Holistic Thoughts

31/12/2023

Happy New Year

Due to other commitments, I will be unavailable until the end of the month
From February onwards, I am coordinating available times with Ravenoak Apothecary in Donnybrook

31/12/2023

04/05/2023

Have you decided to make changes?
Do you need help sticking with it?

Author: unknown

21/04/2023

Many times when we help we do not really serve.
Serving is also different from fixing.

Seeing yourself as a fixer may cause you to see brokenness everywhere, to sit in judgment of life itself. When we fix others, we may not see their hidden wholeness or trust the integrity of the life in them. Fixers trust their own expertise.

Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole.

When we serve, we see the unborn wholeness in others; we collaborate with it and strengthen it. Others may then be able to see their wholeness for themselves for the first time.

Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.
-Rachel Naomi Remen-

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

07/03/2023

A soulmate is an ongoing connection with another individual that the soul picks up again in various times and places over lifetimes.

We are attracted to another person at a soul level not because that person is our unique complement, but because by being with that individual, we are somehow provided with an impetus to become whole ourselves.

- Edgar Cayce

Art Miles Johnston

12/12/2022

A person recently said something about "negative emotions like fear"
Emotions are not negative (or positive) - it's how we express them that can be negative.
If anything, fear is a superpower - it sharpens the senses, strengthens the muscles and improves focus to where it feels like time slows down!!
How do you handle your emotions (especially over the festive season)?

25/07/2022

Ladies - how well do you know your body?
Do you know what happens when you or**sm?
Do you celebrate your monthly cycle or do you dread it?
When you got your first period did you get a packet of pads tossed in your direction and told to keep it secret?
What would you tell your younger self about that time if you could go back to then? Or what would you tell your daughter?
What if you were to celebrate the power held in your body?

I am launching a celebration of the female body aimed at educating females (young or old!) about how their body works and celebrating how it changes. Changes to the body have been celebrated by cultures across the globe - especially the change to Motherhood - so why has the Western culture shamed us for the changes our bodies make monthly to prepare for motherhood?
It is time to end the stigma associated with periods, claim the power within your body and empower yourself with knowledge.

If you are interested in getting a few friends together and sharing knowledge - please drop me a message

08/05/2022

15/09/2021

Sorry I have been quiet here lately, I have been working on both my self care and reducing my self neglect.
What's self neglect you ask?
It's the opposite of self care - all the things you do that are damaging you in some manner (emotionally, physically, spiritually, psychologically)
We all know how to do basic self care - eat healthy foods, get some exercise, connect with others, etc
But do you know how to practice and reinforce your commitment to reducing self neglect?
Do you buy a pile of vegetables and fruit only to throw them away because they went off before you ate them?
Do you pile your plate with food and eat even though you aren't that hungry?
Do you still fit into your gym clothes? Or has the exercise bike you bought at the start of lockdown been gathering dust?
Do you pick up your phone to call a friend only to find yourself scrolling mindlessly through social media?
I admit that I have thrown away fruit and vegetables (thanks kids!!).
Sometimes I still eat too much (thanks to my parents for the "you have to eat everything on your plate" mindset! )
And sometimes I do scroll mindlessly, just because my brain needs a break!
But I am glad to say that my gym clothes still fit! Thanks to my dog needing a daily walk!

So on my daily walk (6-7km!) I have been listening to various podcasts and I have been inspired to create a series of meditation sessions (these will be held as group sessions if I can get the numbers)
So far I have developed:
1. Basic introduction to meditation and hypnotherapy
2. Creating a healthy lifestyle (improve your relationship with food, exercise, sleep, etc)
3. Breaking bad habits
4. Finding balance
5. Connecting with your spirit guides and inner divinity
6.???

If you know what the 6th session should be, please give me ideas!

Looking forward to setting up a group with you soon!

25/02/2021

Do you know how to say No?
It's not just saying No to a person requesting something from you, but saying No to yourself!
Do you have trouble stopping at 1 piece of chocolate?
Or stopping yourself from reaching for a cigarette or an alcoholic drink (or something else)?
Why not take control of your life through hypnotherapy?
Book a session today!

10/11/2020

Su***de doesn't take away your pain, it transfers it to those who loved and cared for you 💔💔💔💔
Please reach out to ANYONE if you are struggling - there are many resources and support services (lifeline, beyond blue, etc)

RIP to all those who couldn't find peace in life 💔

01/11/2020

What is missing in your connections that causes you to turn to addiction?

"Bruce Alexander, a professor of psychology in Vancouver, explained to me, the idea of addiction we've all got in our heads, that story, comes partly from a series of experiments that were done earlier in the 20th century. They're really simple. You get a rat and you put it in a cage, and you give it two water bottles: One is just water, and the other is water laced with either he**in or co***ne. If you do that, the rat will almost always prefer the drug water and almost always kill itself quite quickly. So there you go, right? That's how we think it works.

In the '70s, Professor Alexander comes along and he looks at this experiment and he noticed something. He said ah, we're putting the rat in an empty cage. It's got nothing to do except use these drugs. Let's try something different. So Professor Alexander built a cage that he called "Rat Park," which is basically heaven for rats. They've got loads of cheese, they've got loads of colored balls, they've got loads of tunnels.

Crucially, they've got loads of friends. They can have loads of s*x. And they've got both the water bottles, the normal water and the drugged water. But here's the fascinating thing: In Rat Park, they don't like the drug water. They almost never use it. None of them ever use it compulsively. None of them ever overdose.

You go from almost 100 percent overdose when they're isolated to zero percent overdose when they have happy and connected lives." ~Johann Hari

Source: Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong (TED Talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong

See Also:

What Rat Experiments Can Teach Us About Addiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-0KfwFCMRM

The Opposite of Addiction is Connection https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-and-s*x-in-the-digital-age/201509/the-opposite-addiction-is-connection

Rat Park Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajk9uEDEUQc

The Dislocation Theory Of Addiction (Bruce Alexander) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0HjpSGmS00&t=160s

The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power: Gabor Maté at TEDxRio+20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE

Beating Drug Addiction - The Rat Park Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpvjH9cVJDI