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Are you feeling heavy, weighed down, trapped or tense in the body? Do you feel stuck in patterns of insecurity, anxiety, fear, repressed emotion or avoidance?

Counselling, Somatic Therapy and Breathwork to Grow a Nourishing Connection with Self & Others.
1:1 Sessions & Small Group Workshops
A Holistic Therapeutic Journey
MIND • BODY • SOUL ✞♡ Do you struggle to form secure attachments or healthy boundaries? Have you possibly been carrying inner child wounds, attachment wounds or trauma that remains frozen; stuck in the body; unseen, unheard, unfelt & unprocessed? Are you ready to bring freedom, peace, calm and joy back to your mind, body and soul? Are you ready to grow a secure and nourishing connection with self and others? I can create a safe container for you to feel into and explore your emotions, sensations and experiences with curiosity instead of judgement. Here you can learn to connect with self, listen to your body, feel into your body, release, create meaning, integrate and create new pathways forward. I am a Qualified and Experienced Counsellor (B.S.Sc., Maj. Couns.) and Somatic Attachment Therapist. I am currently adding to this my Breathwork Instructor Course and Somatic Trauma Therapy. I work within a holistic framework to support your healing journey. Book in your FREE Nourishing Connections Consult Call to ask any questions, share what you are going through and explore how I can best support your needs.

25/10/2025

Today is our 17yr wedding anniversary 🤎
Thanks for walking this vulnerable journey with me babe, love you xox

"To love at all is to be vulnerable
Love anything and your heart
will be wrung & possibly broken.
If you want to make sure of keeping
it intact you must give it to no one,
not even an animal.
Wrap it carefully round
with hobbies and little luxuries,
avoid all entanglements.
Lock it up safe in the
casket or coffin of your selfishness.
But in that casket, safe, dark,
motionless, airless, it will change.
It will not be broken;
it will become unbreakable,
impenetrable, irredeemable.
To love is to be vulnerable."
C.S.Lewis

18/10/2025

I am what you would call a 'highly sensitive person'.
Sensitivity has been viewed negatively or seen as a 'weakness' by some...
'Your too sensitive' 'Your too emotional' 'Man up' 'toughen up' 'your not strong enough' 'your overreacting'...

Any of these sound famiar to you?
Are you a very sensitive soul like me?

Because of the above misconceptions, many sensitive people can internalize a sense of shame about their sensitivity.
I have been positively reframing what it means to be 'highly sensitive'. I have been learning of the many strengths that this God-given trait brings to the world.

Let's start today with a new positive definition of 'SENSITIVITY'...

A highly sensitive person takes in more from their emotional and physical environment, they process this information more deeply, and they are more shaped by it. Highly sensitive people have a body and mind that is deeply responsive to the world around them.

Keep an eye out for more posts coming on this topic!
* The gifts of Sensitivity
* Identifying Overstimulation & Overwhelm.
* Soothing an Overstimulated mind & body.
* Sensitivity in Relationships

08/10/2025

There seems to be current popularity around a ‘freedom’ approach or a ‘hands off’ approach to parenting;
a pull away from boundaries, consequences or any shaping of the child’s behaviour.

On our journey of parenting, Steve & I have found quite a different view that stems from our spiritual beliefs...We believe clear and consistent teaching & limits that are set with empathy, love and respect, keeps your child safe as they learn about themselves, others and how to navigate the world around them.
We believe teaching, guiding and using age-appropriate boundaries in parenting:

1. Will not squash your child's creativity and spirit.
2. Encourages healthy internal development.
3. Is essential for your child’s safety and sense of security in the world.
4. Defines your child’s safe space to play, explore and learn.
5. Supports your child’s emotional regulation and development of their emotional maturity.
6. Supports your child to learn about their own needs while also considering the needs of others so they don't operate from selfishness, pride and ego..
7. Supports your child to develop self-awareness & self-control/impulse control.
8. Fosters empathy for others.
9. Fosters humility and a teachable spirit that is open to learn & grow.
10. Supports your child to thrive in their adult responsibilities, independance and social skills.

A child’s brain is still developing the ability to think logically, control impulses and understand consequences. They need support to make sense of the world around them in ways their developing brain cannot fully manage yet. Too much choice and freedom too early can be overwhelming for children and can often create anxiety, make them feel unsafe, and lead to emotional dysregulation.

The eldest of our 3 children just turned 16 (I can't believe it!) As our children get older and the edges of their boundaries are begining to widen, it is so lovely to see the gradual growth of their empathy, their care for others, their humility, their openness to learn and listen, their confidence and independence, their sense of responsibility, their self-awareness, their self-control, theIr self-regulation and their ability to look outside of self.

09/09/2025

When we pause and turn our listening into the body, we can become aware of the way we are breathing.
When we become aware of the way we are breathing, we can adjust our breathing patterns to influence our body; our nervous-system state; our holistic well-being.

01/09/2025

Hold onto hope for your healing...
Healing comes softly...it comes slowly...
There is no 'quick fix'...
It takes time...
It is a journey...
It is a dance...

Hold onto HOPE for healing and for your future...HOPE is the anchor for our soul.

Remember also that blessings can come TO you and THROUGH you, even when you are in the midst of hardship; even when you feel messy or broken.

Grief, loss, fear, anxiety, loniness, rejection, hurt, judgement, depression, overwhelm, stress.. Whatever you have or are experiencing...

Offer yourself COMPASSION.
Give yourself TIME.
Cling onto HOPE.
Persue the LIGHT, the TRUTH, the GOOD & the BEAUTIFUL.
Seek God's COMFORT and PEACE
Keep trying to SURRENDER...
Remember there IS a purpose & plan for your life.

