Today is my birthday and I’m turning 42. In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the number 42 is said to be “the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything”! I’m ready for that after this crazy, uncertain year but, jokes aside, it does feel like
Long ago, before I became a psychologist I was really battling in my relationship and was seeing a psychologist for some support. I was so focussed on all the things that were not working and could not imagine how the relationship would work in the long-term. I was depressed and
To live conscious, healthy and whole lives we must embrace all aspects of ourselves- and this includes the shadow parts. These are the unconscious parts of ourselves we do not want to face as they make us feel unworthy or shameful in some way. Unfortunately, when they are not owned,
Am I free from anxiety and the experience of stress? Of course not! I am, like you, biologically wired to respond to perceived threats so that I will protect myself. Do I feel more empowered, less stressed and less anxious now than a few years ago? Yes, definitely! I experience
From having my wrists bound and made prisoner in one room in my house by my 5 year old to playing Kitty Kitty where the cats (both my children) were stuck inside the house because of the alarm beams (cotton and sticky tape around the bunk bed), it does not
It would be very unusual for someone not to feel stressed at this time. Now, with a full lock down being imposed in South Africa for the next three weeks I couldn’t help but notice the air of hysteria that lay under the many jokes and memes that flew around
Following on the heels of my last post discussing how chronic fatigue is a spiritual experience this one was written to provide some suggestions for how to deepen spirituality for those who feel called to do so. There are two points I feel to share before I begin. Point #1:
Chronic Exhaustion was my dark night of the soul. For me Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome has been more than only a body and mind experience. It’s been a deeply spiritual one. I would go so far as to say it has been a spiritual awakening. I know this is the case
Do you always set goals as new year’s resolutions – like giving up smoking, exercising more and being a nicer person?! Do you ever consider where you have been and what has worked and hasn’t worked when you set these goals? To borrow a quote from Terry Pratchett: “If you
Today marks the last full moon of 2020 and is a great time for a celebration. Full moon is associated with harvest time – the stage in the lunar cycle where we harvest the fruits of the seeds that were planted in the new moon phase (of this particularly lunar
