by Liz Scarfe | Jul 20, 2023 | inner work
No really!! Yesterday I was looking online at an ergonomic office chair and the sale pitch was “limitless possibilities”, “unrelenting drive”, unstoppable will”, and “unquenchable thirst”. An office chair!! We’re going...
by Liz Scarfe | Apr 27, 2023 | culture, inner criticism/oppression, inner work, oppression/anti-oppression
A short video about the inner dynamics that sit at the edge to slow down and take rest. Here’s Tricia Hersey’s Nap Ministry, mentioned in the video. Your thoughts? How do you rest, slow down, or find inner permission to do so? Share in the comments so we...
by Liz Scarfe | Apr 6, 2023 | inner work, psychology
I watched a short video last week of Ukrainian entrepreneur Anton Yermolenko describing business as a deep inner process and some of the stages of his journey so far. (It’s here for a short time if you want to catch it). He described how when he first just did...
by Liz Scarfe | Mar 16, 2023 | inner work
A short video about a little moment I had with a book about hedgehogs that led to deep questions about what organises our lives and what life would look like if we consciously centered that more. Your thoughts? Sharing your organising principle is pretty personal but...
by Liz Scarfe | Feb 3, 2023 | inner work, psychology
One key feature of Western culture is the preference for rationalism as a worldview/belief system. Calling rationalism a belief system is a noodle-fryer because rationalism is defined as decidedly NOT a belief system, but rather based in ‘reason’ and ‘knowledge’ as...
by Liz Scarfe | Jan 19, 2023 | inner criticism/oppression, inner work, psychology
It comes up in almost every therapy session I do. The person I’m working with describes their difficulty, and I listen. They describe how they’re personally at fault or inadequate in some way as an explanation for the difficulty: They shouldn’t be doing this, or they...
