by Clare Myatt | May 3, 2017 | Blog, Service
Try this. Fold your arms. Easy, effortless, no thought involved, right? Now try folding them the other way. Most likely unnatural, feels a bit weird and awkward, took some conscious thought and planning. You’ve just had the felt experience of the difference between...
by Clare Myatt | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog, Service
“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” Richard Moss, Author Someone I know (let’s call him Oliver) has been practicing slowing down, finding joy in the small things, remembering to take a breath....
by Clare Myatt | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
When I’m tempted to numb with trash-TV, I’m sometimes able to drag my mind out of the soap opera gutter toward something meaningful, and just today I had such an opportunity. I was lucky enough to come across this engrossing TED-X talk by Laura van Dernoot...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 30, 2016 | Blog, Service
Reading Angela’s piece on The Burden of Being the Feeling Bearer had me pause. For a while now, I’d forgotten this was my role growing up. I’d forgotten – conveniently – what a toll this took. But the reminder has been most timely. Only a week ago I was...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 29, 2016 | Blog
I’m working with someone recovering from a catastrophic medical emergency, veering between the dark days of discouragement and the lighter ones where a glimmer of hope shines through. Looking for inspiration for this person, I found this TED talk by Janine...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog, Service
Floatworks pod F l o a t i n g. Weightless, warm, quiet, soothed, calming. Inviting? Especially at the end of a long day, gruelling week, or perhaps middle of the day to boost creativity? I need no excuse to head to Vauxhall’s tube station and the few steps to...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 8, 2016 | Blog, Service
A new book called The Golden Rules by Bob Bowman looks promising. Bob Bowman is a sports psychologist and swim coach, known for his work with one of the most decorated of Olympic athletes, Michael Phelps (22 medals, 18 of them gold). I don’t know if...
by Clare Myatt | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog
I’m most impressed with Heidi Hanson’s extensive website and offer it here as a trauma resource. Deeply familiar with trauma, from a personal and professional perspective, I am always on the hunt for information and support for recovery. Heidi has...
by Clare Myatt | Apr 18, 2016 | Thoughts
by Clare Myatt | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog
One of the key things I remember from therapist-training is the definition of empathy – “imagine putting your elbow in the bathwater surrounding the client and from that, knowing how it is to live in their world.” Something about...
