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(excerpt) Siren Song You know the song. It’s a song of the siren. She is the one who imprints your past onto your present & the future re-aligns itself. The closer you press your ear to the song the deeper the...
(excerpt) Siren Song You know the song. It’s a song of the siren. She is the one who imprints your past onto your present & the future re-aligns itself. The closer you press your ear to the song the deeper the...
Originally I heard the term, ‘going to pieces without falling apart’ on reading the book of the same name by Buddhist Psychologist Mark Epstein in early 2000. Combining western psychology with buddhist philosophy he highlighted that Western psychology has promised fulfilment through engaging and strengthening...
Originally I heard the term, ‘going to pieces without falling apart’ on reading the book of the same name by Buddhist Psychologist Mark Epstein in early 2000. Combining western psychology with buddhist philosophy he highlighted that Western psychology has promised fulfilment through engaging and strengthening...
…every evolution starts and ends with your lips….. – rupi kaur Valentines Day is an invitation to celebrate love in its many forms; eros (romantic), pragma (enduring), platonic, familial (familiar, storge), collegial, agape (selfless love), philia (affectionate), ludus (playful), philautia (self love)….modern love takes...
…every evolution starts and ends with your lips….. – rupi kaur Valentines Day is an invitation to celebrate love in its many forms; eros (romantic), pragma (enduring), platonic, familial (familiar, storge), collegial, agape (selfless love), philia (affectionate), ludus (playful), philautia (self love)….modern love takes...
‘Wild Woman’. As I tentatively tried these two words on for the first time I heard them echo through my soul. Like a new outfit, unsure whether if she would have a home in me. Each word, although a faint call, as my voice...
‘Wild Woman’. As I tentatively tried these two words on for the first time I heard them echo through my soul. Like a new outfit, unsure whether if she would have a home in me. Each word, although a faint call, as my voice...
Every behaviour has a need behind it. Our most fundamental needs in relationship are that we matter, that we are safe and stay connected. We all have needs, there is no conflict. Needs are needs. The problem is the solutions we want others to...
Every behaviour has a need behind it. Our most fundamental needs in relationship are that we matter, that we are safe and stay connected. We all have needs, there is no conflict. Needs are needs. The problem is the solutions we want others to...
Life Never Gives Up On Hearing Our Yearning What would it take for you to believe in magic again?Late last year I had an experience whilst travelling interstate for a very brief time, where I met someone, it was an unusual experience, one that...
Life Never Gives Up On Hearing Our Yearning What would it take for you to believe in magic again?Late last year I had an experience whilst travelling interstate for a very brief time, where I met someone, it was an unusual experience, one that...
Mental health has become a major casualty of the Covid pandemic that has swept across the globe and been responsible for rolling lockdowns throughout Australia restricting personal freedoms, social contact and the ability to prosper financially. No one is exempt from this unprecedented event...
Mental health has become a major casualty of the Covid pandemic that has swept across the globe and been responsible for rolling lockdowns throughout Australia restricting personal freedoms, social contact and the ability to prosper financially. No one is exempt from this unprecedented event...
Ventral Vibes Project Due to the enormous challenges and changes we are currently facing on a daily basis, our nervous system is overwhelmed, as we move from brain automation of daily tasks to refocusing on adjusting to new changes in our everyday lives. One...
Ventral Vibes Project Due to the enormous challenges and changes we are currently facing on a daily basis, our nervous system is overwhelmed, as we move from brain automation of daily tasks to refocusing on adjusting to new changes in our everyday lives. One...
Feelings! We don’t like to think about them, feel them, acknowledge them, and yet they remain, and at times completely take over our experience of ourself. Some people go so far as to completely try to avoid them, resulting in high anxiety. Some default...
Feelings! We don’t like to think about them, feel them, acknowledge them, and yet they remain, and at times completely take over our experience of ourself. Some people go so far as to completely try to avoid them, resulting in high anxiety. Some default...
After having thirty-one sessions this week with clients where the singular focus was COVID-19 and how to cope, I decided to consolidate my advice and make a list that I hope is helpful to all. I can’t control a lot of what is going...
After having thirty-one sessions this week with clients where the singular focus was COVID-19 and how to cope, I decided to consolidate my advice and make a list that I hope is helpful to all. I can’t control a lot of what is going...
Over the last months we have seen and for many experienced devastation to homes, the loss of loved ones, wildlife, habitats and beloved communities. Such deep and overwhelming loss is difficult to fathom, let alone address on a daily basis. No one teaches us...
Over the last months we have seen and for many experienced devastation to homes, the loss of loved ones, wildlife, habitats and beloved communities. Such deep and overwhelming loss is difficult to fathom, let alone address on a daily basis. No one teaches us...
