Psychology

The Hero’s Journey is a classic story-telling structure reflecting adventure, conflict and ultimately triumph over adversity. The symbolism of the journey is compelling as the themes contained in The Hero’s Journey show up in myths, folklore and stories across many different cultures and eras.

This class will explore the structure of the Hero’s Journey and why it remains as prevalent today in modern blockbusters (Harry Potter, Starwars, Lord of the Rings) as it was in the earliest stories of humankind.

The Hero’s Journey provides the blueprint for a cracking good story. But further to that, it provides us mere mortals with a map of how we can make sense of the challenges we face within our own lives.

Always thought that being vulnerable was a bad thing? Maybe it isn’t…

We will learn the power of owning our own stories and embracing vulnerability. Leading to authenticity and all the wholesome feelings we crave in our lives, like meaning and purpose.

Rethinking it, this session is about being proactive in your thoughts; actively thinking about what you are saying, how you talk to yourself and others about yourself. How you talk and think influences your perspective and the choices you make. Instead of reinforcing negative thoughts and words we are going to use this theme of being proactive with your thinking to flip the negative enforcement. In this session we use interactive, interesting experiential exercises to gain insight and focus.

The class will focus on the work and research on self-compassion by Dr Kristen Neff. You will learn what the components of compassion are, why you deserve it and why it is indispensable for overall wellbeing and success. You will also learn how to treat yourself kindly, like you would a good friend you care deeply for.

In this busy complex world self care has become a big buzz word. Setting your personal boundaries that encourage people to treat you in a way that you are most comfortable is one of the many ways to take care of yourself. But where do you start? This workshop will help provide the tools to start developing your personal boundaries in everyday situations.

In this busy complex world self care has become a big buzz word. Setting your personal boundaries that encourage people to treat you in a way that you are most comfortable is one of the many ways to take care of yourself. But where do you start? This workshop will help provide the tools to start developing your personal boundaries in everyday situations.

Where do symptoms of burn out really belong? Is it inside the individual or elsewhere? In this class we are going to get some perspective on burnout! A lot or self care talks stay focussed on what you need to change in yourself and your habits, which can reinforce burnout as a personal failure. Relevant for everyone by thinking more broadly we can make sense of burnout in the context of self, society and nature itself.

What’s this weird thing we call intuition? Where does it come from and where does it get its power? Do we have to choose between scientific, rational thought and intuition? We look at intuition, what it means.

Are you constantly worried about what will people think of you? Are you a people pleaser? Do you pretend that everything is alright with you even though it isn’t? Do you try hard to “keep it together” and “fit in”? You are not alone.

In this class we will discover why we do all these things, where the motivation comes from and the destructive consequences of these behaviours.

Many of us struggle to remember a new person’s name 5 minutes after being introduced but have that one friend who never forgets a face! And a few special people have phenomenal memories that seem to know no bounds. For example, memorising 884 randomly shuffled playing cards in just 30 minutes!

We’re going to learn from the great brains and discover how to enhance our memory using simple techniques.