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When The Buffer Breaks: Part 4 – Working With What Is Surfacing
Part 4 of 5 — Working With What Is Surfacing, Not Against It This is the fourth in a five-part series on menopause, the nervous system, and what the body has been waiting to tell us. The series begins on the blog. Once we understand that menopause is not creating new distress but revealing what…
When The Buffer Breaks: Part 3 – The Quiet Reckoning
Part 3 of 5 : The Quiet Reckoning – and What Ancient Wisdom Always Knew This is the second in a five-part series on menopause, the nervous system and what the body has been. This is the third in a five-part series on menopause, the nervous system and the truths that surface when we can…
Why are we so afraid to be human?
A personal self-reflection of my resistance towards my imperfections: Our self-worth is so fickle, we believe if we are human we are less worthy. We believe we must be these other worldly creatures who are perfectly good, perfectly disciplined, right in every way. The problem I see is, people become so defensive because they experience…
When The Buffer Breaks: Part 2 -Old Wounds, New Visibility
Part 2 of 5 — Old Wounds, New Visibility — and What Happens Between People This is the second in a five-part series on menopause, the nervous system, and what the body has been waiting to tell us. If you missed Part 1, it is available on the blog. One of the most significant shifts…
When The Buffer Breaks: Part 1 -The Shock Absorber
Part 1 of 5 — The Shock Absorber You Never Knew You Had This is the first in a five-part series exploring menopause, the nervous system, and what the body has been silently carrying and what it does when it can no longer stay silent. The series is written for women moving through this transition.…
Patience is a Virtue
You know how when you are sad, it is so hard to imagine being happy, and when you are happy it is so hard to imagine being sad. I went through a phase of prolonged melancholy recently. As a counsellor I knew it was not going to last, but the more I tried to force…
The ultimate con? Constantly saying “I’m okay”
Why telling people that you’re okay is a reflex that you can undo Recently, I spoke to a close friend of mine. We last spoke about 4 months ago, and between that time, life happened. Ups and downs, and all kinds of… ‘You know what!’ happened. He messaged me in the morning at 6h25am, and…
