My Writings
TRE- Shaking it out with Hospital Staff
TRE- Stressed Hospital Staff shaking out their Tension We've all been through two years of uncertainty, conflicting media stories and stress as we've been dealing with Covid. However it is probably safe to say that [...]
A New World Within: TRE and Inner Dance
A New World Within: TRE and Inner Dance I like to see myself as a bit of an explorer and adventurer but rather than new lands or countries, the places I like exploring are the inner [...]
TRE – My Journey of Discovery into Stress and Trauma
TRE- My Journey of Discovery into Stress and Trauma I first came across TRE four years ago when I was actively exploring body based methods of healing. TRE stands for tension or trauma release exercise and [...]
Triggers – Wake up Calls from Life
Triggers - Wake up Calls from Life The term “trigger” has made its way into the lexicon of popular psychology, generally referring to an event that was unwelcome or unwanted. “You triggered me when you ignored [...]
The Purpose of Life…
The Purpose of Life... ...is to be defeated by greater and greater things....Rainer Maria Rilke I simply love this quotation. It speaks to me of deep wisdom polished within the tumbles and falls of living. It [...]
The Journey to our Heart
The Journey to our Heart “Open your Heart” this has to be one of the most commonly espoused and yet misunderstood tag-lines of the spiritual movement. It sounds so sweet and innocent, after all “Love conquers [...]
Men and Women – Healing the Hurt
Men and Women - Healing the Hurt For many months we have had separate groups for the men and the women within our community and this week we decided to bring them together and see what it [...]
The Fear Factor: Who’s in charge – Reptile or Mammal?
The Fear Factor: Who's in charge - Reptile or Mammal? Today more than ever, world events and especially the media coverage of those events seem to mainline waves of fear directly into our bodies. Images of [...]
The Life Waiting for Us
The Life Waiting for Us As children we all had dreams and visions of what our lives would look like when we grew up. We were told that “The world is our oyster” and that “everything [...]
Depression: A distress signal from our soul?
Depression: A distress signal from our soul? What if your depression, your anxiety, your general not-okness, was not a sign that there’s something wrong with you, that you’re defective, bad or not good enough? What if [...]
Why Positivity is Killing us
Why Positivity is Killing us “Positive thinking” is one of the holiest rules of the New Age/Self-help movement and simply stated is the belief that negativity is “bad” for you, that thinking sad, angry, grief-filled thoughts [...]
A lesson from a “strong” single woman: Why working on yourself may not always work out….
A lesson from a “strong” single woman: Why working on yourself may not always work out.... For most of the last twenty years I have been an avid exponent of “self-development”- I’ve shouted, danced, sang, re-birthed, [...]
