There’s a special place in my heart for the people who make me feel seen. When we feel seen, heard and respected, we feel safe. And feeling safe is having our most basic needs met. I’ve been thinking lately about the people who make me feel seen and by virtue of comparison I find myselfContinue reading “Inner Work: Finding True Connection with Yourself”
Category Archives: Heal Well
The Connection Between Red Flags and Your General Health
I’ve just emerged from major dental surgery. A cracked tooth that could not be saved, requiring extraction, implant and, in another 3 months time, a new crown. Here’s how it happened that I found myself thousands of dollars out of pocket and how it might have been avoided, or at least slightly less traumatic. ForContinue reading “The Connection Between Red Flags and Your General Health”
Discover the Healing Power of Massage: Top 5 Reasons to Include It in Your Self Care Protocol
In his best selling book “The 5am Club”, author and leadership guru Robin Sharma advocates scheduling 2 x 90 minute remedial massages every week for optimal wellbeing and success in pursuit of your life goals. A quick not on self care protocols. This is your daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual routine to optimiseContinue reading “Discover the Healing Power of Massage: Top 5 Reasons to Include It in Your Self Care Protocol”
Understanding Addiction and Sobriety: Beyond Drugs and Alcohol
Brene Brown has said that a key pillar of her sobriety is no longer gossiping. When any of her friends or network start talking about another person and it smells anything like gossip, Brown removes herself, or calls them out on it. At first, I didn’t understand what Brene meant. I thought sobriety was aboutContinue reading “Understanding Addiction and Sobriety: Beyond Drugs and Alcohol”
5 Mood-Lifting Prince Songs to Brighten Your Day
Don’t you just love Prince? So said Julie Roberts in “Pretty Woman” back in the 80s as she sank into a bubble bath with her Walkman headphones on… Well I still love Prince, God rest his fabulous soul and on a recent drive home after a long and intense day, I was totally mood liftedContinue reading “5 Mood-Lifting Prince Songs to Brighten Your Day”
Live well: How to say “I’m not OK”
Hi, how are you? Pretty terrible actually. Aren’t you glad you asked? What is the benchmark for being “OK?” and do people really want to know if we’re OK and doing well? It’s a benign question if everything is going well for you at any given point in time. But what about when it isn’t?Continue reading “Live well: How to say “I’m not OK””
Heal well: Letting peace in
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it Helen Keller My friends, which do you choose to participate in? Which do you seek? The suffering? Or the overcoming of it? When you’re in the house of love, choosing the overcoming of suffering, you seek to heal, toContinue reading “Heal well: Letting peace in”
Heal well: the power of forgiveness
Spoiler alert – it starts with forgiveness for yourself. In our 66 ways to wellness, way number 10 is this: Write a letter of forgiveness. You may not send it, but write it anyway. Let the recipient know you forgive them, own your part of the problem if that’s appropriate. It might be a letter toContinue reading “Heal well: the power of forgiveness”
Love Well: Eight Dates
Drs John and Julie Gottman are the relationship gurus. They claim that within 10 minutes of meeting a couple, they can predict with 94% accuracy whether they will stay together! This blew my mind, particularly because the Drs Gottman are scientists and psychologists and have dedicated their lives to helping couples do the work thatContinue reading “Love Well: Eight Dates”
Heal well: silencing the voice of “not good enough”
When I was sixteen years old I was part of a youth performance collective. Formed by a bunch of high schools, it comprised musicians, singers and dancers who toured the east coast of New South Wales for a few weeks performing for local communities. I successfully auditioned as a dancer. I was so chuffed toContinue reading “Heal well: silencing the voice of “not good enough””
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