The authentic self communicates heart-centred desires or choices. These can feel in opposition with staying attached. So in order to stay attached (read ‘accepted, loved and/or safe), we are often faced with conflicting feelings— one from the heart and one from the brain-centred attachment system. This happens in little and big ways when we are quite young, for example— the desire to dress as a pirate for school which goes against the school uniform. As a primary schooler, I have a vivid memory of choosing to wear a bright red jumper and knee high socks to my school where everyone wore dark green and white. I look back and chuckle at how boldly I would have stood out on the playground. However, I was given space to be authentic. The very word ‘uniform’ describes the very tension between Self and Other and what Other is often asking of us— ‘having always the same form, manner, or degree : not varying or variable’
Parenting
The Story Behind I AM the dragon workshop
Never has there been a more pivotal time for young women in Australia and globally. I’ve been inspired and called to action by the momentum of a world-wide shift to contribute to the empowerment of the young women growing up in our community. Thus I created I AM the dragon— a workshop for high school young…
Preparing For Labour and Birth
While every pregnancy is unique, the trimesters of pregnancy have a natural progression that can be both exciting and challenging. The first trimester is well known as the time of ‘morning sickness’ which for many women should really be called ‘all day sickness’! The second trimester, if you’re lucky, can be a wonderful time of…
Emotional Mental Health; a key to infertility
Emotional and mental health can be a very real barrier to fertility. So often, we focus on our physical health and whether we are ‘fertile in our body’. You and your partner may have had every blood test and scan under the sun. You may have had some answers such as a genetic pattern issue,…
Bringing Light to Perinatal Anxiety & Depression
Are you a pregnant woman or mother in Canberra who is struggling with perinatal (pre or post) anxiety and/or depression (PNAD)? I am running a six week course each Saturday in May and the second Saturday of June, 3:00pm to 4:30pm in Kingston, Canberra. The aim of the course is to teach mothers ancient and…