In 1950 Tibet, a nation of peace and people that value understanding of the mind, was invaded by the chinese. For over 50 years now native Tibetan’s have been struggling to survive in their homeland with many protesting by setting themselves on fire such is the extent of their suffering.
Life is hard for everyone, fact. It gives each of us different challenges and some are very, very hard to experience, so hard that in fact you wonder how it’s possible it will ever stop hurting or things will improve but in the end it is how we learn to deal with a difficulty that…
Music, just like the other arts are driven by emotion and can be great in making us feel different about a situation or thought we are having that are affecting our overall wellbeing. It is very important the music you allow into your mind is not negative or making you feel a negative emotion such…
Movies are hugely emotive and can be powerful motivators to help us strive for our own dreams. The silver screen really can have a ‘silver’ lining with many stories having in depth meaning when you scrutinise the stories closely. See our list of films to inspire you to overcome depression.
Be Kind We Are All Fighting A Hard Battle. The simple act of being kind and generous to all we meet can have a fantastic and positive effect. It is such a powerful act to be selfless and tends to have a knock on effect with the person you helped. That person you helped will…
When times feel as though they are tough and the future seems bleak, we sometimes need some motivation to help us to keep focused. In this post, we share an amazing motivational video called Quiet Desperation. It is not necessarily desperation we are seeking but focus and direction. We know we have dreams and goals…
When struggling with what we feel is a very difficult situation we sometimes feel it is so huge and engulfing us that we can’t possibly get better. I, the founder of Seek A Therapy, am familiar with these feelings and know it can be truly painful and overbearing it can be at times. In this…
In mindfulness practice, we are often asked to focus on the present moment. This present moment is all we have. We can’t look back on the past and regrets and make that our focus. We can learn from the past and make changes for our future, but what has happened, has already happened. It is…
The film Gladiator with Russell Crowe is about a fictional successful commander of a Roman legion who was about to be given high honour of being able to lead Rome but due to the jealousy of the emperors son ended up loosing everything he had worked so hard to achieve and be turned into a…
The pain that comes with disappointments, unfortunate events, being depressed, anxious or just constant negative feelings can be debilitating. It can freeze you in place in fear of moving forward. We may have to face a great difficulty day after day. But it is precisely this time of facing your fear and feeling the pain that…