Our health is one aspect of our lives that we often take for granted. This changes when we feel that our health is diminished in some way and we begin to experience symptoms of discomfort.When we experience problems with our health, most of us will seek treatment with the hope of recovery. We notice particular…
March 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
February 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
World Peace – Cracking the Code (2)
“If every eight year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” –Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama challenges us to crack the code for world peace by using meditation. Is meditation then, the key to non-violence in the world? It definitely seems like a great concept…
February 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
World peace – Cracking the code (1)
What would you choose to do if you alone were charged with bringing about world peace? This question probably sounds somewhat daunting, and way too demanding to even begin to think about, particularly at an individual level. You may be thinking: This question needs to be dealt with at an organisational or government level –…
January 27, 2015 Leave a Comment
From Dirt Digger to Gold Digger
In our social world, how do we become a gold digger rather than a dirt digger? How do we find the good in people when the worst is often portrayed in media stories? Raised in a competitive culture, we have been conditioned to have high regard for achievement, and to perform better than others in almost…
April 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
Too busy for silence?
We live in such a busy world, and it seems there is no sign of it slowing down. Quite the opposite, it seems that life continues to get more and more hectic. As inhabitants of the world and citizens of communities, we involve ourselves in many levels of functioning, often at a frenetic pace. At…
April 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
No time to mourn, no time to mend
It was the 16th century English poet, John Donne, who wrote “He who has no time to mourn has no time to mend.” I have often used these words in grief training sessions with the emphasis being on the importance of grief work in order to acknowledge the depth of pain related to love lost….
March 27, 2014 4 Comments
Do we really learn from our mistakes?
Probably most of us can recognise some patterns of our behaviour that are not helpful to us, yet we continue to repeat them. Even knowing that the behaviour has the potential to directly or indirectly affect our health, often does not result in us changing what we do and how we do it. We may…
February 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
Why reflect on the past?
Socrates said “the unreflected life is not worth living.” I have come across this quote a number of times lately, causing me to reflect further on the statement itself. This quote of Socrates was first presented to me many years ago by an affirming mentor when I was going through significant change in my internal world,…
December 27, 2013 Leave a Comment
Making a New Year’s Resolution?
The following pledge was read to me recently by a client who is really determined to change her life for the better and to free herself from the limiting beliefs that she has been carrying for years. As the pledge was being read to me, I was struck by how applicable it is to all…
June 26, 2013 1 Comment
Watch Your Words! 7 steps to beat self-sabotage
Have you noticed that some of your great intentions just never make it through to reality? Why is it that you can’t seem to initiate or sustain those positive changes in your life that you had decided on? Sometimes you may make a start, then after a while, things begin to go back to the…
