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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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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How a shy woman found the confidence to direct her own film⋅ Taking the Plunge – the pathway to building confidence This is Catherine’s account of how, despite being hampered by shyness, she turned her dream of directing her own film into a reality. This is what she did to overcome her shyness and inhibitions.,
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Published in Alternative Health Magazine Creativity at one time was a province of a few special gifted and often privileged individuals. But now we are told we all are creative – or at least have the potential to be creative. We all have the same seeds of creativity that these “greats” have. Whether or not
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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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A few years ago, I was interviewed by James and Helena of the Love Talk Show, on Sky TV, on the subject of Body Confidence. We explored a number of interesting questions. James and Helena talked about how very attractive confidence is in relationships and particularly when you are seeking a partner. It is far
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How to overcome the inner critic and stop the “cop in the head” from getting the better of you Are the cops in your head getting the better of you? By ” cops in the head” I mean the voices in your head that tell you it would be a really bad idea and REALLY
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The Art of Being the Real You Annabel was one of those powerful, successful women that I believed I could never be like. Every time Annabel stood up to make an announcement about something she was doing, it seemed everyone sat up and listened. Annabel had a natural authority that anything she talked about seemed
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Do you feel like this image – as if half of you is not there? (If you can’t see this image it is of a man whose face and body is partially invisible). This is the experience of many people. And then you wonder why you feel uninspired, deadened and not able to enjoy your
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