The Inner Kindness Therapy Podcast

In this podcast I look at some of the psychological teachings of George Gurdjieff, a spiritual teacher who was born in the Russian Empire in the late 19th century.

Gurdjieff first found acclaim in Russia in the 1910s, and after the First World War and the Russian Revolution, he gained a following among the wealthy and influential classes in Europe. His unconventional teachings and methods attracted many, but have probably prevented ...

I’ve been doing a lot of Trauma Release Exercises over the past few months, and it’s been an incredibly powerful process.

It’s also been really exhausting.

It’s not the actual exercises themselves that are exhausting - it’s the emotional release process that’s been draining me, physically as well as mentally.

Many people do Trauma Release Exercises regularly and find them just mildly relaxing.

So why have I been holding on to so much t...

Search online for Trauma Release Exercises, and you’ll find loads of information on how to do it, pictures and films of people lying on their backs, tremoring. But there’s very little information on what actually happens when you do these exercises regularly - how it affects your sleep, possible side-effects, even how long it takes to heal from the trauma, to start feeling better.

I’ve been doing Trauma Release Exercises regularly f...

Clearing up can trigger many psychological issues. What are the biggest blocks to clearing clutter, and how do you start to overcome them? In this episode I’d like to offer some thoughts and suggestions.

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How often do you go out without taking your phone? And if you’re out somewhere and then you realise you’ve left your phone behind, or if you lose your phone, what sort of emotions are triggered? Think about it.

In many ways, modern technology has become a kind of trap. Because we can’t function without it. Take away our technology, and we’re left with our own thoughts - which to many people is an extremely disturbing, even terrifyin...

Most people today are way more wealthy than our ancestors from two or three generations ago. And yet somehow most of us feel as if we’re struggling to make ends meet - at least, that’s the way it seems in the UK.

I think this is because it’s not material possessions that we’re lacking. It’s freedom.

In this podcast I’d like to look more deeply into why our lives have become so limited, what these limiting factors are, and how we can ...

Everyone seems to be tracking their fitness levels these days - counting steps, uploading running and hiking statistics to social media, and even tracking sleep.

But is all this digital tracking actually helpful for our health? The evidence suggests a mixed picture.

In this episode I consider the effects of digital fitness trackers on

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We often see “self help” as a kind of industry, a category in its own right.

But this is where things can get tricky. Because as a hypnotherapist, I find that some people expect me to be able do amazing things to them – almost as if I’m a guru or a magician.

In this episode I look at why this is, and how we can help ourselves to become more empowered.

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Have you ever noticed that it’s often the most accomplished among us, the most reliable and the most dependable people, who seem to suffer the most stress?

Creating a legend isn’t easy, but living up to it is the really difficult bit.

In this episode I look at the way that many of us fall into the trap of struggling to uphold an ideal identity, to live up to the story we’ve woven around ourselves – and how we can begin to ease our wa...

Have you ever stepped away from a challenge or opportunity, and then slightly regretted it?

Did fear make you miss your chance to do something that could have changed your life for the better?

Some people turn down big career opportunities due to anxieties over travelling or public speaking.

Or it might be something different, but whatever it was, it made them feel that they couldn’t take on that new opportunity, so they had to remain...

Years ago, in the mid-1990s, I watched a documentary about Inuit people who lived in an igloo in the Arctic. A grown-up man in his 40s had been out hunting, and he’d committed some sort of misdemeanour. I watched this film a long time ago, and I can’t remember what the misdemeanour was, but it didn’t seem overly serious.

The head of the extended family, an elderly grandmother, was chastising this man, and as she spoke sharply to him...