In the last few weeks I have been sharing about becoming more connected to your body. “Yes!” You may be saying “but how” you may be asking.1. STOPIt is not possible to be ‘doing’ which -is a place of action and motion -and to be deeply present with your body at
It’s easy to throw a pill in your mouth, take a swig of water and swallow it down, perhaps spending a few seconds hoping it will help before moving on to the next thing that needs to be done. It’s more difficult to take the time to heal the body
How often do you ignore the need to pee or the pang of hunger and push through to complete whatever it is you are doing? From the very moment we are born we are intricately connected to our bodies and the physical sensations that let us know when we have
I used to treat my body as a machine and expected it to work efficiently and to meet my standards of perfection all the time. I got angry with my body and didn’t like myself when my body did not meet my expectations or I couldn’t perform or achieve as
I recently read this humorous description of what I call ‘doing addiction’ by Copywriter, Kevin Rogers (The Copy Chief): “I remember a few too many evenings when I literally felt like I could not close the laptop. As if some kind of psychological octopus had wrapped its suction cup tentacles around
Some of you may have heard me say that chronic fatigue can be a gift. For me, my diagnosis and perpetual crashes forced me onto a path of self-discovery that provided me with clarity about how I was seeing and doing life in a way that exhausted me. This knowledge then
I know about the body and mind connection but I was not prepared for what happened to me last week. I recently felt called to make an appointment with a physio who specialises in pelvic floor dysfunction in relation to a few niggling complaints. In particular, I had experienced a
With Women’s Day happening in South Africa today let’s bring out our womanness. Yes, I made that word up but it’s just another way to say let’s embrace our feminine sides. This refers to men and women alike, or however you choose to identify yourself. In my journey with Adrenal
Every second person I talk to these days complains about being constantly tired and that’s not because I am seeing them as clients. These are friends, moms at school, my family and the shop-teller who likes to share her life story when she rings up my items! Chronic fatigue is
If you have come to the point with your exhaustion that you realise you need some medical support perhaps your experience of medical treatment need not be what you have experienced before. Very often people experience doctors and treatment as negative and this is often because they feel powerless and
