Psychoanalyst Aldo Carotenuto, like many, thinks that betrayal is inherent to life and we all experience it from the very beginning. In fact, when a couple…
On gender-based violence
I, like most people in Italy, have been shaken to my core by a recent news item, the femicide of Giulia Cecchettin. A 22 years…
Being alone: difficult or divine?
Being alone is underrated. I myself have struggled for years to really capture the beauty of it, and I now see so many people being…
Are you being who you really are?
We are really good at creating masks, personalities even, that carefully hide who we really are. We constantly seek love from others, we want people…
Food for your soul
Food for your thoughts, we say. And that’t incredibly important. How we feel depends on the quality of our thoughts, so we need to…
Do you always want more?
You are abundant, not the world around you. Change needs to happen inside of you, this is how you change the way you feel and behave.
Finding your strength after trauma
In 2015 I went to see The Suggestionists, the exhibition from artist Jamie Hewlett at the Saatchi Gallery. One of the three series he presented was a tarot deck, and the image above, together with its caption, is the one that struck me the most.
How do I change others?
Many of us are about to spend Christmas with their beloved family. And many of us are about to feel stressed, anxious, angry, resentful, disappointed,…
“I feel different, I don’t belong”.
One of the phrases that I hear more often as a therapist is “I feel different from others in my life” or “I feel like…
Letting go of what no longer serves you.
Autumn is about letting go of what is old and dry, what no longer serves you. It conveys reflectiveness as well as rebirth.