by Lily Forester | Oct 1, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 76 Feel Good Many types of therapy focus purely on insight, and many focus more on action. Action tends to be the more effective form of therapy, but as a famous Mexican said, “Why not both?” Seated meditation can be similar. We might receive some kind of...
by Lily Forester | Sep 30, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 75 Why We Get Frustrated It’s natural to feel frustrations when our expectations aren’t met. However, continuing to feel frustration rarely helps us, and may cause unnecessary suffering for us and those around us. The thing is, we don’t necessarily know...
by Lily Forester | Sep 29, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 74 Thank You For Being My Mirror Sometimes, many times, our greatest gifts do not appear as gifts. They come to us in brown paper, crinkled, dirty and ugly. We mistake them for garbage. When someone gives us a gift like this, we might prefer to reject it… But...
by Lily Forester | Sep 28, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 73 Happiness Rockstar We only have a limited time on this earth. We could choose to plod along, doing okay, being satisfied with what we’re doing. Or we could choose something else… To not merely be satisfied, but also happy, joyful, delighted, ecstatic and...
by Lily Forester | Sep 24, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 71 Meditation for Beginners When many people attempt meditation, they might sit for a few minutes, or even just a few seconds. Suddenly, they’re confronted with the inner workings of their own mind, which they might have tried to avoid for years or decades....
by Lily Forester | Sep 23, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 70 Give Yourself Space to Transform According to humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers, there are three conditions necessary for transformation in therapy – empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard. When a therapist offers these three gifts,...