“I can only be your story about me!” One thing I have learned, as a therapist over 30 years, is that people change, but often our stories about them don’t. We freeze the other into a certain way of behaving, often detrimental, with our...
“I can only be your story about me!” One thing I have learned, as a therapist over 30 years, is that people change, but often our stories about them don’t. We freeze the other into a certain way of behaving, often detrimental, with our...
Who Owns the Problem? Understanding who owns the problem is key in choosing how we address issues, concerns and conflicts arising. There are four basic areas of problem ownership: Other Owns a Problem No Problem Area I Own a Problem We Own a...
Who Owns the Problem? Understanding who owns the problem is key in choosing how we address issues, concerns and conflicts arising. There are four basic areas of problem ownership: Other Owns a Problem No Problem Area I Own a Problem We Own a...
Well here we are now We are all together All gathered here Like birds of a feather We sit in a circle and call it sacred Where we wait for the time To hear our names read Our emotions will rise As we...
Well here we are now We are all together All gathered here Like birds of a feather We sit in a circle and call it sacred Where we wait for the time To hear our names read Our emotions will rise As we...
Each member of the family Each part of the puzzle All look and seem so different, so separate There is an order to the chaos. There is a reason we exist within the system Crossing webs, all over the world — An invisible...
Each member of the family Each part of the puzzle All look and seem so different, so separate There is an order to the chaos. There is a reason we exist within the system Crossing webs, all over the world — An invisible...
“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.” E. E. Cummings As life tumbles us with a myriad of...
“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.” E. E. Cummings As life tumbles us with a myriad of...
Recently, I added a support system to this website. The new support page is here: https://awakening.com.au/apps/support/ This new system will allow us to monitor tickets & respond to them in order. If you have any issues with the site or just general inquires feel...
Recently, I added a support system to this website. The new support page is here: https://awakening.com.au/apps/support/ This new system will allow us to monitor tickets & respond to them in order. If you have any issues with the site or just general inquires feel...
This is an all too familiar picture nowadays, one that affects the way we communicate, try to be understood, heard, and connect as well as feel as though we matter. Our disjointed communication lacks the interpersonal facial cues. It also means that we filter...
This is an all too familiar picture nowadays, one that affects the way we communicate, try to be understood, heard, and connect as well as feel as though we matter. Our disjointed communication lacks the interpersonal facial cues. It also means that we filter...
Relationships are like breathing – inhaling and exhaling, closeness and disconnected, receiving and giving, connection and autonomy. “We must be open enough to receive each other” Terry Real Often in couple counselling I witness couples who have simply lost touch with how to...
Relationships are like breathing – inhaling and exhaling, closeness and disconnected, receiving and giving, connection and autonomy. “We must be open enough to receive each other” Terry Real Often in couple counselling I witness couples who have simply lost touch with how to...
Soothing Each Others Nervous System in Relationship by Brenda Sutherland Winter is a time of regrouping, revisioning, renewing as we are asked to go inwards and assess what is working and what is not, at the same time rest. Over the last weeks...
Soothing Each Others Nervous System in Relationship by Brenda Sutherland Winter is a time of regrouping, revisioning, renewing as we are asked to go inwards and assess what is working and what is not, at the same time rest. Over the last weeks...
An insight into Family Constellations By Brenda Sutherland Maria was distraught. For two weeks now she had been having panic attacks and didn’t know why. She was desperate for them to stop, as they were worsening. This was the reason she h ad found...
An insight into Family Constellations By Brenda Sutherland Maria was distraught. For two weeks now she had been having panic attacks and didn’t know why. She was desperate for them to stop, as they were worsening. This was the reason she h ad found...
A Return to Innocence by Brenda Sutherland Take a moment and think of your intimate partner. Become aware of the feelings present. If your experience is wholehearted joy or a quiet stillness then your connection with each other is of deep intimacy. If you...
A Return to Innocence by Brenda Sutherland Take a moment and think of your intimate partner. Become aware of the feelings present. If your experience is wholehearted joy or a quiet stillness then your connection with each other is of deep intimacy. If you...
Let’s talk about pleasure, sexual pleasure, your sexual pleasure. Let’s explore sexual arousal, passion, erotic desire, fantasies, attraction, sexual impulses and the untamed sexual drive. “No bill of sexual rights can hold its own against the lawless untameable landscape of the erotic imagination.” Daphne Merkin...
Let’s talk about pleasure, sexual pleasure, your sexual pleasure. Let’s explore sexual arousal, passion, erotic desire, fantasies, attraction, sexual impulses and the untamed sexual drive. “No bill of sexual rights can hold its own against the lawless untameable landscape of the erotic imagination.” Daphne Merkin...
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