Navigating the metaphorical path of life with its challenges requires a growth mindset, grit, the necessary support, and hope. Regaling us with captivating stories, counselling psychologist Karin Steyn offers practical tools & tips and encourages us to “fail forward.”

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In episode 151 of the podcast series Calm, Clear and Helpful, counselling psychologist and hypnotherapist Karin Steyn touches on:

• the rules of the road – unique to each of us – and where they originate

• the story of the father and the son (and the old horse)

• how our expectations are related to our suffering

• what to do when you fall in a hole in the road

• an open mindset versus a fixed mindset

• making a decision when you face a fork in the road

• how the age we live in has influenced our belief in our ability to predict

• the influence of regrets

• road signs, including synchronicity, angel numbers, and universal & personal symbols

• reconnecting with our gut feeling, our sense of spiritiuality, our ability to feel or think - our “soul light”

• perseverance: the story of Saray Khumalo, the first Black African woman to summit Mount Everest

• over-identifying with a problematic narrative.

Scroll down to learn more about Karin and find her contact details.

In this episode, Karin mentions writer and speaker Alan Watts; Portia Nelson’s poem “There’s a hole in my sidewalk”; Robert Frost’s poem “The road not taken”; the author and teacher Doreen Virtue; Archangel Uriel; Saray Khumalo’s book “My journey to the top of the world”; Tertia Albertyn‘s book “So close: infertile and addicted to hope.”

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The free podcast series Calm, Clear & Helpful is available on iTunes, Spotify, Player FM and Iono.fm

Read Karin’s unpacking of mindfulness and how it can benefit us.

Contact details

Karin Steyn is a counselling psychologist and hypnotherapist with a private practice in Johannesburg. She is also a HypnoBirthing® instructor and a Fertile Body Method practitioner.

Tel. 082 902 6042

Email karin.m.steyn@gmail.com  

Websites www.freechildcompany.co.za and www.fertilebodymethod.com

Original podcast music by Mart-Marie Snyman

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Photograph of Karin Steyn: supplied