Sometimes things have to hit you in the head.

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I found myself swallowing back some tears when my littlest Mini was trying to explain to me the “funny feeling” she gets in her tummy when forced to talk to children she doesn’t know. It was school holidays and we were doing that home holiday thing where you end up jamming as many activities into your life as possible!  This…

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The S.O.S. Model – A little nibbler

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I’m currently working with a forward thinking organisation who believes that knowledge is power.  So they are rolling out some statewide information sessions on “Relationships”. When I was putting together the sessions, I sat for hours thinking of new and exciting ways to reinvent the wheel.  And when I say hours, I am not lying to you…. it was HOURS!…

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When Dreaming Gives Me Nightmares

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I’ve recently been asked about sleep and dreams and poor sleep quality.  Its an area of interest because I too had a recurring dream that drove me balmy.  And don’t get me started on the 3am eye pop moment – which inevitably ends up with a lovely (read “frustrating”) internal argument about needing to fall asleep before writing off the…

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Is Sadness an Illness?

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Recently, my family, friends and some of my clients, have found themselves feeling raw and vulnerable after the death of someone very precious.  I too have felt that hollowness. Grief is such a personal thing.  Losing someone can throw out a whole planet’s orbit, leaving us alone with a little voice in our head asking “how could this happen?”  or…

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Opinion for the Day

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Are you slightly addicted to your Facebook newsfeed?  Are there people that you follow blindly? I’ve had to take a little step back and remind myself that these people that I follow – well, they are human too.  They have prejudices and cognitive biases and a range of distorted perceptions that I sometimes forget exist because I get sucked in to…

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