goes something like this: “so I hear you describe your teenager stomps around the house, ignores your requests and seems disrespectful [client nods] so I wonder if there’s anything else going on here?...
by Clare Myatt | May 1, 2022 | Blog
“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are...
