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The Dysfunction of Selective Accountability When one person is held responsible for everyone else’s behaviour, accountability stops being a principle of fairness and becomes a tool of control. I grew up in a family where accountability was very important. At least, it was important when it came to me. My brothers could do things that

Living Without the Answer: Learning to Love Without Knowing By Mark Linden O’Meara We human beings have an extraordinary need to make sense of things. When something happens that we don’t understand, our minds immediately begin searching for an explanation. Why did this happen? What went wrong? What could I have done differently? Was there

The Nostalgic Personality Type: The Missing Personality Style Nobody Talks About For decades, personality systems like the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator have tried to explain human behavior through categories, preferences, and cognitive styles. Introvert or extrovert. Thinking or feeling. Intuitive or sensing. Judging or perceiving. But there is a personality style that quietly exists underneath many

Here is your rewritten version in a smooth, blog-style narrative with full paragraphs, while keeping your tone and depth: The room was calm in that familiar, almost curated way meditation spaces tend to be. People sat upright, composed, grounded. You could sense that many of them had spent years training their minds. Their faces were

“Trauma-informed.” It sounds reassuring, compassionate, and modern. For clients scrolling through therapist bios, those two words can feel like a lifeline: Finally, someone who understands trauma.   A both a trained counsellor and a consumer of counselling, I’ve been concerned with the use of the term “trauma informed counselling. While attending a presentation on mental

Free Companion Workbook to Let Go and Heal The_Inner_Work   > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Using the concepts in Let Go and Heal, I’ve created this companion workbook to help nudge you along in your healing journey. Discover the healing power of inner work. Beneath our everyday struggles lie deeper wounds—abandonment, betrayal, shame, fear—that shape the

This is a video I created on the correct pronunciation of Chinese names!  Hope it helps!

This feels rather vulnerable to share, but here it goes… In my healing journey I found that getting emotions out and expressing them in words or in art is a very powerful way to express what is deep inside. I share these pictures to show how my healing progressed! I do not believe in analyzing

While I was travelling in Cambodia I took a day tour to the Phnom Kulen Waterfall, an ancient healing site. My guide Ryat, stated that he was a Synchronist, meaning he pulled many lessons from various religions.   While riding on the bus I felt deeply inspired and wrote these notes….  I felt the strong presence

On Becoming Affectionate and Intimate One of the attributes of being human is your need for affection and love. The ancient Greeks had six words for love. The ancient Greek form of love that we all long for is “Pragma.” It is considered to be a long standing love between two people. Self-love is referred to

Teach Your Kids Valuable Lessons With An Entertaining Picture Book! Are you looking for a fun yet educational book for your children? Introducing ”Let’s Let Go – The Raindrop’s Journey” By Mark Linden O’Meara, and illustrated by Zoe Laverne! Reading picture books to children carries with it a lot of benefits, such as promoting language

I wrote this a few years ago and decided to share it….  hope it brings some joy…. May I Be A Baby Again May I be a baby again, With playfulness and innocence in my heart May I be a baby again And giggle with laughter as I pull things apart. May I play with