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Incongruent living is exhausting
“Incongruent living is exhausting.” – Brené Brown As I’ve been reading ‘The Gifts of Imperfection’ by Brené Brown recently, I was led to reflect on this quote. Here are some brief thoughts: I call myself a people-pleaser-in-recovery! Maybe that’s why I resonate with this quote. For so many years I lived each day subconsciously making […]
Hope for 2021
How great is today?! A new year! A fresh page! I feel a sense of excitement and anticipation about what will be written on this new page! This new year! This new day! A date is just a date… and yet we give it so much meaning, heck, I’m all for new… New hour New […]
You are enough… whether things go well or not.
“You are not defined by the outcome of the situation.” I was just having a forum conversation with some fellow business women and I was reminded of my authenticity mantra. Brené Brown talks about the importance of developing an authenticity mantra so that when we feel threatened, in shame, out of our depth, judged, worried or overwhelmed […]
6 lessons learned from climbing Mt Lofty
On the 31st December 2019 I achieved a goal that I had set for 2018… yes you’re reading that correctly. The goal I achieved was to climb Mt Lofty in Adelaide SA. It’s classified as a Hard Hike and is 7.8km return; up and down very steep terrain. Many people do this hike, it’s a tourist […]
Keeping it simple this silly season!
You don’t have to make things more complicated than they are. It’s only 5 weeks until Christmas and this time of year often comes with more social gatherings than normal. Social gatherings can ignite the disease of “keeping up with the Joneses”. Going to a social event can be stressful especially if you have been […]
Burnout prevention… It’s possible
It’s not the first time you’ve heard me say it… burnout. is. preventable. This is an innate truth and revelation that I received when I went through my own burnout experience. Discovering that what I was going through was actually preventable was the biggest aha moment of my journey. And that’s why I’m passionate about […]
Make Your Own Self-Care List
You know one thing I always say to people about self-care is that it’s different for everyone. There is no 3-step process to getting better by using self-care. It’s a long, often slow process to firstly figure out some ideas about what you could do that would make you feel happy (or cared for), then […]
What to do in the waiting
Time and the concept of waiting are powerful experiences in our life. Time is a funny thing… It seems to go fast when we’re busy. It seems to go fast when we’re having fun. It seems to go slow when we’re uninspired or unmotivated. It seems to go slow when we’re waiting. Often we don’t […]
Create a family ritual
Creating a family ritual is so great to help children make memories and consider when they’re older what was important to the family and what wasn’t. One family ritual I remember from my childhood was Christmas Eve. We used to clean the house during the day and prepare any food needed for the next few […]
How to Stay Authentic
In a client session recently we got talking about Brené Brown’s idea of an authenticity mantra. An authenticity mantra is something we say to ourselves when we notice we are triggered by shame, or we feel we are being pulled in all different directions to be someone we’re not. Our authenticity mantra helps us to […]
Reflections on Easter – 2019
Good Friday. To many that means nothing, to many it means something. To me, these are the words that come to mind when I reflect on Good Friday.//Jesus – who was both man and God.//Sacrifice – the harsh reality of giving up something to benefit someone else. In this case, Jesus gave up his life. […]
Brené Brown says “own your story”
There is a myth that self-care is only about weekends away, long hot baths, facials and massages. Sure, they are part of it. Self Care is also about doing the hard work. Brené Brown says “Loving ourselves through the process of owning our story is the bravest thing we will ever do.” For example, sitting […]