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The Queen was human, after all...

On the afternoon of Thursday September 8th, I concluded a virtual session with a client and left my office space. My daughter asked, “did you hear the news?” “What news?” I responded. “The Queen died,” she said. To my surprise, tears immediately sprung to my…
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The Covid division equation

If you’re a mathematician, you may best know division as one of the four basic operations of arithmetic. In my world – that of understanding human behaviour – I associate the word division with the way in which people’s relationships are impacted as a result…
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Words For Thought

When we’re using words to communicate thoughts and feelings, we don’t always stop to consider how loaded or powerful they are. In my line of work (both as an author and psychologist), words are always powerful. There are some that I hear, time and again,…
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Navigating new social norms

During Covid lockdowns at the height of the pandemic, we knew how to play by the rules. Most of us were on the same page. While it was challenging, it was also helpful to know the boundaries and to work within them. Now, however, people…