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  • Would you even know if you were in a ‘prison of your mind’? It’s the mental barriers and limiting beliefs that hold you back from reaching your true potential. Sometimes we are not even conscious of the way we hold ourselves emotionally hostage with our thoughts. Let’s focus this week on identifying these thoughts and patterns, which is the…

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  • Would you even know if you were in a ‘prison of your mind’? It’s the mental barriers and limiting beliefs that hold you back from reaching your true potential. Sometimes we are not even conscious of the way we hold ourselves emotionally hostage with our thoughts. Let’s focus this week on identifying these thoughts and patterns, which is the…

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  • A big recurring theme for me as a therapist are people who are suffering in relationships and situations that are stifling their authenticity. If you have to change who you are to be with someone, it’s not healthy for your mental and emotional health. Sadly for many it’s a default setting from their childhood. Let’s focus this week on being…

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  • Parental peer pressure is a real thing. Feeling the need to be accepted by other parents is something people are not aware of. We want others to rubber stamp our parenting with ‘good job’ or ‘well done’ and we do not think about our child. The way you choose to raise your children is up to you and the relationship with your child should…

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  • Too many people are obsessed with the appearance of their lives, the aesthetics, wanting it to have that ‘wow’ factor. This takes a lot of energy and cannot make an impact on your authentic happiness. It does however create anxiety, exhaustion and frustration. So it’s an energy drain and a waste of a precious resource. How you feel about who you…

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    • You’re so right! It’ll truly take the pressure off when we focus on what our lives feels like to us instead of what it looks like to others. So many people struggle with this, sad but true.

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    • We often ignore signs from our body when it is telling us that something is draining us. It means having to look at relationships and situations that we may have outgrown and this terrifies us. We do love our comfort zones even if doesn’t bring us joy. In order to elevate your consciousness, you need to face what no longer works, you are not…

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    • Not everyone gets the power of self belief and self confidence instilled in them in childhood. So what does that mean in adulthood? You are filled with fear and self doubt, afraid to ask for more, to take up space and be seen. It’s not your failures that makes you behaves this way, but your conditioning and it runs deep. It was planted, but can…

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    • Dr. Maya Angelou said “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” We spend too much of our time being the motivator, cheerleader and support system for the people we care about. There is nothing wrong with that, but it’s often to our own detriment. Focusing on others keeps us distracted and justifiably busy why…

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    • A post from 21/1/2019

      This poem came to me after my meditation the other day. It wanted to be heard and today to be shared. Many older people complain about their adult children having no time for them. They feel they did everything for their kids and this is not what they deserve. Chances are they were traditional parents who didn’t value play…

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      • This is so true and a lot of parents don’t focus on the things that will make their children flourish. Thank you so much for this post!

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    • The only way to raise confident kids is to keep building their self esteem 🌟

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