I was recently very excited to have the opportunity to be a guest blogger for Jodie Gale, an amazing Psychotherapist on the the Northern Beaches of Sydney NSW.
My original article, “How An Abusive Relationship Can Impact Your Self-Esteem & Self-Image” is included in Jodie’s series: “Women and the body.” In this article I explore the damaging impacts of domestic violence on self-esteem and self image. Continue reading “The Domestic Violence Story – Self-Esteem in an Abusive Relationship”
If you find your own story among these words please take heart in the fact that you are not alone in your experience. Domestic violence is not a dead end. You can recover. You can return to your own path. You can reclaim your light.
The story of domestic violence is as individual as the people living within it, and as timeless as the sea. Continue reading “The Domestic Violence Story – Understanding Manipulation”
Mindfulness – What Is It?
How often do you think your mind wanders in any given hour? While studying, or watching TV, or eating dinner, our minds are often very busy … processing past events, sometimes worrying about them; planning future events, and sometimes feeling anxious about them; every time the mind wanders it is rarely existing in the space and time you are physically occupying right this minute.
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”
– James Baraz
What is a Journal and what are the benefits?
A journal is a place where you can write your thoughts, draw your pictures, record your insights, ask any questions and receive answers. It is completely private and has no audience participation! Journalling can help you to sort through the events of your life, their meaning to you and what impact those events might have had.
What happens to us is not as important as the meaning we assign to it.
-Unknown Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius and the Art of Keeping a Journal.”
