Denise Tsirtsakis
Actually when I really think about it, many books, film, song, event or work of art has inspired me in some way. It has pulled my mind into a different point in time, a different location, or story,...
Karen Potter
There are so many but I love 'Women who run with the wolves'
Siobhan McKenna
Book: 'Yes to life in spite of everything'. Author: Viktor Frankl
Art: 'I and the village.' Artist: Marc Chagall
Film: Out of Africa. Universal pictures
Trudy Clutterbok
Book: Things I Don't Want to Know, Deborah Levy
Film: The Taste of Cherry, Abbas Kiarostami
Song: My Island Home, the Warumpi Band
Art: The Rock Garden, Nek Chand, Chandigarh
Jisha Syriac
As a counsellor, I find the Bible to be a profound source of inspiration. Its messages of hope, healing, and compassion resonate deeply with the work I do. Passages that emphasise love, forgiveness,...
Stephanie de Niese
It's a quote that inspires me:
But anything exposed by the light will be illuminated and anything illuminated turns into light.
- Eph 5: 13-14
Lukas Wooller
What comes to my mind is a movie called Mindhorn. I don't find it inspiring but I do find it hilarious, and I'm like everybody else - I just need a good belly laugh from time to time.
Abbie Couchman
The book What I loved by Siri Hustvedt. The film Call Me By Your Name.
Sarah Lawson
There are many.
My Brother and I were hypnotized by a movie called Escape to Witch Mountain as children. I loved the wonder of outer space and special powers being used for good.
I love Under a...
Nicky Angelone
I have a couple of small sculptures my children made in early high school years that inspire me when I see them. They remind me of how much I love them, and how special it is to be their mum. And they...
Sirini Kularatne-Samarapathi
Ajahn Brahmavanso's book of opening the door to your heart'. It contains little stories with opportunities for deep reflections presented in a unique way inviting readers to look at life in a simple...
Joshua Comyn
I can share several!
Book: Being and Event by Alain Badiou.
Film: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Songs: 'Hoist that Rag' by Tom Waits, 'Sun In My Mouth' by Bjork.
Event: the...
Eleni Kidis
Anything to do with the teachings and practices of non-dual Tantrik yoga and philosophy. This spiritual traditions is life affirming and teaches us how to navigate human embodiement, how to work with...
Laura Simpson
One book that continually inspires me is *The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse* by Charlie Mackesy. Its simple yet profound messages about kindness, resilience, and the importance of connection...
Marvel Adeyemi
Green Book . Its a film inspired by true friendship that transcended race and class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.
Shaun McMahon
The profound story of Yeonmi Park will forever be an inspiration for me. Her sheer willingness to not only endure the horrific circumstances of life in North Korea, but to also thrive and find meaning...
Leah Wilson
One work that inspires me deeply is the book The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. This book has had a profound impact on how I understand and approach both life and therapy. Tolle’s speech about the...
Tim Fraser
Any number of Jon Hopkins songs. His music is so varied, from intense and powerful techno to soft and tender classical piano. Within it I find ecstasy, curiosity, innocence, wonder, and so much more.
Jonathan Tandos
There are many but what immediately comes to mind is Paulo Coehlo's book The Alchemist which inspires and deeply comforts me, and that I've often turned to in troubled times.
The version of the...
Felix Perigrie
Into The Spiderverse. Watching something so incredibly new and beautiful, all I could think about was the generation of young artists who were about to be inspired by it. It made me hopeful.
Michael Dods
Non-Fiction: John O'Donohue - Anam Cara
Fiction: Jack London - Martin Eden
Film: To Kill A Mockingbird
Song: Peter Green - I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living
Art: The Naked Studio - Brett Whiteley
Nina Green
'The Body Keeps the Score' by Bessel van der Kolk has been a game changing book for so many people. It's an exploration of the neuroscience and contemporary evidence for healing practices around...
Dee Kumbukage
One work of art that deeply inspires me is the book The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh. This profound and transformative book beautifully encapsulates the essence of Buddhist teachings...
Michele Watson
Jungian Analyst, Robert Johnson's books - He, She and We have been very influential in understanding feminine and masculine psychology.
Weiyu Guan
Book: The Plague - Albert Camus
Film: Harold and Maude
Song: The lost words blessing
Artwork: Water Lilies #1 - Ai Weiwei
Events: clown school with Fabio Motta, guitar/mandolin ensemble with Ben...
Ren Slade
There are so so many! I am a big reader, and some of my favourite recent ones have been The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam, and We Are All Neurodiverse by Sonny Jane Wise
Gabby Skelsey
The book: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson because it demonstrates the fragility of life events.
