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Pain: our body's warning system
May 20, 2012 / 5:00 am
(Photo: Flickr user, lsuchick142) It is both your friend and yet not your friend. Sometimes it arrives uninvited and unexpectedly in a sneaky manner, creeping up insidiously as it starts to take over everything about you. Sometimes it happens in an accidental manner. It...
Dancing neurons
Apr 21, 2012 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed “We live in a fear-based society” has almost become a cliché. It’s no wonder. Listen carefully the next time there is some major event and hear the words the media chooses. They are frequently...
Mother Nature
Jan 27, 2012 / 5:00 am
I am very fortunate and rent a little cottage on acreage in the country. The house is small and very cozy, tucked away on the side of the lot. Behind me is an apple orchard. The setting is idyllic and is enhanced by the animal and bird life I experience. It is my personal...
The gift of friendship
Dec 23, 2011 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed - (Flickr user, jackberry) True friends are one of the gifts we receive as we go through life. They listen, they care, they call or visit when no one else will and they accept us for who we are, warts and all. Friendship is a balance,...
Bless 'em all
Nov 11, 2011 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed - (Flickr user, vblibrary) It happened almost nightly, just before dark. The whine of sirens pierced the air as a woman and her two daughters gathered up their blankets and pillows and walked quickly to the nearest air raid shelter. Air Raid...
The impact of you
Oct 6, 2011 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed - (Flickr user, mandajuice) When we share our loving kindness through our thoughts, behaviours and actions we are making a difference in our world and the world of others. It ripples out around the globe. The energy of our mind moves...
How To Do Self Hypnosis
Aug 29, 2011 / 5:00 am
“Can you teach me how to relax Carole?” was the question a client asked me not too long ago. Yes, as a matter of fact I can and if you’d like to give yourself the gift of relaxation, keep reading. Photo: Contributed - (Flickr user,...
Your Hidden Emotions
Jul 25, 2011 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed - (Flickr user, echoesofstars) What unseen emotions, feelings or thoughts walk alongside you daily, impacting on your sense of self worth? Can you identify them? Did you get the message as a child that you should be seen, but not heard?...
Stress and the Amygdala Hijack
Jun 27, 2011 / 5:00 am
Don’t you just hate it when something happens in your life and you react, wishing moments later that your brain had kicked in faster? You might feel foolish or embarrassed or even annoyed with yourself. You know the feeling - open up mouth, place in foot. You are not alone....
Accessing the subconscious mind
Jun 8, 2011 / 5:00 am
“So, are you going to make me quack like a duck?” an acquaintance said laughingly when she heard I’d graduated as a Clinical Hypnotherapist. “No” I replied, “I’m a Clinical Hypnotherapist, not a stage Hypnotist”. I was trained...
Are you cocooning?
Apr 18, 2011 / 5:00 am
The politics of any work environment can be a challenge from time to time. Most of it is due to stress in the workplace. The higher the stress, the higher the incidence of stress related behaviours or illnesses. We work in environments where expectations and rules change at an alarming rate....
The Science of Laughter
Apr 4, 2011 / 5:00 am
The title I chose for this article makes me smile. The science of laughter? Laughter, one of the things we used to take for granted, is now the subject of scientific study. In some ways it’s quite surprising what has been discovered, but in other ways, it’s probably...
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