Since decisions like ‘Don’t trust’ are made only of mind-stuff, and therefore do not exist in any real sense, they can be dissolved in a flash. Ten's first adventure was The First Rule of Ten, followed by The Second Rule of Ten and more to come. This is about moving from the second-hand experience of “mind-stuff” to the first-hand experience of “heart-stuff. After several years experience working for Burrswood Hospital and other Christian agencies, Adrienne is now in private practice working with children and adults. Next time you find yourself hoping, wishing, deciding, believing or reasoning about your feelings, try crossing over into the realm of experience.

But some of us (especially the bookworms in the crowd) can also benefit from reading books about self-love that reassure you that you're worth it. This is a classic in the world of self-love books, having come out more than 25 years ago and still being popular today. Try one of our favorite relationship books if yours needs a little TLC, books about friendship to remind yourself why we all need BFFs, or our feel-good book club for a warm hug in book form. Her practice encompasses an integrated counselling model and she also offers specialist supervision in trauma, abuse and dissociation. That means ditching people-pleasing, tuning out your inner critic, and holding back from catastrophizing.For me and my wife (who also went vegan), it brings us joy to know that we aren’t participating in something to which we are morally opposed.

She has a Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling, a Certificate in Christian Counselling, an MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and a BA Hons in Psychology.

Marilyn offers the full range of Deep Release interventions as part of her therapy and has experience dealing with issues of trauma and abuse. It’s about saying I’m good enough, so I’m worthy to be loved, I’m worthy to succeed and I AM worth taking care of. She uses the principles of person centred counselling together with other therapeutic models to inform her work with clients. He continues to develop the “Integrative Cyclical Dynamic Model” which is an attempt to integrate the many diverse approaches to counselling and psychotherapy and how they each address particular aspects of the body, brain, mind, will and spirit and can be mapped onto a model of the brain. She has an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling, a degree in Literature, BA (Hons) and a BSc.

Now I also know that in a world of self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and having to navigate difficult situations that can leave us feeling, well, a little critical of ourselves, it's usually easier said than done to show ourselves a lil' self-love.I believe it’s linked to identity, how you value yourself; your gifts, skills, passions, values etc. It’s about fully embracing every aspect of your life to live totally free as a woman in the modern world. Sue has a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and a Level 5 Certificate in Integrating Creative Interventions for Counsellors. Within the book, you will acquire tools and practical methods, with relatable examples, to help you through this process. While reading this book I’ve realized the root of this problem: I’ve often avoided the parts of me that don’t feel lovable.

I have read and or listen to many books by Kathryn and Gay Hendricks and I have thoroughly enjoyed all of them. Hamilton, a scientist who worked in the pharmaceutical industry for four years before becoming interested in the biology of self-love. She has been counselling since 2000 and has been connected to Deep Release for the same period of time. However, one of the phrases I always remember from the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course was ‘Thoughts aren’t feelings, feelings aren’t facts’. Heather also has a PG Diploma in Supervision and offers supervision for counsellors and those in the helping professions.I consider vulnerability to be a form of self-love, so I decided to practice being vulnerable in the wake of my book being released, an enormous act of vulnerability in itself.