“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford Dr Bruce Tuckman carried out research into the theory of group dynamics. In 1965, he published a theory known as ‘Tuckman’s stages of group development’. According to his theory, there are four phases of group development – Forming, Storming, Read More
To read the first piece in this two-part series on learning to perceive suffering as a life lesson, click here. Emotions are normal and inevitable. There are no negative or positive emotions, there are only emotions. It’s the meaning we give each experience, whether it is lousy, awful, crummy or wonderful, great, amazing. Whatever words Read More
We hear it all the time. From a physical point of view, you have to work hard, you have to sweat and you have to have a level of pain or discomfort to get what you want out of your physical body. If it doesn’t challenge you, then it won’t change you. Isn’t that the Read More
To read the first piece in this two-part series on understanding the shadow and the ego, as well as the relationship between them, click here. So, now that we know the ego is not the issue here, we can realise it is the illusion of who we think we are. The self. When we get Read More
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Jung Just like we all have a will, a mind and a heart, we all have a shadow side. It’s about whether or not we want to identify with it. But what exactly is the shadow? Carl Jung said Read More