In a world of uncertainty – top 10 ideas to keep the sun shining

Living in a world of uncertainty is an experience very new to most of us and it has been compared to living during a war.  It seems that everyone I talk to is on this emotional roller coaster and I wanted today to share some things that you could try to create a more even keel in your life.  Sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference as to  how you feel and think. There are two thoughts that resonate with me the most [...]

The Secret Language of Feelings – What You Need to Know For Better Health

PHYSICAL VS EMOTIONAL WELL BEING When I think about feelings and emotions these days I find it difficult to do it in isolation from ones physical health.  The article is about The Secret Language of Feelings, a secret that has been a secret too long in my opinion! When we talk about improving our health usually four things come to mind; lose weight,  healthier eating, quit smoking and exercise more. When we talk about health usually we relate to our physical body and what we can physically [...]

11 Things That Happy People Do Differently

As I look outside, the Brisbane sun is shining and temp is probably around 20 degrees yet I search for clues as to why I feel unusually flat these days. Is it that winter slump (people do go into hibernation you know), is it that I have put so much into the first half of the year my mind and body are craving some respite or perhaps giving up the red wine was not the best move! But seriously, we all feel this way from time to [...]

How To Dissolve Stress In Under 2 Minutes

"It's not stress that causes us to fall, it's how we respond to it" Stress is all around and it's something we just have to live with in today's world but the challenge should be about how we manage it, how we respond to it. Of all the people who visit a GP  this year almost 80% will have stress as a component of their illness. This is because our bodies and our minds don't function properly when we are stressed and long term stress can actually [...]

Is It Time To Move On? 7 Clues It Might Be…

Remember that carefree feeling you had as a child, being able to just enjoy life as it happened, able to hang upside down without a worry in the world. But we grew up and life became more complicated, we took on responsible, we became accountable and then found ourselves feeling unfulfilled, unhappy, frustrated or lost. So let me ask you are the “shoulds” preventing you from living a fulfilling life? Are they stopping you from having the balance we all need to be happy? Sometimes life deals us “crap” and that’s [...]

2 Simple Tips To Long Lasting Love

It’s that time of the year again where there is a touch of love in the air. Valentines day, although now so commercialised I wonder how many of us still look for some token that we are loved. That someone cares enough to send a card, give us flowers or take us to dinner. It seemed timely that I write something on love so I went looking for a definition. Not an easy feat in fact it was really hard to find a definition that [...]

Random Acts Of Kindness

As we move towards Christmas we tend to get caught up in our own lives and sometimes the stress and pressure that many of us experience at this time of year means we fail to notice that someone may need our help. I read an article recently that listed the top 10 random acts of kindness that people would most like to receive. The number 1 answer was getting a hand written note in the mail. That may surprise many of the younger generation (under [...]

Is Stress Killing Us?

The first report was published by Lifeline Australia in 2009 on the effects that stress is having on everyday Australians' hip pocket. Apart from the significant financial impact that stress is having on the economy, the majority of everyday Australians are suffering  in silence, unaware that they can do something about it. At this very moment 91% of Australians feel stressed about some aspect of their lives. What's more, stress has been linked to obesity, premature ageing and heart disease and that's just the start. [...]

UK Singer Turns To Hypnotherapy After Breakup

I read an article in the Waterford News and Star recently about Katie Perry trying to get over her relationship with John Meyer and choosing hypnotherapy to do it. So will it work, can you change the way you feel about someone and get over the pain of a relationship breakup. There are certainly a number of techniques within the hypnotherapy suit of tools that could help to change the way you respond to your feelings about someone. Often being stuck in the past causes [...]

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