Michelle
Coping in a crisis
When we are faced with a crisis situation, we each respond in our own particular way. Some of us gather information so we can then take...
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Michelle
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
The value of play
When was the last time you played for the simple and pure pleasure of it? Playing is good for us on so many levels. This is the case for...
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Michelle
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
What's your crisis response?
What do you do in a crisis? How do you deescalate stress, disconnect from stressful thinking, find a calm and stable centre? Do you freak...
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Michelle
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Your child's self-esteem
Helping your child build a healthy self-esteem can be an immensely tricky thing. Parents, guardians and carers may think this is...
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Michelle
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Give emotions space
Some of us were not parented in ways that validated our experiences and emotions, or that helped us navigate the world of our emotions in...
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Michelle
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
Track your emotions
Keeping track of how you are feeling can help you identify any patterns, triggers or cycles in your emotional environment. Use a...
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Michelle
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
What are you feeling
Emotions have finely tuned flavours that, if we become aware of them, help us understand how we are feeling and responding to the world....
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Michelle
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Body scan
Getting more in tune with how we feel can bring a greater level of awareness and empowerment.
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Michelle
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
Disrupt anxiety
Occasionally, we become so upset or stressed that we may be on the verge of panic, or may tip over the edge to the brink of a panic...
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Michelle
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Belly breathing
When we are stressed or anxious, fearful or worried, our body can be flooded with the ‘stress hormone’ (cortisol), amongst other things....
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Michelle
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Mindful Body Awareness
How do you know what you are feeling? We all have emotional responses to life, but we also have bodily responses. The giddy tummy...
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Michelle
- Apr 23, 2021
- 1 min
Self-soothing
As children, we turned to adults for comfort. Being soothed by a mother’s arms, our scrapes and cuts kissed better by our dad’s, our...
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Michelle
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
Simple Strategies
In times of distress, anxiety, fear or grief, simple strategies can help take us out of our worrying mind.
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Michelle
- Jun 29, 2020
- 4 min
Unhelpful thinking
Have you ever found yourself caught up in mental rumination? I have, and it can be excruciatingly painful. What is mental rumination?...
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Michelle
- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
Grief is a process
Though we may try to find ways around or under or over our problems, the only way to the other side of something big really, is to go...
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Michelle
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
Grief and chaos
In times of grief and loss, stress and anxiety, our lives can be much more chaotic than we are used to or than we are comfortable with....
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Michelle
- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
Everyone Grieves Differently
In the face of lots of change, feeling loss is inevitable. Grief, discomfort, disorientation, wobbliness are all common and normal...
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Michelle
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Grief follows loss
Grief is a natural part of the human experience. It can feel uncomfortable at best, devastating at worst. Grief can see us behaving in ways
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Michelle
- Apr 9, 2020
- 3 min
Relaxation is the answer
Fact of life – stress arises in all our lives and will continue to do so until we are done and dusted. In order to build greater levels...
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Michelle
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
We once lived in caves
Stress can be exhausting, especially when there is 24-hour news and social media streams constantly bombarding us with ‘bad’ news. But...
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