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Exploring our slogan, “When You’re Serious About Change”

The Hoffman Process’s slogan is “When you’re serious about change.” That slogan came about from the collaboration of a few centres worldwide to produce an essence statement about the programme.  The Hoffman Process is a hero’s journey that requires commitment from the participants to engage in change. It is primarily based on experiential work well framed within a meaning-making process. The initiatory experience that the Hoffman process provides is that we are not our toxic shame beliefs and behavioural compensations. To be able to […]

Mother’s Day: The Myth of the Perfect Mother

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As Mother’s Day approaches, it’s time to reflect on the myth of the perfect mother. An insidious myth perpetuated by various societal influences, including media portrayals, cultural norms, and even well-meaning advice from family and friends. It’s not just about being a Supermum, you’re also expected to be a successful individual and career woman, find, […]

Embrace World Earth Day

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The first World Earth Day started on April 22nd, 1970. Since then Earth Day has evolved into the largest civic event on Earth, mobilising billions of people worldwide across over 192 countries to safeguard our planet. In the Hoffman Process participants learn to become loving and compassionate to themselves and others by understanding and not […]

The Benefits of Effective Communication

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We are communicating nearly all the time, to others, ourselves and maybe even while dreaming. Most of us are clear on what we want to say, just unsure how to say it in a way that achieves our goal (including not triggering others into defensive attack or withdraw reactions). So… What are the benefits of […]

What’s the secret code to loving relationships? 

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Why do people struggle in relationships? Firstly, most of us were given very little education about how to ‘do’ relationship. Compounding that, our primary relationship role models, (Mum and Dad), were often not the greatest examples of healthy relating. If you look at when you were learning to drive a car, we had numerous driving […]

Joy to the World

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Although some of us are happy to put Mariah Carry on mute until next Christmas, Joy to the World will be on our repeated playlist for 2024. More than ever, embracing the little moments of joy in our lives daily will be a powerful antidote to our stressors in the new year. Benefits of Joy: Recent […]

Embracing Authenticity at Work

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Explore the advantages of embracing authenticity at work and investigate what may be stopping you from being your true self.

What Are Daddy Issues?

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Explore what daddy issues are and learn how to start healing father-daughter and father-son relationships.

Make Time to Play

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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw Play may be associated with the carefree days of our youth, but does it have to be? According to play researcher Dr. Stuart Brown, humour, games, and fantasy are more than just fun. His research shows […]

Showing Up for Others

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In this age of endless scrolling, swiping, and ghosting, showing up for others may seem like too much work. After all, when we make a commitment, there’s a chance we’ll miss out on something even better. But this obsession with FOMO (fear of missing out) traps us in a cycle of restlessness and indecision. And […]

Remothering Your Adult Self

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Whether you have a bad relationship with your mother or no relationship with her at all, the arrival of Mother’s Day can be a difficult time you dread each year. But Mother’s Day also presents an opportunity to address long-standing mother wounds, opening the door to the concept of remothering yourself. While it’s impossible to […]

Asking Others for Help

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If the thought of asking others for help scares you, you’re not alone. Recent research from Stanford found that people are afraid to ask for help because they don’t want to appear incompetent, weak, or inferior. This belief can be planted as young as seven years old. However, numerous studies show people actually WANT to […]

The Power of the Digital Detox

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The 3rd of March is the International Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour period in which participants are encouraged to disconnect from screens and other forms of virtual communication and reconnect with the world. This voluntary abstinence from social media, phone calls, texts, email, and other online noise is often referred to as a digital detox, […]

What is Transference?

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Bob Hoffman, founder of the Hoffman Process, wrote the following poem on transference: Wherever I go, Whoever I see, I see Mummy and Daddy And they see me. At first glance, it may sound trite and silly. But the deeper we investigate the subtleties of this poem, the more it gains depth. Our earliest interactions […]

Living with Intention

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Starting a new year offers a blank slate, leading many Australians — around 14 million — to make New Year’s resolutions every January. But when it comes to how many people keep their resolutions, the numbers are not so sunny. Research from the University of Scranton found that just 8% of people follow through. Why? […]

Creating New Holiday Traditions

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Going home for the holidays can be difficult if you have unresolved tension with family members. Or, for those who are estranged from their families, the holidays can be a painful reminder of past trauma. What might seem like a standard tradition—decorating the Christmas tree or lighting the menorah, for instance—can be especially triggering. Creating […]

It’s Never Too Late to Change

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There is no expiration date on the relief one feels when they confront childhood trauma and let go of harmful patterns. If you fear that you’ve missed your chance to pursue healing, it may be helpful to know that studies show therapy is as effective for older adults as it is for those in middle […]

Healing Estranged Relationships

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Research shows that about one in 25 Australian adults has been estranged from their family at some point in their lives. Experts have narrowed down the most common reasons for estrangement as a breakdown of trust, the absence of emotional intimacy, and having strong, disparate values. As common as estrangement is, there may come a time when […]

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