Psychology

Understand and master your mind.
Is it possible to find the root cause of a coping mechanism such as smoking or drinking too much coffee?

A client asked me this yesterday and here's my contemplated answer. Is it possible to find the root cause/fix a coping mechanism such as smoking or drinking too much coffee, by resisting it and feeling into the sensations that arise? Correct me if I am wrong, I believe your hypothesis is that any ad…

This Blew My Mind: Falling In Love

This blew my mind. Jung states that "falling in love", strong, obsessive infatuation, is actually a person projecting their inner anima or animus, whichever they lack connection with, onto another person. They are merely looking for a lost part of themselves, through the person they are falling in l…

Why Self-Sabotage Exists

Perhaps you've realised that self-help books which teach you a better mindset, don't always stick, or sometimes the backlashes are immense. And it can seem like subconsciously, part of you wants to fail, or stay in that sabotaging state. Reality is more positive than that. This mechanism (self sabot…

How to get out of your head, and master emotional communication

Recently someone asked me how they could be less logical with their partner, and instead be more emotionally expressive. If you are as well on the less expressive side, you may know the pain of being considered distant or uninterested when you are actually just being yourself. Processing the life on…

Erik Jongbloed in Psychology on Mar 24, 2022
What is ADHD? My unconventional hypothesis

Recently, a nutritional therapist and fellow coach made these observations, which I found very interesting, and triggered me to write this: Some ADHD clients really benefit from nutrition therapy, and some do not. Some are in the camp that says ADHD is a disorder that can (or can not) be healed, and…

Erik Jongbloed in Psychology on Mar 10, 2022
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