I was reading the book ‘Happiness by design’ by behavioural scientist Paul Dolan and one concept he discovered was the idea of narrative traps…which is when our happiness is determined by societal expectations, such as the car, the big house, …
This is a video I wanted to do last year but never got around to it and now’s as good a time as ever.
So myself and my wife were at a prenatal course last year and there was a …
At the best of times, an estrangement involves a constant process of managing uncertainties but naturally, with what is happening right now, a crisis state is being triggered in many people as they feel an added pressure to respond/react but …
I was hesitant to record any video about the corona virus as there is so many people putting out opinions and I personally think there is too much noise and not enough hard facts around the situation. so I didn’t …
Discussing an estrangement is a very personal decision…some choose to talk publicly about it and others chose to keep it private and closed.
Personally, I rarely talk about my own estrangement publicly as that’s my choice and my right to …
Something that has come up a few times the last few weeks in my client work is the topic of reconciliations, especially unexpected ones. Some of my clients are finding themselves in an unusual position where a reconciliation might be …
I speak a lot of the many experiences and difficulties of estrangement, but the one I come back the most often is the deep sense uncertainty because it is so consistent across everyone who I’ve spoken to. But why exactly …
There are many reasons why family relationships breakdown which might lead to estrangement but an obvious one is an inability to communicate effectively.
Similarly, there a lot of reasons why communication is poor, such as the general rules around communication within …
The media is rife at the moment with articles on the difficulty of going home to visit a dysfunctional (whatever that means to you) family over Christmas.
You can find my latest contribution to one such article for the …
My name is Karl Melvin and I’m a Psychotherapist based in Dublin. I have created this site to help people detach from the toxic people, emotions and situations which are holding them back from living their lives their way.
