Did you know that we can only experience as much change, including positive healing change, as what our nervous systems will allow? In fact the nervous system can actually be a type of prison if we don’t become aware of this connection. I’m pretty sure that somewhere along the line
I’m guessing that you’re really hoping for someone to tell you the one best thing that’s going to make you feel like you have all the energy, confidence and joy you desperately desire? If you’re honest with yourself I’m guessing you’re scared of anything that’s going to be hard work
This cutie joined our family recently and we’ve settled on Shadow for his name! My children like it because he follows me around like a Shadow (I’m the one who feeds him!) and he’s a dark colour like a shadow. What I love about this name is that so much of
Most of the exhausted people I work with and know are givers. This often goes hand-in-hand with rescuing and/or people-pleasing (also called Fawning). All of these behaviours, when done to an extreme that causes imbalance and ill health, are trauma adaptations rather than healthy personality attributes. You can learn more
Trauma can create an identity/personality that seems to be who you truly are but is in fact not your true self.That trauma identity can then shape how you live life in a way that creates body and mind imbalance. Yet that identity, way of seeing the self and the world,
This holiday I was so looking forward to finally settling down and having a proper break in our new home with lazy days on the beach and fun times with friends. Instead, after a week in Johannesburg to see family for Christmas we unknowingly brought back an unwanted passenger…. Covid
When I was about 5 a friend and I decided it was terribly unfair that we could not pee standing up like boys! I suppose this was not surprising given that our mothers were famously known for having burned their bras in a passionate but misguided gesture of feminine equality.
Less than a month ago my husband and I had no idea what was about to unfold. Now, feeling rather overwhelmed and slightly shell-shocked, we have put an offer in on a house in a seaside town 7 hours from Cape Town where we currently live and our own house
Today in South Africa we celebrate Women’s Day which is very important for the recognition of the ways in which women have suffered by virtue of holding the status of the ‘weaker’ sex and for the roles that women (specifically woman of colour) have played in ensuring balance and equality
Do you have tension in your jaw right now? And in your neck and shoulders? How about your stomach muscles – are they fully relaxed? And are you holding your breath? Do you know that many people with chronic fatigue have a great deal of musculoskeletal tension in their bodies?
