Do You Use Spirituality to Avoid Living Life Fully?
Many years ago I had an encounter with the most amazing spiritual teacher. I had been studying the works of Nisargadatta Maharaj and loved his work. And then something unusual happened that pushed me onto a new path. This post begins with the story of that experience. Meeting Nisargadatta Maharaj ...
8 of the Best Articles on Transforming Your Inner Critic
Here are eight of the best articles I've found on dealing with and transforming your Inner Critic. Each teacher gives you a different approach to handling your inner critical voice. Some of the inner critic advice is lighthearted yet effective, and is for the type of Inner Critic most of us have: the ...
How to Honour Your Inner Goddess
Are you missing a certain je ne sais quoi in your life? Do things seem mundane, ordinary? Does your relationship lack lustre? The reason could be that an aspect of the inner goddess archetype - the sensual Aphrodite energy, as Hal and Sidra Stone have named it - is in hiding. Reclaim this inner ...
Meet the Selves: The Princess
Meet Your Inner Princess The Inner Princess can be found in both women and men. It is the self who believes itself to be more important than those around it, and because of that, deserving of special treatment. From the perspective of the Princess, it is special. It 'needs' certain things ...
Meet the Selves: Your Instinctual Energy or ‘Jungle Animal’
Instinctual Energy There is a group of selves/energies that exist in our psyche, who are a part of our instinctual heritage. Many people experience this energy as a jungle animal. We all experience this energy in our own way, with some people feeling they have an inner lion, tiger or panther, and others a ...
Meet the Selves: The Free Spirit
Are You an Eleutheromaniac? (aka The Free Spirit) The Free Spirit moves through life doing what it wants to do, when it wants to do those things. It is independent and free thinking. It has a flowing quality to its energy, which can change direction easily. It does not get ...
Hal Stone Video – The Total Self
This video features Hal Stone being interviewed about the selves and the nature of personal identity. It is a 9-minute excerpt from a longer DVD titled The Total Self (see details below). Get The Total Self Voice Dialogue DVD Here This is a 90-minute DVD with Hal Stone explaining the selves and Voice Dialogue. It is ...
How to Care for Your Vulnerable Inner Child
The wonderful work of Brene Brown and Glennon Doyle Melton has brought some much-needed attention to our essential vulnerability, which in Voice Dialogue is an inner self called the Vulnerable Child. This Vulnerable Inner Child is who we all are at birth and it holds our essence so purely. Discover how to re-connect with your ...
Developing Self-Awareness: Primary Selves and Disowned Selves
Developing self-awareness involves recognising the many selves within you, both primary and disowned, and how they affect your thoughts, feelings and behaviour. When you become more aware of which parts of you are running your life, you can then change your life, including your relationships, the choices you make, how you handle ...
Inside Out Movie – The Psychology of Selves
Have you seen the latest Disney Pixar film Inside Out? It's all about selves! The characters in the film have a variety of inner selves - five emotions - that are characters in their own right, just as we experience with Voice Dialogue. An 11-year-old girl called Riley is controlled mainly by Joy ...
