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Choose peace over pain & love over fear
Choosing to let peace and love run your life, rather than be ruled by pain or fear.
the price of freedom | Weekly Yoga Class Focus
We all live with pain and our tendency is to avoid it. Each time we avoid it we create a layer of sensitivity and the pain stays stuck in you, affecting everything you do.
freeing yourself
It doesn’t matter what others do, unless you decide that it matters to you. . .
Removing your inner thorn
Is there an ‘inner thorn’ niggling away at you? Is someone or something in your life this week offering you the opportunity to grow?
Life is happening for you, not against you.
Freeing ourself starts with letting go of trying to control life…
staying centred
‘Your centre of consciousness is always stronger than the energy that is pulling on it’.
your inner roommate
free yourself from yourself.. set a clear direction and resist allowing the wandering to deter you.
be disciplined
Where do I need to put in a little more effort, to be self-disciplined? Where do I need to remind myself the greater gains are more beneficial than the desires, which present themselves each day.
be thankful
Contentment is a feeling which tends to stay with you, has a sense of depth to it, of radiating out.
connection
In yoga we connect back with our body and mind through our focus on the poses (asana) and on our breath.
do not run away from yourself
'Simply do not run away from yourself. Our society and culture offer us many distractions, many entertaining toys to help us run away from ourselves
Self-Care: Starting the Year with Healthful Intentions
Your invitation to take time to set the tone for the months ahead, with the power of self-care, to transform your wellbeing.
The Power of Self-Reflection, with a New Year here
I share some tips and ideas for effective self-reflection; drawn from my therapeutic philosophy, practices, and experience.
6 Qualities to Cultivate this Christmas Time
Your invitation to reflect, or consider, in the lead-up to the festive season is: How do I wish to be this Christmas? What qualities & attitudes am I aspiring for?
Mindful Approaches to Holidays: Nurturing Self-Care and Boundaries
Self-care and boundaries are game changers in moving through family celebrations, which can be fraught with complicated emotions.
Navigating Year-End Stress: Strategies for Corporate Workers
The pressure to meet year-end targets, finish projects, and manage personal and professional obligations can become overwhelming. Let’s chunk down 3 key tips for effectively managing end of year stress.
Navigating Grief During Holiday Times and Special Occasions
Grief can have a big impact on holiday times and special occasions, especially in the first year following your loss.
Disenfranchised Grief and Validating Unseen Loss
Disenfranchised grief is a term used to describe the unique pain that arises when society doesn’t acknowledge or validate a particular loss.
Nurturing Growth Amidst Grief: Understanding Lois Tonkin's Model
There is no one way to grieve. Tonkin’s model of grief helps us to understand how we can continue to grow around our grief.
Understanding the Evolving Stages of Grief and Healing
If you’re navigating grief, there are some evolving ideas around the stages of grief and how we heal, that you may find supportive.
Practical Steps from Two Models of Grief
Robert Neimeyer's meaning-making model of grief, and the Dual Process Model.
Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Grief
Exploring 4 Models: The Tasks of Morning, Growing around Grief, Making Meaning & The Stages of Grief
How to use Journalling as your Own Inner Coach
Journalling can be a supportive and therapeutic way to engage in personal development and self-therapy…
Different ways to journal (with examples)
Different examples of journalling styles, including stream of consciousness and letter to self journalling.
20 Journal Prompts for Self Awareness
Some prompts to support you as you establish your own journalling practice.
Journalling as a tool for emotion regulation
I will sometimes offer journalling to clients who resonate with writing, as a complementary activity alongside therapy. By writing down our thoughts and emotional experiences, we can ‘externalise’ them (get them out of our heads and out into the world).