This seed was planted a little over 2 years ago... one of the most beautiful authors (Rebecca Campbell) signed a copy of her book for me... with THESE words... intuitively writing words that were exactly what my soul needed to hear. That day my intention and attention shifted back towards me. After a day of intention setting and beautiful practices. Her message in my book is something I often look back at as a reminder to Rise! especially on the days, I feel I can’t... I whisper these words to myself and get up once again.

I’m extending this invitation to you dear follower of this account... RISE no matter how many times you fall... RISE...

and also offering you some of the lessons I have learned in my business this year. 2020 offered (and still offers) many opportunities to RISE...

Things I’ve learned in my biz during 2020:

more than ever I listened to my Inner Guidance this year. Learning to Trust it with every decision. Finding new ways to utilise my intuition...

Feeling overwhelmed is a common problem that can strike at any moment. As demands roll in from all directions this productivity-killing monster often rears its ugly head. At first, it’s not so bad. We feel busy, challenged, maybe even a little excited that we have so much to do. 

If you’re an entrepreneur, you probably know this feeling all too well. You’re running on all cylinders trying to build your business. You have a long to-do list that seems to grow longer every day. You just don’t have enough hours in the day.

Feeling overwhelmed can result in negative emotions such as anxiety, worry or irritability. And it can increase your stress levels, which could lead to even more serious issues with your mental or physical health.

While you can’t add more hours to your day, there are a number of strategies you can use to help you stop feeling overwhelmed, and we would like to share three tips with you to overcome overwhelm. 

1) Take a...

The talking stick, also called a speaker's staff, is an instrument of aboriginal democracy used by many tribes, especially those of indigenous peoples of North America.

The talking stick may be passed around a group, as multiple people speak in turn, or used only by leaders as a symbol of their authority and right to speak in public.

I often use a Talking Stick during my workshops or groups. The stick gets passed around in the group, and whoever holds the stick has the opportunity to speak while the rest of the group listen. As a sign of respect and deep listening, no one interrupts the speaker as they are talking, until they pass on the stick to the next person. 

When the stick is passed on, the whole group will acknowledge the person who have spoken by saying "A'ho!! or "Sia!!"

I love using a talking stick in groups as it ensures everyone is heard in the group and everyone is acknowledged. 

That is why I have named my Monthly Newsletter "Talking...

If you have clicked on this blog post you are more than likely thinking about booking or maybe have booked an Online Session with a therapist or supervisor... 

Online Sessions are becoming more popular as many therapists find the need to connect with their clients online and vice versa. 

If you are thinking about booking an online session I would like to offer you four tips to make the session as supportive as possible...

Make sure you have privacy

Maybe you could use your office, home office or maybe a spare room in your house. Ask your colleagues (if at work) / family or house mates not to disturb you during this time, as you are on an important call. 

Make sure to use earphones or headphones

Apart from the sound being a lot clearer when using headphones, it also offers more privacy for you. As the sound coming from your computer or mobile device would be for your ears only. 

Turn off distractions

Turning off any background noise like radios and televisions...

Everyone has an innate need to be "heard", and Effective Listening constitutes many different skills that will have a person feel heard and that you truly "get" them. In a study conducted by Adler and Proctor in 2001, they found that adults spend an average of 70% of their time engaged in some sort of communication, of this an average of 45% is spent listening compared to 30% speaking, 16% reading, and 9% writing.

In my work as a psychotherapist, I spend a BIG chunk of my day actively listening to clients, to their stories, but also to the emotional nuances of their voice, the silences etc. It is a skill that I have built a lot of muscle on over the years, but a skill that is a continuous work in progress!

Active Listenings as a skill is imperative to your every day dealing within your relationships -  whether they be romantic partners, family members, friends, clients, students, customers,  etc. It is a skill that most of us can improve on...

Let's look at whether you...

Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy and bringing more of what you want into your life. The feeling of genuine gratitude opens the channels for more goodness to enter into our life experiences. Gratitude has also been said to have one of the strongest links with mental health and according to research, Grateful people reported higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism and lower levels of depression and stress. Below we have laid out for you 10 steps to take which will help you on your way to becoming more grateful.

1: Be Thankful & Grateful

Thankfulness is an attitude that you can practice and develop. Cultivating gratitude as the norm in your life will make keeping a gratitude journal much easier. Be thankful even for the small things in your life like being able to put on your own shoes every morning. I know for me personally, this became a Huge one as at the age of 21 years of age after I...

On Saturday I had the pleasure to be on an outing organised by my local gym. As part of the day, I delivered a talk on how we can look after our mental health, in 4 easy steps! I have to be honest, part of me felt like "preaching to the converted" as this group, are people who are into their fitness, health and loving life. 

However, one can never have too many tools in your toolkit when it comes to looking after our mental health, even if it means to pass on the information to someone who is struggling...

Just like a muscle in the body that needs to be strengthened with regular exercise, so too does our "Mental Muscle"! I love what memory expert Jim Kwik says about memory... "We don't have a good or bad memory, we DO memory!" In other words, it is not something that is bestowed upon us, when we enter this life... no, it is something that we can exercise and develop with practice. Having taken Jim Kwik's courses I can completely vouch that this statement is true... but I can...

It has been proven that people who journal are healthier, happier, more in touch with their emotions and more balanced. The good news is… you do not have to be a “writer”… you just have to WRITE!

I often recommend to my clients that they take up journaling as a part of their Self Care practice. In this blogpost, I would love to share with you 7 reasons why journaling is a great practice to follow and why you could make it part of your daily self-care regime.

1. Helps you to remember the little things!

You know when you often look back on life – we tend to appreciate the BIG things that we achieved, but more often than not it is the “small” things or everyday occurrences that people bring up at family get-togethers. These “smaller” things in life are very often the glue that keeps “things together” or the experiences that splash colour onto the pages of our lives. Often when we pencil these moments onto our...

Did you know that research shows that our inner speech clocks in at an average of 4,000 words per minute—10 times faster than verbal speech. And it’s often more condensed—we don’t have to use full sentences to talk to ourselves, because we know what we mean!

Wow! That is a whole lot of talking! And more often than not the quality of our "Self-Talk" or "Inner Speech" could be somewhat better! 

You might be asking what do we mean by Self-Talk, exactly? So, Your Self-Talk is that endless chattering in your ear and can be either your greatest friend or your worst enemy. Some people seem to be more naturally optimistic than others - and their Self Talk seems to be a whole lot friendlier, while others can lean toward a pessimistic world-view, and the quality of Self Talk can be quite critical and negative.

I have good news though! When it comes to the way that you talk to yourself, you can take control over how you perceive yourself and how you...