Australia on Fire Australia on fire. Who would have known that the headlines this summer would be so horrendous. The news reports so heart-breaking. Extreme. Devastating. Monstrous. Unbelievable. Unthinkable. These are just a few of the words that come to mind as I think about the catastrophic bushfire events of the past few weeks here…
The Pain! Emotional pain: Is yours hijacking you? It just wouldn’t let up! I couldn’t find any escape. It was the only thing I seemed to think about. I thought I was doing everything I could to try not to think about it. And yet, there I was, completely consumed! Hijacked by my pain. I…
As this Mother’s Day approaches I sit here writing with some big, wild emotions. Torn between which one to share and make my focus. I’m a therapist, so addressing big emotions is what I do. But I’ll confess, perhaps not surprisingly, that there are moments in my own journey that are incredibly challenging. More so…
CONNECTION. It’s one of those core human needs we all have innately placed within us. That hope that somehow our presence is important, valued and desired by someone else. Or is it all just a bit cliché? Why is it that genuine connection seems to be so lacking, and so difficult to find in our…
I have a number of beautiful incredible people in my world in the public eye and prominent leadership positions within various communities and organisations. My husband and I have been in such roles ourselves throughout the past two decades. I been involved in and witnessed many dynamics. Wonderful, powerful, progressive. Devastating, soul-destroying, dishonouring and down-right…
L O V E. This month somehow requires me to address this topic right?! Writings on ‘self-love’ have most definitely saturated marketing, blogs, magazines and social media worldwide during the past weeks, so I’ve been led to take a slightly different angle this time. An area and a perspective that is growing people’s curiosity daily….
There is a concept I was never fully aware of how to define or put words to until about 12 months ago when I heard two of my beautiful friends use this particular phrase. The use of this term intrigued me and caused me to do my own reflection and research into what it meant…
Personally, I love the Christmas season. It has such special significance for my family and I as we celebrate the most precious of things to us. My childhood years were filled with an abundance of memorable (even ridiculous) moments, rituals and traditions that will be impressed upon my heart and mind for the rest of…
EMOTIONS…..we all have them! Not one of us can escape them, although some sure try! They can rule us, guide us, teach us, shame us. They can take us by surprise, and (if we allow) help us to recognize when something isn’t quite how it should be. But the reality is this! They’re always there,…
The majority of my adult life has been spent working with young people in some shape or form and in various capacities, from my professional work as a school teacher, counsellor and family therapist, to mentor, foster carer, residential home carer, to years of voluntary work as a leader of young people in my local…