deepinsightscoaching2 days agoHow to Choose a TherapistJeremy de Tolly is an experienced healer who specialises in liberating peoples voices (www.jeremydetolly.com). In this video, he gives sound advice to those ...
Bill PetrieAug 8, 2019Do you struggle with willpower?Welcome to the experience of being human! Most of us have set New Year's resolutions. Yet, somehow we lacked the willpower to carry them through. This is not...
Bill PetrieAug 1, 2019Don't fight reality!We all fight reality in the sense that we don't accept things as they are. And, "Why should I?" you might ask. "There are so many things wrong with the world...
Bill PetrieAug 1, 2019Does acceptance mean that we can't strive for a better future?There was a strong reaction to a Facebook post of mine recently. The post read: “At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and ...
Bill PetrieJul 2, 2019What Do You Do If You Have Been Through A Major Trauma?Traumatic experiences affect us very deeply. In fact, they can negatively affect almost every aspect of our wellbeing. If we are very lucky, time will heal u...
Bill PetrieOct 2, 2018Struggling to Find Direction and MeaningSo many people seem to be lacking meaning or direction that I've found that it has become a speciality of mine to help individuals find meaning and direction...
Bill PetrieSep 24, 2018Active Listening Makes All the Difference!Do you feel that your partner really doesn’t hear you? Do you feel that you are deeply misunderstood? Do you just want to be listened to (rather than have a ...
Bill PetrieSep 24, 2018What is Conscious Relationship?Couples see me for many reasons. There may be issues around intimacy. There may be conflict around finances, parenting, socialising, or values. There may be ...
Bill PetrieSep 12, 2018Developing Resilience in an Uncertain World - Part 3Life in an uncertain and changing world is stressful for most of us. And, the more stressed we get, the more anxious and insecure our minds become. That does...
Bill PetrieSep 10, 2018How to Make Wise Decisions in a Crazy WorldOver and over, I see clients struggling to make complex decisions – decisions about relationships, about their careers, about raising their children. They as...
Bill PetrieSep 10, 2018Developing Resilience in an Uncertain World - Part 2In 1994, there was a sense of tremendous hope for a united South Africa - for a rainbow nation. And, it feels like that dream has largely been lost. The impo...
Bill PetrieSep 9, 2018Developing Resilience in an Uncertain World - Part 1I have been feeling ever more uncertain about the future of South Africa and I - like so many of my friends and my clients - have felt increasingly anxious a...
Bill PetrieSep 6, 2018A New Earth by Eckhart TolleI’ve been very lucky in my life to have had first-hand experience of a number of prominent spiritual teachers – amongst others, the Dalai Lama, Jack Kornfiel...
Bill PetrieSep 3, 2018The Single Best Investment that You could ever MakeI met with a friend and colleague – a well-known clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist in Cape Town – and one of the topics we discussed was meditation. H...
Bill PetrieAug 31, 2018BeautyWhen Georgia O’Keefe was a young girl, she became transfixed by the beauty of one of her dolls and thought to herself: ‘Maybe I could make something beautifu...
Bill PetrieAug 27, 2018How to Meditate?Our busy modern minds bombard us from morning to night with thoughts, the vast majority of which are profoundly unhelpful. The 'noise' of the mind tends to m For our purposes, simply find a comfortable position. What happens if I get sleepy? It happens from time to time that we get sleepy during a meditation. Try to stay awake and attentive as best you can. Do not create too much tension in trying to do this, however. Increasing the tension will result in your mind getti
Bill PetrieAug 20, 2018What is Meditation?So many different practices are called ‘meditation’ these days that it can be extremely confusing. Here are six types of meditation that I often teach, toget...
Bill PetrieAug 13, 201810 Really Good Reasons To MeditateThere are so many reasons why it’s helpful to meditate: 1. Meditation calms us! Modern life is stressful and meditation really helps to relax us. In fact, th...
Bill PetrieAug 6, 2018Acceptance: The First Step On The Road To Inner PeaceMost of us think that the cause of our suffering is outside of ourselves – our partners, our children, the government, the weather and so on but, if we learn...
Bill PetrieJul 4, 2018What is Spirit?Whether we like it or not, Spirit is fundamentally a mystery. In fact, most of life is a mystery. Even within the bounds of conventional science, ordinary sc...
