If you could say it in words
there would be no need to paint
Edward Hopper
The use of words can have a powerful effect, both positive or negative. Words can empower people to amazing feats of courage, or break someone’s spirit. Whilst the least effective form of communication we rely on words to express ourselves in most situations.
Words can paint pictures for […]
We All Make A Difference
Be the Change You Wish to See in the World
– Gandhi –
So many people go through their lives oblivious to the fact they make a difference. In many cases it is a positive difference, a smile, a look of encouragement, holding back what may be needed to be heard, understanding the person is not ready.
Recently while […]
Reach High, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream preceded the goal
-Mother Teresa-
Personal or spiritual growth is a life long and at times lonely voyage into uncharted waters, far beyond the safe shores of conformity, safety and the “social” norm. Those fleeting moments of relief are to be savoured. Each of those on the path know […]
Is mental health really on the rise or is Big Pharma looking to increase market share? You will have to do your own research in that area. We know from antiquity that mental health is in many cases based on physical dysfunction within the body. The Digestive system is one of the prime factors affecting the brain. Dehydation-pH-oxygenation integration helps […]
For over a year I have contemplated eating a more healthy diet. Each time I do I seem to double my chocolate or processed food intake. It was like I was rebelling, but against what? Recently I made the earth shattering realisation that I was in fact, Unwilling to change and eat healthy.
Using one of the techniques from Motivational Kinesiology […]
I posted this comment the other day and received some interesting feedback. When we strip away all the different stories behind why someone is depressed some commonalities appear.
A lack of a clearly defined goal and a burning ambition for it’s achievement. What is not normally mentioned in this Napeleon Hill quote, is it must be heart centred and of betterment […]
Suicide is a choice, to say it isn’t shows a lack of understanding. We all make choices in our lives and sometimes we choose not to make a decision. Suicide does take courage, although misdirected. What would happen if the same dedication had been directed to living?
I like many others had had periods of black despair, my life has humg […]
So many speak of the MIND, when they are actually discussing the thinking part of us. Is it the brain? Possibly. It is however not the Mind, which is more encompassing of the whole body and all it’s functions.
There is a whole industry being built and expanded around the idea that “mental health” is somehow separate to the body and […]
I have a client who has tread a very difficult path. The mental health system was not the best option for her and finally after reading Kissing the Black Dog she contacted me. Some people are fine with that system, it was not suitable for this incredible woman.
This amazing person went from being suicidal to getting back in the driver’s […]
So many people are on anti-depessants which treat symptoms not causes. Research shows depression and it’s mate, anxiety both have their roots in an unhealthy body and negative thinking. Many sufferers like to blame a myriad of other issues, instead of improving their health and changing their thinking.
As a society we have become soft and unwilling to step out of […]
