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Compassion Fatigue in Cancer Caregivers: Signs, Burnout and Support | Holding The Helper
Compassion Fatigue in Cancer Caregivers: Signs, Burnout and Support | Holding The Helper Within my therapeutic clinical practice I work with both cancer patients and their caregivers. There are distinct themes associated with the emotions that arrive with a cancer...
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Why Am I So Tired? When I Haven’t Done Anything Different?
Resetting the Nervous System to right here, right now! This is the most common question I get asked when working with women in my clinical practice. Women who are competent, powerful, and intelligent. Women who juggle all the things, and yet still suffer. They all...
The Cost of Living in Survival Mode
Why Chronic Stress Changes the Way You Think, Feel and Function Most people don’t realise they’re living in survival mode. Even I’m guilty of that. People simply know they’re exhausted. As a neuro counsellor, people tell me that they often feel completely overwhelmed....
Menopause and Executive Function
Menopause and Executive Function: How Hormonal Changes Affect Focus, Memory, and Planning Menopause is more than the end of menstrual cycles. For many women, perimenopause and menopause bring changes in memory, focus, emotional regulation, motivation, and mental...
Self Help
Why Code Words Are Helpful For Neurodivergent Families
When The Nervous System Speaks Louder Than Words Many neurodivergent children and adults experience the world differently. They think, feel and process life differently compared to neurotypical people. This often leaves them feeling isolated, like a black sheep....
The Power Of A Family Code Word
Call A Time-Out, Not A War There’s a certain reality that we all face. When you spend time with the same people, within shared spaces, there will be times of big feelings. However, when people can’t neurologically co-regulate in a functional manner, this can lead to...
Connect With Your True Self
How To Welcome The Queenager To Her Throne There comes a significant moment in a woman’s midlife. It is often when she looks in the mirror after her morning shower. Whilst it’s a silent moment it’s disruptive to her inner equilibrium, because she has just realised she...
Cancer
Trauma Treasure
As published in August edition of MumprenuerMovementMagazine I once thought trauma was a dirty word.Let me assure you trauma isn't easy, especially with an inflexible mindset that is fear-based. There's a scale of trauma that we all experience on some level. At the...
Breast Cancer Is The Time To Gather Your Tribe
Breast cancer is challenging enough, there’s no need to do it alone. No one needs to be that strong. Have you got a tribe? A girl posse if you will? I do and I’m the luckiest girl in the world with the love they have gifted me during my breast cancer chapter. Without...
Why Asking “WHAT” Will Give You The Answers You Seek
How to move forward in your life! I’ve not met a single person on the planet yet who enjoys the thought of “sucking it up” or relishing the taste of a dog turd served up on a platter. That’s what a cancer diagnosis gifts you at the start of the experience. I recognise...
Law of Attraction
5 Ways To Declutter After Christmas
Clear Your Space & Your Vibe Do you declutter after Christmas when you pull down the tree? Ever get a tingle when the vibe isn’t quite right? Feeling heavy or dense? Do you have episodes of feeling stagnant or stuck? Procrastinate much? Is there a palpable tension...
You Don’t Need A Genie In A Bottle To Manifest Your Dream Life
In this article I share how to manifest your dream life and find your holy grail by revisiting your dharma in meditation... I discovered the location of the Holy Grail! Well, perhaps that’s a bit of a stretch. I discovered the map to find your grail! I’m not sure...
How To Turn Your Bedroom Into A Private Retreat
5 Tips To Transform Your Bedroom Into An Oasis Today Originally published within 'The Innovation' Publication on Medium Just because we’re back in lockdown doesn’t automatically negate pampering. Sure the ability to have others touch, like in a massage,...
Business
What is The Cost of Not Walking Away From Your To-Do List?
A Fresh Perspective On Your To-Do List There will come a time when you will feel safe enough to pause, even though your to-do list isn’t finished. I promise, but it does take a little effort on your part in order to break the habit that you need to do it all — today....
The Worst Advice For A Solopreneur
Just Stick To Your Zone Of Genius I’m currently working with a couple of local businesses. I provide mindset coaching to staff and leadership. We do a lot of reframing of experienced and misperceived stress, using my external perspective of various situations. I had...
You Don’t Need A Sales Funnel To Succeed
5 Ways to consistently market your authentic self I’ve been in business for almost twenty years. Over that time, marketing has come a long way. I often use the analogy that marketing is much like the telephone — it’s barely recognisable these days. I’m mature enough...
Personal
Dine In Your Sunshine
The other day I left the house at dawn for my usual wake up walk. Immersion into nature for me is the best way to ground and illuminate my senses and activate my intuition. It’s my way to get ready for the day and how I set my intention for happiness. With...
Let Your Autumn Leaves Fall
This is the season to get ‘bare’ and heal. Favourite time of year Autumn would have to be my favourite time of year on so many levels. The nights are cool so you can sleep. The days have glorious warm sunshine which doesn't burn you or cause...
Ode To The Mother
I have been asked all week what I will be doing for 'Mother’s day’? And I responded to everyone with the same response, "what I do every day!!!!" I celebrate how bloody lucky I am! For me, the special and poignant times have including carrying a pregnancy...
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I deeply respect and pay homage to all Elders across time, honouring the gift that the spiritual connection that the Braiakulung people have with the Gunaikurnai country which cannot be broken.
I recognise sovereignty has never been ceded, and share the intention that true custodianship will be correctly honoured.
I see the deep love of and for country, the land, our shared environment and communities. May we all openly see and respect each other’s uniqueness whilst maintaining respect and understanding of our differences within our respective cultures.
I am humbly grateful to the custodians of the land we share, which has been so greatly nurtured by you, for my benefit and enjoyment. May I continue to learn with ease and grace, your evolving song line, which brings me to a place of quiet respect and understanding that unites us as we all bloom from within.