Abraham Maslow – Iain Douglas Stewart

Reflecting on ending self-isolation

By Iain 24 June 2020Physicality, Reflections, The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

This Coronavirus thing has been a bit shit, eh? I'm due to go back to work next week, and I have mixed emotions about it. On the one hand, I hate my current job, and these twelve weeks have been eye-opening to exactly how much I do hate it. I'm anxious to go back because of the health risks as…

Self isolation, week three

By Iain 6 April 2020ReflectionsNo Comments

Last week went a bit quicker than the first week of isolation - but I put that down to not being on high alert in terms of anxiety the whole week. It's reared it's head again, but I'm slowly reeling it back in as things settle down. Looking back to the first week, I was neurotic. Overthinking. Fell to the…

Self isolation, week one

By Iain 25 March 2020ReflectionsNo Comments

You may have heard something about the coronavirus, I'm not sure if it's on the news yet... Oh, who am I kidding, it's everywhere. You can't have not heard about it by now, it's affecting absolutely everything. We're self isolating this week because Jake developed a cough the night before he was due to go back to school - we…

So I took a year off, from everything

By Iain 9 September 2019Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

I mean, it was mostly not through choice. We needed to make sure we would make it through the year financially. Sure, an exotic cat was added to the family in 2019, but other than that, we were careful. Frugal. Thing is, I got lazy and complacent. I found the smallest possible reason to take a year off from personal…

Looking back at 2009

By Iain 8 August 2018Site Related, The Mission, VideogamesNo Comments

And I have to say, it's quite sad. I'm just porting all the old posts over from the old blog, and I'm currently at the Phantasy Star Universe stage. I mean, I know videogames had a big hold on my life, but imagine if I had devoted myself with such vigour to philosophy and psychology instead of a videogame. Imagine…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 18th April 2018

By Iain 18 April 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at more aspects of personal development, such as personal growth and how we feel about our developing counselling skills, as well as how we feel about giving feedback. Personal Growth Looking back on at my own journey on the course since September I have definitely learned a great deal about counselling and the various skills used…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 7th February 2018

By Iain 7 February 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at some aspects of Transactional Analysis, in particular Stephen Karpman’s Drama Triangle, as well as Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The Drama Triangle was conceived as a social model of human interaction by Stephen Karpman in 1968. In life, people play games. In difficult or tumultuous relationships, the Drama Triangle can be used to map the…