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Put Yourself in the Picture - Take Care of YOU in 2024
Righto, so we are already halfway through the first month of 2024! Some of you may have enjoyed a break over Christmas/New Years. Others (like my family and I), have been continuing to work through the ongoing farm jobs to be tackled. We had a soft finish to harvest around the New Year, went straight into a few hot weeks of crutching and shearing, thankfully we are finished (for now) and doing final prep to head away for our annual week at …
Surrender - The Power of Giving Over To
Surrender
- Sometimes it seems like a dirty word, but I think it is one of the most powerful things we can do.
Note: This is an edited copy of a blog I first wrote in early 2021. Here again in 2023, Surrender is a lesson I continue to learn and relearn, every.single.day.
Surrender is my Word of the Year for 2023. It is something I believe in…
A few secrets from my daily life
I'm a psychologist and a mental health advocate, and I want to let you in on a few secrets.
I don't do 30 minutes of exercise daily;
I don't practice 20 minutes of mindfulness daily;
I don't set an intention or affirmation for the day before I mindfully get myself out of bed, journal for 20 minutes, and approach the day with a smile on my face - every day;
I do get angry
I do yell
I do get sad
I do cry
I do get overwhelmed
and yes, I absolutely get frustrated, disappointed, regretful, a…