Soulful Insights

Self-compassion - why is it important? In this episode Rebecca and Ruth discuss the components of self compassion and why its impact is significant. They explore how we might identify when it's not in play, and what some of the barriers to being self-compassionate are. Ruth and Rebecca also chat about why our focus is more often on kindness to others and how this can buy into feelings of unworthiness, and lead us to behaviours which distance us from ourselves and the lives we might want to be living.

Compassion. What is it? What gets in the way? In this episode Ruth and Rebecca explore ideas around compassion: the defining of it, some of the barriers to feeling it, and how the world is impacted by the lack of it. They chat about how compassion might be impacted by systems, and how we may show up when we're treated with a lack of it. Compassion. Don't we always need more?

In this episode, Rebecca and Ruth explore ideas around personal growth. What is it? Why do we do it? Their converrsation explores some of the components of growth, why some individuals might be more drawn to such exploration than others, and why transofrmation is often a conscious choice. They also chat about their own motivations for growth and some of the factors that can support us on the journey.

What is it that determines if a behaviour or a pattern is an addiction or just habitual? In this episode, Ruth and Rebecca explore ideas around addiction. They chat about some of the defining features of addictive behaviour, some of the causes and its potential impact. They also speak about some of the shifts that need to occur to understand, and heal from an addiction and again, advocate strongly for the employment of self-compassion.

 Grief is a universal human emotion, but not an easy one to traverse. In this episode Rebecca and Ruth chat about the nature of grief and some of its theoretical stages, and they discuss factors which may impact how we move through a passage of grief. They share some of their personal experiences and subsequent insights, explore why different individuals might respond uniquely to loss, and speak about forgiveness.

In this, the tenth Soulful Insights episode, Ruth and Rebecca investigate intimacy. They offer their take on what intimacy is, and discuss the idea that levels of intimacy exist upon a continuum. Rebecca and Ruth chat about the components they believe might need to be present for intimacy to develop, speak about the nature of intimacy that exists within a therapeutic relationship, and also explore what some of the barriers to intimacy might be.

People pleasing - is it something you do? A pattern you're trying to shift? In this episode Rebecca and Ruth chat about people pleasing and how and why it may develop as a protective mechanism. They chat about what some of the behaviours look like, what happens when it persists and speak about some of the factors that can be involved in moving beyond it.

Why is our Family of Origin so significant in shaping who we are and how we relate? In this episode Ruth and Bec chat about the ideal environment for the developing small person and how patterns of relating in our early years impact our future relationships. They touch briefly on Attachment Theory, and speak about the fact that despite patterns being often unconscious, they can be transformed.