What happens in the spaces in between?

Rather than focusing on the extremes, on the 0% and the 100%, it may be helpful to ask the question ‘What would the 50%, 60% look like?’.  Spending more time in this ‘good enough’ zone may help us to pay more attention to the unfolding’ of life, to the ‘spaces in between’.

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Caroline O'Keeffe
What does it mean to be happy?

It seems every couple of weeks a new book or article is written about how we can ‘achieve’ happiness.  A quick browse of these titles tells us that happiness is ‘skill’, something we can learn if we take the right ‘route’ or follow certain ‘steps’. It is unsurprising then that clients often come to counselling saying ‘I just want to be happy’.

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Caroline O'Keeffe