Beliefs Archives - Joanna Taylor

March 13, 20260Comments

T is for… Thoughts

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes

September 17, 20250Comments

M is for… Mabon – Celebrating the Autumn Equinox

Autumn has very definitely arrived, with the advent of mist, rain and cooler air after the heat of this summer... and as the air turns crisp and the leaves begin

July 28, 20250Comments

I is for… Insight, Inquiry and an Invitation

Aren't our minds weird…? Well, mine certainly is, anyway! I woke up early yesterday, at around 4.30am, and I lay awake contemplating stuff. A week or so ago, we had been looking

June 2, 20250Comments

F is for Fear… and Faith

Most of us spend our lives caught between two quiet but powerful forces: fear and faith. They are the twin lenses through which we interpret the world, make decisions, and

August 19, 20240Comments

B is for… Beliefs (and Books and Byron Katie)

Beliefs. As a Psychotherapist who belongs to an existential school of psychotherapy, I know that our beliefs are what run our lives. I believe this cognitively and intellectually,

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May 5, 20230Comments

Podcast – The Seeds of Happiness: How Our Beliefs Affect Our Reality

The Mind and Body are the same system - what affects one affects the other. The beliefs we hold about ourselves and the world around us have a profound effect

February 21, 20180Comments

Changing Your Stress Mindset

What actually is stress? Stress can be defined as a psychological and physiological reaction caused by a perceived lack of resources; it is also the feeling we get when something

August 1, 20160Comments

False Evidence Appearing Real

Last Thursday was haircut day... we have a wonderful, patient lady who, every four weeks, comes to the house for the morning and creates order out of chaos; leaving behind

July 21, 20160Comments

Dogs will be Dogs…

So Luna caught a mole yesterday evening... I've no idea where she found it, as there are no evident mole hills in the garden, but she was exceptionally pleased with