Thoughts
In today’s fast-paced world, where the pressures of career, family, and personal growth often intersect, many of us find ourselves needing to navigate life’s challenges with courage and resilience. However, for Jo, a career-loving Mum and Allied Health...
Thoughts
“Thriving Beyond Trauma: A Journey to Clarity, Emotional Release, and True Freedom After Trauma” Life after trauma is a chapter marked by wisdom, resilience, and a deep understanding of the journey we’ve traversed. For many of us, this journey has...
Thoughts
Today, as I savoured a coffee, watching the whales and their calves on their return migration back down the coast I gazed at the majestic lighthouse towering above, and I couldn’t help but ponder on the profound symbolism it holds in our lives. The lighthouse,...
Musings
Life is a journey that often presents us with unexpected challenges. When faced with trauma or adversity, it’s natural to feel the need to speak out, to share our experiences, and to create positive change. However, society sometimes exerts pressure on us...
Musings
I remember hearing this story many years ago, though I cannot remember who told it or wrote it, so my apologies for the lack of attribution. It remains a very powerful and telling story for me and serves as a great reminder, that when things seem really tough,...
Musings
If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say that looking after yourself and engaging in self-care is “selfish” I’d have been able to retire with an abundance of financial security years ago. I had spent too many years throughout the first 20 years of...
Musings
I recently got to head back home to the country to the place where I grew up. It really is so true what they say, that you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl ! As much as I love living where I’m living now and...
Thoughts
Today I was sitting enjoying a coffee and looking up the coast towards our gorgeous lighthouse and I got to thinking of the symbolism that comes with that lighthouse…. The lighthouse stands confidently near the edge of the cliff, it is consistent and reliable and...
Thoughts
As you know, when you experience trauma you are often faced with one loss after another. First there may be the loss of a person, or a thing or the loss of a sense of safety and security in your world, and you feel excessive pain and you start to grieve...
Advice
Do You have a Dream ? One you keep hidden away perhaps, almost like a deep dark secret because you either don’t put yourself 1st enough to make the time to work on making your dreams come true OR you simply don’t believe in yourself enough to back...