Tag: positive lifestyle
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Trauma Therapy Session 13: Post day 3. This one’s just for me…
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also to help me reflect and find the lessons to move forward. To anyone out there following my therapy journey, apologises I can’t give you a download on the last session it was one that I think I will…
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Walking on sunshine
I had to jump on really quickly today and let you all know how great I am feeling. Therapy is so productive. I have found a new level of openness with the hubby. I am settled into some new amazing hobbies (Yoga and Archery) I am not yet smashing it in a new job but…
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Resilience. Its about struggling, failing, falling down…then getting back up.
Resilience is something many in the modern professional world aspire to. An office buzzword, sometimes thrown around with little understanding of the meaning. I have heard this word positioned by many a leader as a skill to withstand prolonged periods of uncertainty, a way to hold fast in a storm, an idea you can carry…
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Six reasons you don’t want help. Challenge yourself to do something different today.
I could list so many people I know right now who are unhappy. For some of them it’s a subtle feeling…I don’t remember the last time I felt truly happy. For others they have confided in me they have struggled so much they have considered taking their own lives. What do many of these people…
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Finding happiness or mental well-being is messy and worth it.
Something I have been pondering of late is what the path to improve our mental health looks like. Occasionally in our therapy sessions Chris will ask to complete a questionnaire to gauge where any levels of anxiety or depression are at. I can see the value in these processes as they allow you to set…
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Why we have to change the narrative around mental health treatment. Therapy is good.
A short break from current run of therapy session downloads, although I suppose still related. I mentioned in passing to a family member this week that I was getting some treatment. It was a casual statement when they were asking what plans I had for the week. A couple of days later they messaged me…
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Trauma Therapy Session 7: Post Session day 2. Not the conversation I was expecting.
Sooner or later I am going to realise there is no value in getting myself wound up about expectations of a conversation because sometimes we end up on a totally different tangent. Today was one of those days. We sign posted last week that we would use the time today to discuss a little about…
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Trauma Therapy Session 5: Post Session Day 6: I Didn’t Fail, I Survived.
One of the interesting discoveries I have made through this exploration of trauma therapy is the overarching story I have been telling myself years. I never voiced this opinion, I rarely thought about it, but in every conversation it is there. That subtle narrative the occasional words… my fault, I failed, I should have done……
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Four ways to protect your well-being when the world is Going to Sh!t
I appreciate that with lots of uncertainty and turmoil in the world again it is easy for anxiety to get out of hand. Here are some tips to maintain the calm in the storm. Avoid the News This is a hard one but so important. There is so much information freely available these days we…
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Trauma Session 4. Day 5 Debrief.
In the spirit of continuing to share for anyone else out there either navigating therapy or considering it, here is the low down on session Four of trauma work. We didn’t talk about the traumatic events in the last session, we mostly spent the time reflecting on the previous session and some broader considerations. It…
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