How much would you estimate that you have spent on doctors, supplements and health food in your quest to heal your chronic exhaustion or burnout? Don’t get me wrong…I do think that supplement and diet regimes can make a big difference. But not for the long-term and not as a
Are you feeling like you have no choice but to make a change in your life? What is your go-to way to achieve change and make it stick? I bet most of you will include some version of “work harder” in your answer…. We’ve been taught from a young age
There was this time, while on a 3 hour road trip, that I had such a strong sense I needed to take the next off-ramp and double back onto the highway to pick up a young woman and her child and baby who I’d passed but somehow carried with me
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
9 years ago, when my daughter turned one, I hoped desperately it was like some magical turning point that I’d been longing for – that somehow I’d have the energy to be the perfect mom I’d imagined I would be, the fog would clear, the bog would let go of
I bet that if you’ve been experiencing chronic exhaustion for some time you’d really like something to change? The thing is… Are YOU ready to change? We cannot expect anything to be different if we don’t allow ourselves to release what is creating the exhaustion and to make space for
I remember a time where every. single. decision. I made was based on how much energy it would take from me. I operated from the feeling that my energy supply was in the reserve already and just one thing could topple me into completely empty, followed by a crash. This
(You can download the audio version here) “Trauma is not the bad things that happened to you but what happens inside of you as a result of what happened to you” – Dr Gabor Maté, specialist in childhood development and trauma. Also from Gabor Maté: “Trauma is the disconnection from
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?
I was 19 years old and had taken the brave step of seeing a psychologist for the first time in my life. In the very first session I heard him say “You think you’re in control of everything but actually you’re not”. It felt like a slap in the face.
