Shaun Lock

13/08/2026

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12/06/2026

Let yourself define yourself

You are powerful!

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29/03/2026

Children’s books often contain meaningful messages for getting through life. I’ve been thinking recently how brilliant the children’s book ‘We’re Going On a Bear Hunt’ is and how it works perfectly as a metaphor for Therapy. I have shared this thought with many of my clients who fondly remember this book as children, and how in relation to them being in therapy, it makes complete sense to them now….

25/03/2026

So much of my work is about how the body reacts to messages from brain and this clip explains perfectly why it is important that we bring attention to this….

17/03/2026

Who knew….

14/02/2026

Never forget the importance of caring for your inner child and be sure to let them out to play sometimes….

The wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sa**sm, by a patriarchal world that did not want him to claim his true feelings. The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others. When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better. To be loving we willingly hear the other’s truth, and most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love. ~bell hooks

*details of the book and painting in the comments

09/02/2026

This is wonderful example of how transformative it can be to be open to engaging in therapy…..

23/01/2026

You’re Not Stuck. You’re Between Versions of Yourself.

Feeling stuck is one of the most uncomfortable states a person can be in. It feels like failure, like time is passing and you are somehow doing it wrong. You look around and everyone else appears to be moving forward, deciding things, building lives, while you seem paused in place.

But what if being stuck is not the problem?

What we often call “stuck” is actually a transition without a clear name. One version of you no longer works, but the next one has not yet taken shape. Old goals feel empty. Old motivations no longer pull you forward. Yet nothing new has fully claimed you either. That gap feels frightening because it is unfamiliar.

Modern life has very little tolerance for this phase. We admire progress, reinvention, and momentum. We do not admire uncertainty. We expect people to move smoothly from one chapter to the next, as if growth should be efficient and uninterrupted. In reality, the most meaningful changes usually come with a period of confusion, slowing down, and loss of direction.

This is why advice often feels useless at times like these. You are told to push harder, stay positive, make a decision, be grateful, or “just choose something.” But transitions cannot be forced. Pressure does not create clarity. What is needed instead is space, patience, and the courage to sit with not knowing yet.

When you are between versions of yourself, your energy changes. Urgency fades. Drive softens. The things that once mattered no longer hold the same power. This is not laziness. It is recalibration. Something deeper is quietly deciding what deserves your effort next.

Many people escape this phase too quickly. They cling to old patterns, familiar roles, or borrowed ambitions just to avoid the discomfort of uncertainty. They mistake motion for growth and stability for truth. But the cost of rushing through this stage is often living a life that no longer fits.

Growth does not always look like forward movement. Sometimes it looks like stillness. Sometimes it looks like doubt. Sometimes it looks like stepping back so that something more real can eventually take its place.

If you feel stuck, consider this gently. What if you are not lost at all, but unfinished? What if this pause is not a failure, but the quiet space where a truer version of your life is being formed?

Painting: 'Portrait of the painter Anton Peschka', 1909 by Egon Schiele

18/01/2026

Very true…

healing happens
when the lies stop.