Emma Brogan
@emmarings
Emma Brogan
If you can’t recall it without a device, you haven’t truly learned it. You've rented the information. A mind full of facts you can look up but not truly know is like a beautiful brick house with no mortar. It looks impressive from a distance, but the moment you lean on it, the moment you need to solve a novel problem or come up with a creative insi
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Holding space is the wise and appropriate response to such hauntings. And to hold space well requires a willingness to accept and integrate our own anger, regret, and sorrow. It obliges us to honestly apologize when our actions cause harm, and to fearlessly own the darkest corners of our life’s stories. In doing so, we gain the capacity to be prese
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Emotional competence requires • the capacity to feel our emotions, so that we are aware when we are experiencing stress; • the ability to express our emotions effectively and thereby to assert our needs and to maintain the integrity of our emotional boundaries; • the facility to distinguish between psychological reactions that are pertinent to the ... See more
Containment
Jayne Wynne Counselling & Psychotherapy Adults & Couples Exeter
jaynewynne.org.uk
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi