by Michael | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
For those readers who still occasionally visit us despite the lack of posts and information, I have to tell you all of the unmitigated tragedy which has befallen us at Meaningful Living, and which has befallen me personally. Karina, who really has been the architect...
by Karina Stell | Nov 15, 2017 | Michael's blogs
Shame in marriage is one of the most widespread destructive emotions that people must deal with and it is particularly nuanced in marriage because marriage is one of the few relationships where people cannot easily ‘hide’ and exactly who they really are,...
by Karina Stell | Nov 15, 2017 | Karina's Blogs
As you all know, I’ve only recently returned to work after a year on sick leave. I’ve decided to write this piece, as painful as it is for me, because I know there are others, like me, who have faced the unimaginable, and wondered how to begin living their lives...
by Karina Stell | Feb 1, 2016 | Karina's Blogs
Non-judgmental & authentic – Friends or Enemies? Part of the work we do is sitting without judgment with our clients. It is one of the fundamentals of our work. That clients can be authentic and not fear they will be judged is what allows them to open up and share...
by Michael | Nov 16, 2015 | Michael's blogs
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” Mark Twain I, too, am scared I sit in front of my computer screen determined to write a blog for the week but I am still frozen with fear. I suppose I am even grateful that...
by Karina Stell | Oct 30, 2015 | Karina's Blogs, Uncategorized
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for me! I’ve been wrestling with something that riles me. It’s an issue that always riles me and its substance is really not the issue. What is though is what happens for me when it comes up. I’ve had many years of learning about...
by Michael | Sep 4, 2015 | Michael's blogs
New blog, 4th September 2015 G’day again There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility. Steven Spielberg Obscene – Breasts Not Obscene –...
by Karina Stell | Sep 1, 2015 | Karina's Blogs, Uncategorized
I often sit and think about what it is I do. Stare into space thinking about the clients I have, the amazing things they say and know, the way my heart feels when I sit with them, ‘shooting the breeze’. How irreverent! There comes up the judgment on what I just wrote....
by Karina Stell | Jun 18, 2015 | Jonathan's blogs, Uncategorized
Words are powerful. Therefore, it is vital to understand the essence of the word ‘depression’ otherwise we risk becoming even more ‘depressed’ – simply by choice of words. “But I feel depressed!!!!!” As a psychologist, that’s something I hear almost everyday, and I’ve...
by Karina Stell | May 19, 2015 | Karina's Blogs
I grew up with my full complement of ‘shoulds’ as most of us did. Mine had their own theme, etiology and of course purpose for those who taught them to me. As a child they became my indisputable rule book and those whose ‘shoulds’ differed...
