09
Nov 2023

Neurodiversity – Get With The Program !

    Discovering my son had ADHD at 17 years old was a huge surprise and at the same time a relief. I knew there was something not working for him and that was a puzzle for us. The teachers kept telling me was fine and not to worry, but we all know when Mumma…

11
Aug 2023

Autism Spectrum Disorder – Kids at School

Autism Spectrum Disorder -Yes, They Can!     My son came home one day with a letter attached to a Christmas card he had received from one of his friends at school. It was written by the boys Mum. The friend had non-verbal autism and struggled in the class. The letter said a huge thank…

26
Jun 2023

I know How You Feel …..

I had a friend tell me last year after her husband died, that she spoke to a woman who asked her how she was. She replied “devastated “. To which the woman said “I know how you feel, I felt like that when my dog died “. Get over yourself ! My friend was a…

14
Jun 2023

Nan’s Favourite

A lesson in synergised love      She sat and listened intently to what my energetic 9-year-old self-had to say. Then when I finished my story, she whooped with laughter. I made her laugh like this so many times. I still to this day, have no idea what was so bloody funny as I was…

30
Mar 2023

Simple Goal Setting – yes you can !

I am not sure about you but I was useless at planning things or looking to long term goals  when I was younger . I had an idea vaguely of what I wanted but that is as far as it went in my energetic and scattered often tortured psyche ! Having a goal with the…

24
Feb 2023

Trapped down a Mind Shaft ?

Trapped down a mind shaft ? Have you ever had a job and felt you were not as qualified as everyone else around you ? Did you feel like an imposter? I remember the famous actor Demi Moore saying that all through her career she felt that she was just waiting to be called out…

29
Jan 2023

How do I feel ? Yeah… um empty .

      We when describe grief or depression we often just say I feel low , or miserable or sad and lacking motivation . But often times we don’t talk about how that actually feels in our body. I remember when I was grieving the end of a relationship and crying continually. It was…

22
Jan 2023

Fighting with my thoughts

“My head feels like a merry-go-round that I just cant get off  !” I aske some of my clients  to text me when their thoughts were ” busy” and she was feeling anxious.  I had no idea at that stage early in my career how utterly debilitating our own thoughts can be when they do…