Yesterday, a new patient walked into my therapy room, sat across me and poured her heart out. After years and years of allowing others to control her….she was close to breaking point. This control was not just physical but mental attachments. She felt weighed down and her life felt like it stood still. I instantly …
Category archives: Life
Goodbye Blues…
I haven’t blogged anything for the last 3 weeks. Whenever I took my Ipad to do some writing, it was a challenge for me to scribe my feelings and views. I had to take time out to contemplate on what was stopping me. Then it dawned on me how emotional I have been since the new year. It’s weird how your …
A New Year with a new outlook…
Happy new year to all my Blog & Facebook readers and patients. May 2016 be a year where you strive to realise that you are the most important person in your life and you start to romance yourself. -Begin with loving yourself by be gentle to yourself. Take time to BE. -Be kind to your …
The Healing Silence
Today I stood outside a beautiful cathedral in Lincoln. This colossal place of worship was built in 1088, commissioned by the great William the Conqueror. The intricate carvings and sculptures just overwhelmed my senses. I looked in awe….whilst patiently waiting in the queue to enter this sanctum of prayer. What caught my eye instantaneously were …
Celebrating vs complaining
When I look around there’s a world, my world, that I have so much to be grateful for. A few nights ago was one of those special moments my heart was filled with gratitude and appreciation. How clever is our brain to perceive personal experiences in our life and then change it into chemical …
It’s the holidays: Is it stress-full or stress-free?
‘Tis the season to be jolly… It’s great listening to Christmas songs echoing through shopping mall, radio stations and loving homes. No one wants to miss out on the holiday excitement. Everyone wants time to enjoy hot chocolates with marshmallows and appreciate the flickering glow from the lights that reflect from the baubles on the …
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Journeys to the unknown
We’ve all been here! How many times have you heard people say, “I don’t know what to do….What if it’s the wrong decision?…I could be making a huge mistake…I don’t know what’s in stall for me….etc.” I know for a fact that I have been in this conundrum too many times. Thank God, with the right support …
Just breathe
Allow your breath to anchor your present. Be mindful of each breathe and release the past… With each breath we inhale, we fill our cells with beautiful oxygen. With each exhalation, we have the power to release toxins that flow through our blood stream, making us ill. With every thought, the mind releases chemeicals into …