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“Journaling can be an excellent way to increase self-awareness, discover and change habits.” Akiroq Brost This week’s topic is journaling, and this can happen in a couple of very different ways.  Journaling can be a brain dump, in which you get things off your chest or out of your head OR it can be used…

“When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.” Jess C Scott This week I have been discussing “Emotional Freedom Techniques”…

“Self-care is how you take your power back.” Lalah Delia I wrote about self-care in December, and I feel that it is once again timely to remind you all that this is such an important thing to do.  It is an essential task that we all need to do, to spend time on activities that…

“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.” Everett Dirkson This week’s topic is flexibility and for those of you that know me well, this is not physical flexibility! I am talking about flexibility in our thoughts and thinking patterns.  The ability to…

“When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ‘ I say, ‘Your salary.’” Alfred Hitchcock This week we are investigating funding options to attend counselling or therapy sessions.  As always if the sessions are fully or partly subsidised…

“I love the irony. I’m perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man.” Michael J Fox Perception is always tricky and more so when discussing money or fee for service. Ironically, my theme for this week is perceived value and I often preplan some of my marketing…

“Everything in us presses toward decision, even toward the wrong decision, just to be free of the anxiety that precedes any big step in life.”  May Sarton As the quote above highlights, making decisions are often fraught with anxiety!  From the simple decision (or perhaps not) of what to wear each day, what to cook…

“Life just happens. That’s not the crazy part. The crazy part is when people fight it, when they don’t let it just happen.”   C JoyBell C Keeping well is an art form.  For some people, this is their physical health BUT mental health is just as important.  Without both, our mind and spirit does…

“Look … first and foremost, I’m a scientist. That means it’s my responsibility to make observations and gather evidence before forming a hypothesis, not vice versa.”  Allen Steele For those who are seeing a therapist/counsellor under a Mental Health Treatment Plan, there are a number of guidelines we need to meet.  The treatment needs to…

“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.”  S Kelley Harrell This week’s topic is always interesting – local or out of region?  Many people love to shop online, however this does not work for me for a number of reasons.  The same with services, we have a similar choice apart from services that do…

“Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.”    Jim Rohn Receiving support can be difficult at times. For me, I like to provide the support, both professionally and personally.  So, this was a…

“One person’s self-care isn’t necessarily another’s – there is going to be a lot of individuality.” Gail Saltz Self-care is a concept that is quite new to people.  Some think that self-care is a form of indulgence or even selfish.  At its very essence, self-care is a way of nurturing yourself on a daily basis…

“No one can whistle a symphony.  It takes a whole orchestra to play it”.  HE Luccock This week I am talking about teamwork and also trusting your team. Whether you are in a work team or have a team around you for health or social reasons, you need to work at being cohesive.  The team…

“Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.”  Bryce Courtenay I often recall how I fell into social work when invited to consider…

“Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunity – to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work.” Klaus Schwab This year, I have decided to be brave and not only learn a new modality of therapy but also…

“If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals.” Lou Holtz This week’s topic is about goals and for me, this isn’t just business goals – it also includes my self-care and hobbies. Over twenty years ago, I was…

“In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories. ”  Alberto Manguel I was prompted this week to write a Facebook post about “the old stories you tell yourself”.  This really had me thinking about the stories that I have held over the years and how easy…

“True human connection is found at the level of pure consciousness.”  Patrick Zeis It’s a little ironic (or timely) that my theme for this week is proximity or closeness of relationships as on Saturday I was part of a high tea, in which 56 women came together with a friend (and/or family members) or more…

“The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!” Earl Nightingale I’ve been talking to a few friends about changing work…

“Change is uncomfortable, but it’s helpful!” Israelmore Ayivor I have been wondering what to write about for this week’s blog and I got a little stuck.  For three days I have been pondering and was getting a little frustrated!  Then I remembered to look at my plan – I had hidden it away because we…