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In a world of uncertainty – top 10 ideas to keep the sun shining

Living in a world of uncertainty is an experience very new to most of us and it has been compared to living during a war. It seems that everyone I talk to is on this emotional roller coaster and I wanted today to share some things that you could try to create a more even keel in your life. Sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference as to how you feel and think. There are two thoughts that resonate with me the most [...]

Hypnosis – is it worth a try? – a safe natural alternative

How about you suspend your disbelief and give it a go? I think we all know someone who has tried it? You have heard some good stories and maybe some that are not so good. But the hype and mystic around the word hypnosis continues. As a practitioner for the last 10 years I see so much evidence that all is does is positive good things. I will never pretend that I get 100% success rate but in almost every case it reduces stress and [...]

5 easy ways to dissolve stress by an ex stressaholic

Stress – we are all feeling it and it’s not going away any time soon. So, if we can’t get rid of it then we must find ways to manage it. A 2015 study by the Australian Psychological Society on Stress and Wellbeing (link here) stated that a whopping 49% of those surveyed said that financial problems were the main cause of their high stress levels. Over the last 5 years, financial issues continues to rank number 1 followed closely by family issues. Not surprisingly [...]

11 Things That Happy People Do Differently

As I look outside, the Brisbane sun is shining and temp is probably around 20 degrees yet I search for clues as to why I feel unusually flat these days. Is it that winter slump (people do go into hibernation you know), is it that I have put so much into the first half of the year my mind and body are craving some respite or perhaps giving up the red wine was not the best move! But seriously, we all feel this way from time to [...]

How To Dissolve Stress In Under 2 Minutes

"It's not stress that causes us to fall, it's how we respond to it" Stress is all around and it's something we just have to live with in today's world but the challenge should be about how we manage it, how we respond to it. Of all the people who visit a GP this year almost 80% will have stress as a component of their illness. This is because our bodies and our minds don't function properly when we are stressed and long term stress can actually [...]

Scientists Find The Key To Happiness

I have a poster in my bedroom which says: Happiness Live Much Laugh Often Love Well But is it really that simple. How easy is it to be happy and what causes happiness? As I started looking into this I came across some research by a Dr Robb Rutledge that I feel covers part of what happiness may be all about. He developed this mathematical formula: What this means is that happiness depends on your expectations. More on the happiness equation here Dr. Robb Rutledge who is a Senior Research [...]

6 Ways To Build A Morning Routine That Will Change Your Life

After a couple of weeks off without any kind of routine in sight I must say I was actually looking forward to going to back to work, to again have some structure in place. Although there are 24 hours in every day we know that not every hour is created equal. If you have a purpose in mind or a idea of what you want to achieve then your chances of meeting your goals increase significantly if you have a structured approach to it. There are [...]

Think Yourself Healthy – Placebo Effect

I came across an article recently in Essays.co.uk that got me thinking. When we think about hypnosis and how it works I believe that all the answers are inside your head. My role as a Hypnotherapist is to guide and coach you to where you need to go to find the answers. Client centred hypnotherapy is all about dealing with what comes up and changing direction if necessary to help you get the very best outcome. This essay particularly caught my attention as it talks about the power of the brain [...]

Dreams – What Do They Mean?

Forget the crystal balls and the dream dictionaries as there is now new credible research that provides insights into what our dreams are all about and how this can help us to overcome our negative emotions including depression, anxiety, stress, fears etc. So what is it that dreaming is trying to express? The latest understanding of what dreams do and what they can mean comes from psychologist Joe Griffin, the co-founder and pioneer of Human Givens psychology. Joe Griffin has also shown why depressed people [...]

Men’s Health – Let’s Get Serious

This week is men's health week around the world and maybe timely to get the message out to our husbands, fathers, boyfriends, sons etc that to be sick, anxious, stressed, depressed is ok. Our bodies will get sick and our emotions will sometimes get out of whack, this is normal and it is NOT a sign of weakness. I was saddened but perhaps not shocked to read an article written on men's health by Movember late last year, a group who are trying to change the view and attitudes of men [...]