Hypnotherapy is a tool that helps you to link in with the amazing power and potential of your subconscious mind. Hypnotherapy has been used to help people quit smoking, reduce chronic pain, lower anxiety and depression, and lose weight. Continue reading “Let’s talk about Hypnotherapy”
Category: Holistic Counselling
Rescuing Your Wounded Inner Child
If aspects of your childhood were hurtful or damaging you might find that rescuing your wounded inner child can resolve many issues impacting on you now as a adult.
The cry we hear from deep in our hearts, comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child’s pain will transform negative emotions.
By Thich Nhat Hanh | April 5, 2011
The neuroscience of positive affirmations
In my last blog post I had a look at what affirmations are. Basically, affirmations are any repetitive thought or belief that we tell ourselves. Some are positive and some are negative. And most of us have an abundance of the negative ones!

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What is an affirmation and how can it help?
Many people have a pretty clear idea about what an affirmation is. The use of positive affirmations has been increasingly popular over the past fifty years for anything from increasing your creativity to helping you lose weight. But did you know that an affirmation is any statement of belief that you make? An affirmation can be positive or negative. Unfortunately, most of us tend to have a pretty negative set of beliefs running on our inner self talk MP3 player.
Do any of these affirmations sound familiar?
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The Domestic Violence Story – Self-Esteem in an Abusive Relationship

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”
The Domestic Violence Story – Understanding Manipulation

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”