23/08/2025

You can study and learn all the therapeutic modalities you want, but when it comes down to it,
the most powerful intervention on the healing journey is not a learnt tool, it comes from deep within the space holder.
It is one soul reaching out to another soul with love, compassion & empathy.

The healing power of empathy is not to be underestimated.
As humans we seek for our struggle to be SEEN, HEARD and HELD in SAFETY; we long to have our fear, our hurt or our loss validated.
When we reach out and express our pain and expose our heart, if it is met with this genuine and heartfelt empathy; a warm safe compassionate presence...then it can lead to healing rather than trauma.

As Peter A Levine, PhD says:
'Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.'

Are you still holding hurt and pain that was unmet with empathy?
Do you still hold this in your body?
Do you seek empathy and compassion; a safe container to process and heal?
❤️ 🙏

22/08/2025

Keep seeking what is GOOD, BEAUTIFUL & TRUE.
If your a sensitive soul like me, it is hard not to drown when you are faced with some of the brokenness, unkindness and darkness in the world...
If your not careful, this can be ALL you see...because it IS THERE but it is NOT ALL that is there..
Daily I have to Intentionally try to look for the beauty in the world, the good, the kindness...I am also challanged to BE that in the world, this can be hard also on challanging days...
It is amazing how a little bit of kindness can go a long way! And even just a brief moment of feeling some joy or noticing some beauty in the world can make your day or week better xo

Thankyou to for creating such a beautiful display in my own antique copper pot I've loved for years & with bark from my own yard...Not just a florist, Vanessa helps you create a PERSONAL piece of BEAUTY to cherish!
(with such kindness too)
😍❤️🙏🏻

20/08/2025

We can not always be certain what events will lead to trauma, as reactions to events vary significantly. Trauma is not solely defined by the events that happened but by what happened inside a person as a result.

People can even be impacted from the same event in vastly different ways. Some might experience significant distress from an event that others shrug off.

Peter Levine describes trauma as
the incomplete; unresolved physiological responses to percieved threat. The occurance of trauma depends on how the person's nervous system responds, how they process the event and the meaning they form from it.

This is their own personal 'felt experience' of what happened to them. The 'felt experience' is what we work with on the therapeutic journey.

29/07/2025

Beautiful Brene Brown Quote:
"Vulnerability
sounds like truth
and feels like courage.
Truth and courage
aren't always comfortable,
but they're never weakness."

22/07/2025

Therapeutic interventions and tools are important...
But even more important, is the therapist themselves...
The therapist's empathetic presence, their regulated nervous system
and their safe embodied connection with the client can provide co-regulation and is the most important intervention for the therapeutic healing journey.

Vulnerability + fear = Trauma
Vulnerability + safety = Healing

Just as many clients have been hurt in relationship, they can also heal in safe relationship too.

17/07/2025

PART 2: WHAT ARE 10 THINGS I'M TRYING TO DO TO SUPPORT BODY & HORMONAL SHIFTS IN EARLY PERIMENOPAUSE?

✔️ MOVE MY BODY REGULARLY
(Pilaties, gym, swim, walk, dance etc
for upregulating the nervous system when stuck in low mood, increasing metabolism & digestion, building muscle & bringing energy back to body! Even micromovements for embodiment, energy release or awakening the body if slipping into shutdown)

✔️ COLD WATER IMMERSION
(Cold shower, cold fresh water dip, ocean swim/surf, ice bath etc
Again good for lifting mood, upregulating the nervous system & energizing the body)

✔️ INFRARED SAUNA SESSIONS
(Helping hormonal skin breakouts, improving sleep, detoxing, supporting relaxation, helping metabolism & circulation)

✔️ HERBAL & HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS
(Chaste Tree, Dong Quai, Maca, Ashwaganda, Chamomile, Passionflower, Milk thistle, Valerian, Black Cohosh, Vitamin D, Magnesium, melatonin, probiotics, vitamin C, wild yam cream, collagen & Protein etc.)

✔️ SENSORY SOOTHING SPACES
(Supporting the body to calm and down regulating the nervous system through the senses...bring in the sounds, tastes, textures, smells and visual aspects that soothe & nourish your body)

✔️ BREATH PRACTICES & DAILY RITUALS
(Breath techniques for regulation, scripture meditation, music, prayer, journaling or mindful movement practices that can bring peace to the body, mind and soul. Focusing on the truth, gratitude, beauty, hope, love, awe & wonder in life)

✔️ NOURISHING CONNECTIONS
(Intentional time for deep connection with self, with God, and with close others in my life that nourish my soul)

✔️ HEALTHY BOUNDARIES
(learning to listen to what is needed each day: To speed up or slow down? To say 'no' or say 'yes"? To do more or do less? To pull in or give out? To let go or to hold on?...Its ok to say 'no' thankyou when you need to...before your body has to say it on your behalf)

✔️EATING WELL
(Small regular healthy meals, lean protein, healthy fats, fiber, plenty of fresh fruit & veg. Limit sugar, alcohol, caffine, processed & inflammatory foods)

✔️ INCREASE HYDRATION
(Drink more water. Nourishing oils and natural hydrating products/routines for skin & hair)

05/07/2025

Parenting is NOT about perfection...
I have to remind myself of this at the end of each day...
I have a tendancy to have mummy guilt and feel pressure to do everything right...
Ill wake up and tell myself how patient and present I will be with my kids today...
Then some days I get down the hallway and Ive ALREADY yelled or got impatient!
Im just so human! Its annoying!
I make mistakes...
But it's not about being perfect...
Its more important to be humble...
To apologize, to ask forgiveness, to repair...
To learn, to grow...
To KEEP trying
To KEEP loving

Mama, offer yourself grace and forgiveness today 🙏🏻❤️ Your only human xox

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Cooroy, QLD

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Monday	9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	9:45am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5pm
Friday	9:30am - 5am
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