The phrase "sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is often taught to us as children. As adults, we know this isn't true. It would be great if what other people said about us didn't have the power to hurt us, but we are ...
When I am working with clients I pay particular attention to the words they use to describe what they are experiencing. That's because more often than not our emotional response is informed by how we describe what is going on, rather than what is ...
When I am listening to my clients talk about their issues I am not just listening for the meaning of what they are sharing, but I am also listening to the very specific words they are using. The words we use to describe something will impact the ...
A number of years ago Andy Hunt wrote an interesting article on his site Practical Wellbeing that has stuck with me. In Self-Hate Speech he looks at the hate speech laws of the UK and asked the question of how would law enforment respond to you ...