“A true friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today, just the way you are."  Unknown                                                                                                                                                                                 

Books, Quotes and other Stuff

Pema Chodrun (2001). The Places That Scare You: A Guide To Fearlessness. London: HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.

Susan Jeffers (2007). Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action. New York: Fawcett Books.

Eckhart Tolle. (2005). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. London: Stodder & Stoughton Ltd.

Melody Beattie (1992). Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself. Minnesota: Hazelden.

Tsultrim Allione (2009). Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict. London: Hay House Ltd.

Quotes on personal growth and counsellin

"Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception." - Dan Millman

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. it is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." - Carl Jung

"Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead." - Jerry Gille

 "Meditation takes place when you bring all your awareness to this moment." - Brandon Bays

"The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than growing with them." - Bernard M. Baruch