Ashley White
'The Death of Socrates' by Jacques-Louis David. Such an immortalizing of a hero for truth.
Max Rutherford
I have been influenced by so many people and experiences that it's hard to come up with particular examples without skewing the impression they might leave.
Meg Bonnell
I'm a huge reader and love incorporating popular culture references into therapeutic discussions. I've been known to reference Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Batman, Parks and Rec, Mean Girls, The...
Nicol Thomas
I love Nick Cave's work, also Björk. I am very inspired by the music of Hawaii as well.
Jacquie Flecknoe-Brown
Everything by C.G. Jung. Also The Matter with Things, Iain McGilchrist. Marie-Louise Von Franz, Barbara Hannah, M. Esther Harding, Edward Edinger, Robert A. Johnson, Vine Deloria Jnr, Iain...
Michelle Morris
There are many books, films and songs that inspire me. I also find Nature profoundly inspiring. I recently saw the film and read the book Tracks, this is a section I found particularly moving:
I...
Sudhir Dean
'The Body Keeps the Score' Bessel van der Kolk, 'Waking the Tiger' Peter Levine, 'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Encounters with Addiction' Gabor Mate, 'The Heroic Client' Duncan, Miller, Sparks.
Matthew Austin
Recovering from emotionally immature adults by Lindsay Gibson and Bittersweet by Susan Cain.
Andrew Macdonald
In this kind of work, the book that had a significant impact on me was “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van Der Kolk. It talks about how trauma and our nervous system connect and the unique...
John Bacash
Rudyard Kipling's poem IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their...
Julian O'Sullivan
The book Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy by Glen Gabbard
Melodina Thomas
The Bible has many stories of love, loss, life, death, hopelessness, wisdom, victory, hope and faith and so many life lessons.
Stefanie Hagger
Anguish | August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck | 1878
This painting creates a visceral feelings in me. As a mother, I find myself transfixed on the utter grief and primal need to protect. ...
Natalie Anderson
I find all forms of creativity inspiring, but Caitlin Moran's 'How to be a Woman' popped into my head for its humorous take on how we can beat ourselves up for not meeting the expectations of others....
Melis Topsahin
One of the many people that truly inspire me, as I have probably mentioned time and time again, is Dr. Gabor Mate, who is a Canadian psychiatrist.
Having had the privilege of reading most of his...
Penelope Lovegrove
Movie: - Intouchables, Orlando, Baraka... many more
TV Show: - After Life, Ted Lasso
Book: - Veronika Decides to Die, Miracle of Mindfulness, Lam Rim, Anything by Irvin Yalom, The Happiness...
Volker Krohn
I have found a lot of inspiration from the Irish poet David Whyte. Particularly the following poem titled Self Portrait' which I have shared over the years with many of my clients:
Self Portrait...
Christina Kioulafas
I used to work at a Blockbuster Video for 7 years! Hard to choose a film...
Recent selections include
Book: Girl, woman, other.
Show: Handmaids Tale
Song: Kaytranada - Got it good
Art:...
Brian Whiter
A song called Nature Boy comes to mind. It was composed by Nat King Cole and the lyrics go like this...
There was a boy
A very STRANGE ENCHANTED boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far, over...
Steve White
Love Actually (Film)
Learning from the patient (book) Patrick Casement
Natalie Incledon
I love romance, so my favourite all-time movie is Romeo and Juliet, for it's music, acting, creativity and of course, story.
M.Rose Hoey
The first book that comes to mind is Mans Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
An Interrupted Life, the Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum
both these books speak of the powerful spirit in Human...
Marcus Dally-Law
'Come and Get Your Love' - Redbone
Honestly, since Chris Pratt danced to this in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, its hard to hear this without doing a bit of a strut walk - a brief moment...
Kate Culy
I recently watched Gurrumul - the Gurrumul story and was deeply inspired and moved.
Tracy Clark
Book. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho
I loved this book as it taught me about following process and life path.
Louise Jansz
I will have to come back to this question so I'll share one of each:
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinko Estes (also a book for men btw!)
Apocalypse Now (l love war movies)
Lovely Day...
Kim Bailey
Book - Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston MD, Irvin Yalom's Love's Executioner, To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Film - Manchester By The Sea (Recent), The Green Mile, Finding...
Rosie Burgess
I love music. Especially harmonies. The song Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap speaks to my heart.
I also love the dreaminess of Monet's landscapes. I'm a romantic at heart.
Tim Clark
I remember watching a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto and thinking, This piece of music must be one of the high points of human existence.