I know what it feels like to wish the ground to open and swallow me up.
I spent the first part of my life being shy. I felt as if I was trapped in a box, always on the fringes of things watching other children participating and enjoying themselves.
I desperately wanted to get out of that box, but I didn’t know how to.
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In this article, I will be revealing how to be more confident, the fast, fun and easier way if you are quiet, shy or an introvert. And indeed how to build a natural and authentic confidence that will enable you to become the person you’ve always wanted to be. It will save you in some
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How to stop being too nice Are You Being Too Nice? How to be stop people taking advantage of you You’ve been pushed way, way beyond your limits. You know perfectly well that the other person is taking advantage of you. You want to explode. You can feel the words rising up in your throat
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Published in Kindred Spirit Magazine The Firebird – a metaphor for Feeling Trapped In the Russian fairytale of “The Firebird”, the Firebird is a magnificent fiery bird coveted by a tyrannical king who traps and puts it in a cage. The story uses a metaphorical language to express the inner firebird and the parts of ourselves that may have been
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David’s story of developing leadership skills through his participation in a twelve-week course (now the Breakthrough Confidence Group), discovering how to release the destructive power of anger into creativity. Taking the Lead In the first session, you asked us all to say what we wanted from the group. I remember saying I wanted the unexpected
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Published in Positive Health Magazine The Sunflower Effect for emotional health and well-being The therapeutic benefits of theatre are as old as history itself. The very earliest forms of theatre derived from Greek Dionysian rituals (1) in which active expression was given to the chaotic forces of life expressed through the stories of Dionysus. These
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Lela’s inspiring article of how she got back her lost confidence and self-esteem after a traumatic time at drama school trauma through the Performance Course The Joy of Performance I had a dream. My dream was to take centre stage in a performance, and from there I would fly. Participating in the Performance Course enabled
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This article written by Nana describes how she discovered the freedom to be bad without being bad through acting out a character from an ancient Hindu myth – and in doing so found the freedom to be herself and to become more authentic in her life. See Developing Leaderships Skills, written by a participant on
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Exploring the process of working “briefly” (a series of 6-10 sessions) with two individual clients who were experiencing creative blocks – enabling them to heal and resolve the deep-seated issues that were hampering their creative output.
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Overcome Obstacles: Turning Your Obstacles into Power You’ve had enough! You’re not going to put up with it any longer. The situation has been going on for far too long. You’ve made up your mind. You’re going to take action. You’re going to follow a new path and get out of that rut once and
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