by SaraSwati Shakti | Mar 25, 2022 | Change, Development, Psychotherapy, Wellbeing
Many years ago I was asked how I reconcile a combination of positive psychology and Jungian depth psychology as part of the preferences of modalities I enjoy using. I found this a curious question as it suggested that I could only operate in one camp, or another. Yet,...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Oct 4, 2018 | Change, Coaching, Family, Psychotherapy
Wholeness is a perpetual process. Life can throw us into new experiences. And call us to manage changes, challenges, and developments, with as much balance as we can manage. Some events are unexpected, and require time and care to work through a process. Even when...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Jul 29, 2017 | Mindfulness, Personal Development, Psychotherapy
Many of you have seen me post my original mandalas and verses. I find them a useful tool for spreading inspirations for loving psyche development, and to get a wellbeing message out succinctly, to you. I mix them amongst my blogs, because, as any educator knows,...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Mar 29, 2017 | Coaching, Psychotherapy, Spirituality
Have you noticed that gratitude feeling of full? When your body is communicating happiness to you. That feeling of sufficient, glad, satisfaction, content. That ‘just right’ sense that Goldilocks meant. That wonderful feeling of appreciation. And...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Mar 18, 2017 | Personal Development, Psychotherapy, Self-Leadership
My last blog marvelled at the changing season of Autumn. And it has truly been an absolute reflection of it’s essence over the beginning weeks. It gives each of us a new opportunity to turn to an inward gaze. Looking out from a new awareness of inner dimensions,...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Feb 19, 2017 | Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Self-Leadership
Recently I was reminded about a scene in one of my favourite movies. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Where Harrison Ford has to cross a chasm and take a leap of faith. He can’t see the path. But when he throws sand out into the emptiness in front of him, the...