Feeling overwhelmed? This episode of Balance Psychotherapy offers a powerful technique to find clarity and peace. Learn how to "focus" on your inner experience using a step-by-step approach. You'll discover how to identify a "handle" for your emotions - a word or image that resonates with your state of being. Kasia Makuch-Cole, the host, also shares exciting news about the podcast's second season, featuring guided meditations that blend poetry with therapy.

This episode is led by Kasia Makuch-Cole, a psychotherapist based in London. Kasia dives into the concept of authenticity and helps listeners explore the question: "What is my authentic self?"

The episode contains a guided meditation to help listeners connect with their bodies and identify their true feelings. Kasia acknowledges that true feelings can reside in a murky zone of insecurity or discomfort. Listeners are encouraged to find a word or image that resonates with their current emotional state, without judgment.

Kasia then guides listeners through a visualization exercise where they imagine themselves lying in the sunshine and basking in the warmth. This exercise encourages self-compassion and acceptance. The episode ends with a mantra: "Even though I don't feel perfectly fine, I'm alive and I'm breathing... I am open to the possibility of accepting myself, being gentle with myself, being kind to myself."

This podcast is ideal for anyone seeking to connect with their authentic self and cultivate self-acceptance.

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Feeling overwhelmed by panic attacks? Don't get stuck in the eruption zone!

Imagine your emotions as islands, and during a panic attack, just jump ship to a calmer one! ️

Focus on self-care and listen to your body's needs.

Balance Psychotherapy can help you navigate your emotional landscape.

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In this podcast for Balance Psychotherapy, the psychotherapist discusses the transformative potential of pain and how it can lead to healing, purpose, and a sense of mission. Through the examples of two clients—one dealing with past trauma and another struggling with sensory overload and societal expectations—the therapist emphasizes the importance of engaging with and nourishing one's pain to foster a meaningful and fulfilling life. The session concludes with a brief focusing exercise aimed at helping individuals connect with their felt sense and gain deeper self-awareness.

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Join Kasia Makuch-Cole, London based psychotherapist and an academic, in meditations, tapping and in reflecting on affect, relationships and staying balanced. Kasia shares therapeutic techniques that she uses with her clients and creates beautiful and relaxing meditations.

Stay balanced and breathe with joy again!

Join Kasia Makuch-Cole, London based psychotherapist and an academic, in meditations, tapping and in reflecting on affect, relationships and staying balanced. Kasia shares therapeutic techniques that she uses with her clients and creates beautiful and relaxing meditations.

Stay balanced and breathe with joy again!

Hi! I'm a psychotherapist based in London. Let's talk, meditate and tap together on the affect, relationships and joy!