We are wired for tribe. It’s the way we derive pleasure and meaning in life – through connection with others. Even if you are working on something purposeful, quietly by yourself, likely you will notice an element of how “other” will experience it, benefit from it or assist you through it. And when the right…
Healing our individual trauma is central to healing the world now. (To state the very obvious!). So we can see clearly. So we can access our strengths. So we can truly connect with each other and multiply the goodness we each bring, the secret recipe we each hold. The reverse is also true of course,…
1 in 4 Australians are living with Complex Trauma impacts, and many don’t know it.
Trauma can blunt the free flow of your authentic self energy. The right environment and connections can free it.
A different kind of blog today. Some pictures taken on a roadtrip inland, back from Sydney. I had been visiting my Mum in a nursing home, her Dementia rapidly advancing. Such special and emotional time, in a relationship that had been, well, frankly, fraught. The trip took forever, but the landscape had something for me….
Could your life struggles today be the effects of a neurochemical slinky set in motion long ago? Repeated adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s) can change the body, brain and nervous system and ultimately the whole life that follows. Better insight promotes self-acceptance and targeted strategies for healing. For some of you, the absolute struggle of life…
Reflect on what 2014 has brought you. Love it & let it go. Breathe into the new. My season’s gift to you is a process here, to reflect on the year you’ve just had and what it’s brought you and to open deeply into the now, the new expression and new energies filtering through. Do…
EMPATHY is one of the most powerful social skills you can have. When you offer empathy to a person – watch as they move from a less conscious perspective, mired in their defences, fighting or avoiding things .. and then drop into their truth, find what they really feel and know. Watch further as they…
Modern life. So much rush. So much pace. So much surface. Tenderness can seem a luxury. Something for another time or someone else or a special scene in a movie. How much do you allow tenderness to move you if it happens? You’ve really got to be ready for it, to notice and soften and…
I feel very lucky. Special. I have a secret. She’s a friend of mine. A clever, clever woman with the courage to go deep and talk about it. Her words touch in unexpected ways, wake things up, bring sisterhood and soul and soothing. I already know this, but others are just discovering …