Even though she had Quit, a lifetime of smoking had damaged her lungs and she was asthmatic. On Christmas Day her son hosted their family Christmas at his home at Cudlee Creek in the Adelaide Hills. The air was still smoke affected from the recent fires, so she had taken the precaution of taking prednisolone […]
Read MoreI know that many of you who get this newsletter have already quit smoking successfully but here is both a reminder and some news you can pass on to your smoking friends. Smoking is an addiction to the HABIT of smoking. Nicotine itself is only addictive for a maximum of 2 hours but the behaviour […]
Read MoreI have written before about what happens when you get overwhelmed and today I want to talk more about this because anger is a major cause of overwhelm. Anger is a normal protective emotion to alert you to the need to resolve a situation or danger. So it can be good but it can also […]
Read More anger is a major cause of overwhelmHow did that calm person who always copes suddenly, out of the blue became massively stressed and had a breakdown? Nothing special happened but stress keeps adding up. The thing is that stress keeps adding up, like continually blowing up a balloon until it reaches breaking point and a lot of people are like swans […]
Read More stress keeps adding upWe all start our lives as a perfect little personality and even before we are born we begin to collect our parents ideas and thoughts. This continues throughout our lives and many church groups say “give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man”. That does not have to […]
Read More even before we are born we begin to collect our parents ideas and thoughts, problems and stressI think we all sometimes find that some things are a challenge, I certainly do. Clients often send me emails after they have been to see me… sometimes years later telling me how their lives have changed because I helped them overcome some of their challenges. I really appreciate hearing from you and how you […]
Read More resistance, Some things are a challengeThe big problem with New Year resolutions is that our Unconscious mind, not our conscious mind, controls 90% of what we do and it is the boss. Our unconscious mind’ job is to keep us safe. What we know and have done for years is safe… we have survived. Change is scary and we are […]
Read More New Year resolutions, Unconscious mindYour unconscious mind is 90% of your mind and it is the boss, much more powerful than your tiny conscious mind. It’s the one in control. The voice in your head is your the conscious mind – it’s not in control. When you consciously want to do something, like change a habit or lose weight, […]
Read More Unconscious mindDo you consciously drive your own life and make your own decisions or are you actually in the passengers seat? Or do you go through this fast-paced world feeling as if you are being dragged through your weeks on the back of a wild horse? Do you rush from one thing to another until you […]
Read More anxiety and overwhelm, stress, the driver in your lifeYour beliefs, thoughts and fears are powerful, often damaging and you know that we all see things differently – which explains lots of disagreements of course. So how true are they? How did your develop your beliefs, thoughts and fears and more importantly are they helping you? The thing is that these are largely taught […]
Read More beliefs, The Richards Trauma Process, thoughts and fears, TRTP
