Mind - Body Health Benefits: How mindfulness connects it all
Being mindful is often linked with your mental well-being, but does it also affect your physical health? Mindfulness isn’t just about managing stress–it can also help with your physical health in a...
View ArticleIt's Time To Stop Being Ashamed Of Our Mental Health
It’s time to stop being ashamed of your mental health and to start making some changes to the way that you live. We understand that there are times where it’s hard to talk about how you are feeling...
View ArticleBroken Leg, Broken Bank? Here’s How to Keep Your Finances Healthy When You’re...
Slipped on a wet floor and broke your leg? Contracted a chronic illness that makes it difficult for you to work? Whatever’s up with you, you might be thinking it’s going to make life harder for you to...
View ArticleMistakes are opportunities to learn, grow and connect
I know that you know this and its often difficult to change....Ruminating on your mistakes, holding onto the past, and allowing yourself to keep repeating negative behaviours or actions can impact...
View ArticleEMDR and AIP models for trauma therapy
The diagram here and below represents a roadmaps for healing using EMDR is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This is part of the AIP (Adaptive Information Processing Model)The overall...
View ArticleWhy I’m done with the 'cult of self improvement' and Goenka's rigid Vipassana
Ahh my second attempt at the Goenka 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat... I was so excited and nervous. 10 years ago I had such a mind blowing time (read about it here) and this time I wanted to...
View ArticleRemembering The Power Of Presence: My Satvatove Experience with David Wolfe
David Wolfe walks in wearing an 80’s style grey suit, a thick striped tie, round spectacles and black socks. He certainly doesn’t fit with the modern idea of a personal development teacher, who...
View ArticleKirtan Kriya Meditation - Can it help memory and calm focus?
Kirtan Kriya (which is pronounced KEER-tun KREE-a) is a type of meditation from the Kundalini yoga tradition that my partner has been exploring and so I thought I'd write a blog about it. It's a...
View Article5 Mindfulness Techniques to Improve Your Mental Wellbeing
Overwhelmed or mentally drained? Then you're not alone. The constant noise of daily life can take a toll on your mental clarity as well as your emotional balance. Mindfulness is a simple, practical way...
View ArticleGiving and Receiving Feedback Graciously with "I want A RANT" tool
Giving and Receiving Feedback Graciously with "I want A RANT" tool was inspired by my time working at Embodied Love festival with Bear Philips. Bear's sub stack details their 'A RANT' tool and I've...
View ArticleA Healthy Dose Of Lazy Is Enlightened
We all know just how much hard work goes into maintaining a healthy mind and body. Healthy habits take consistency, and it’s very easy to see a fitness routine and/or healthy diet go awry. And that...
View ArticleWhy and how to regulate your nervous system
This blog is inspired by work with my therapist and by the article:"Your Brain’s 3 Emotion Regulation Systems" from .mi-psych.com.auAlso known as the three-systems model, comes from Compassion...
View ArticleFinding Micro-Moments of Peace in a Hectic World
Image: Finding a moment of peace is easier outside in beautiful places (Pixabay)Modern life is noisy, both on an external level and also internally. From the moment we wake up, we’re pulled into a...
View ArticleEmbracing Complexity In Today's World
In My Group Workshops We Embrace Our Unique Complexities When was the last time you fully embraced something you couldn't fully understand? Our instinct is to simplify, to reduce, to make...
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