Can you change your life in six seconds? Can a couple move from anger and resentment to calm, kind love in this short time span? Can a wound heal in that same fragment of a minute? Research, and my personal experience, says yes you can. The six second kiss is a relationship secret that notContinue reading “Love well: In just 6 seconds”
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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””
Book review: The Good Life (and how to live it)
It’s a book that holds so much promise. Who wouldn’t want to know the recipe for “The Good Life and How to Live It”, particularly when the sub title is “Lessons from the World’s Longest Study on Happiness”? It’s what most of us are seeking, isn’t it? Deep and enduring happiness. Every day we’re toldContinue reading “Book review: The Good Life (and how to live it)”
A note to mothers on Mother’s Day
Dear Mothers, I want you know: I see you I hear you I feel you I know our motherly minds I know the inner criticism, harsher than anyone else would dare serve on us I know the sharp pangs of regret from the raised voice or hand, the signs we missed, the times we weren’tContinue reading “A note to mothers on Mother’s Day”
Burn out: a typical tale
I’ve reached the point of burn out twice so far in my 45 years. The first time, at age 35, was pure corporate warrior exhaustion, so I changed careers. The second time, at age 39, was emotional and spiritual exhaustion, and I got divorced. Ten years on from that first burn out I’m faced withContinue reading “Burn out: a typical tale”
Heal Well: be gone, anxious heart!
Anxiety (noun): a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease about something with an uncertain outcome Oxford Languages Anxiety. It seems to be the common scourge of the 21st century. In our fast paced, rapidly changing lives where less and less seems within our control, including our own destiny and happiness. Anxiety triggers our flight orContinue reading “Heal Well: be gone, anxious heart!”
Hello, it’s great to be here
Hi, thank you for visiting the Well Club. I believe we all want to be well. When someone asks “how are you?” we want to say “I’m really well” (and mean it!). I also believe we’re all just doing the best we can, including trying to do all the things we “should” do to beContinue reading “Hello, it’s great to be here”
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