by gemma | Sep 13, 2012 | gems & precious bits, inspiration & wisdom, love & fear, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings
It takes boldness to peer into the depths of your heart & to shine a light on fear and the role it’s had in your life. Once you see what’s there, it can never be unseen. Only boldness can deliver us from fear, and if the risk is not taken, the meaning of life is...
by gemma | Sep 6, 2012 | gems & precious bits, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings
in {gem of the present} i share what’s up in my life :: what i’m going through & what i’m thinking about. i’m aiming for a non-preachy approach to self-reflection & transparency. Sometimes facing the darkness in my psyche is the last...
by gemma | Sep 5, 2012 | health & happiness, meaningful & life lessons, mind & brain, relationships & sex, thoughts & musings, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
If when we are young we are shown a healthy form of love, our limbic systems encode this as the way to be in relationships, and we end up having a reliable guide for how to form and maintain a healthy relationship. If when we are young we are shown unhealthy or...
by gemma | Aug 16, 2012 | health & happiness, mind & brain, self sabotage & stuckness, thoughts & musings, videos & ask gemm
Various people have various ways to chat about the complex web of mystery called neurons. I call these neural networks “maps” because they show us how to see and navigate our world. The more often you think, feel, or behave in a certain way, the more likely it is that...
by gemma | Aug 13, 2012 | thoughts & musings, tools & strategies
Online therapy is growing in popularity. It’s massively convenient to be able to hang out in the comfort of your own home while exploring your psyche and cultivating strategies for healing the past, loving the present, and lighting up the future. The question is...
