A Mindful Connection
Are you enough?
“When will I ever be enough?” is the question many of my clients have asked me. That question comes from women of all ages. What or who has made...
Our interesting journey
The journey to get to where we want to be can be fraught with challenge so enormous that it may seem to be almost impossible. We sometimes really believe that...
Just Google it
Remember when we had to go to the library to get information? (And we still do use that resource – a beautiful new one at that). If you were really lucky...
Bench words
“I sat here and contemplated suicide” was scribbled in red on a bench by a bus stop. The despair in those words stopped me in my tracks. I was on...
Pain: our body's warning system
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...
Dancing neurons
“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...
Mother Nature
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...
The gift of friendship
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...
Bless 'em all
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...
The impact of you
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...
How To Do Self Hypnosis
“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...
Your Hidden Emotions
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...
Stress and the Amygdala Hijack
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...
Accessing the subconscious mind
“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....
Are you cocooning?
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...
The Science of Laughter
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...