How to surf the wave between conscious and unconscious behaviour 11 April 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments The great difficulty in personal development is that we shift from conscious to unconscious mental control without being aware of it. In How to develop your ‘inner observer’ I wrote […]

7 Steps to identify family skeletons 6 April 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments How do you identify family skeletons, i.e. generational trauma, in your family? Your family tree is the obvious place to start—as are the emotional symptoms you’re observing, in your life or […]

Mastering fear is like learning to walk – fall down, get up 25 March 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments You probably don’t need me to tell you that right now fear is on the rise. The fear of coronavirus, of food shortages, of economic failure… the fear […]

5 Ways to explore your inner world 8 December 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments As we approach the time for making New Year’s resolutions, here’s an awkward question: are you exploring or avoiding the inner world of your psychology and sexuality? We’ve all heard the statistics on […]

5 Tips for finding your life path 24 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Find your life path. Four simple little words, yet among the hardest things we can do in our lives. I remember my last year at high school very well. While most of my […]

4 Tips for healing generational shame 7 April 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , Shame , No Comments NOTE: When I began writing about inherited issues, I used the term ‘generational shame’ as I clearly perceived the unconscious shame associated with them. What I didn’t see so […]

Do you listen to hear or listen to respond? 18 November 2018 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Listening. Like breathing, it’s one of those things that we tend to take for granted—in other words, to assume that we do it well. I recently wrote the […]

How to develop your ‘inner observer’ 28 October 2018 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments By definition, unconscious shame is invisible. The first step towards releasing it is developing the capacity to observe it—awakening our inner Observer, sometimes also known as our inner Witness. What, or who, is our […]

How to handle a triggered person face-to-face 23 April 2018 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments In all walks of life, we are encountering triggered individuals or an increasingly regular basis. Whether it’s on social media, at home, at work, at the supermarket or a random incident of road […]

How to handle a triggered person on social media 26 March 2018 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I recently wrote a post called 5 Signs of a triggered person. Feedback on the post was very positive, but commenters asked for advice on handling triggered individuals online. Well, here […]