Exploring the Humanistic Paradigm

A work in progress website collating essays, thoughts and illustrations in existentialism, phenomenology and humanistic psychotherapy.

My journal – gulp.

  • Year Note 2025

    This is the first Year Note that I ever write, and I think a good place to start is a bit of context.  It had been the previous year when I had decided to study counselling and work towards a career change. At that time, my marketing career was in the ruins after a couple…


  • Goodbye rye, farewell bakewell, ciao bao

    It turns out I am celiac. And I find out at 42.  I have spent a long time not feeling quite right. Fatigued, bloated. Many of the signs were there and I just wonder how far back they go.  It’s bittersweet.  A sweet chance to heal and get more energy. Letting go of the idea…


  • On starting Uni and all the changes

    This is a journal entry, dealing with my own experiences, feelings and thoughts. Click here for psychotherapy theory, or here to find more about me. It’s been a long time I don’t publicly journal. The upside is that I have been quite committed to my private journal where I don’t have to think twice about what I…