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Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm

Kym Madden Counselling, Marcoola (2025)

Kym is a registered counsellor who can help you find yourself again. We are constantly facing challenges in life and it can be exhausting. Our life energy can go into our problems, trying to keep things from getting too bad. It's so easy to lose sight of the kind of life that we want. Instead, we know what we don't want. If this is you, you are invited to try solution-focused brief therapy. It's a process that makes change possible, based on the reality of your life. If you have been living someone else's picture of a good life - or trying to - you'll find these sessions really help. You'll find the space and safety to get clear about yourself. And you'll find a way forward. Solution-focused brief therapy is about moving towards a better life, while also dealing with whatever life brings. I have found solution-focused brief therapy a massive help for many, including myself. My qualifications are backed up by both professional and personal experience. I have a doctorate in communication, certification in counselling and a specialisation in SFBT. I am committed to the ethics and principles of the Australian Counselling Association. I've also gotten through very hard things. I understand being a perfectionist. Procrastinating. Self-sabortaging. I've suffered for way too long. Now I'm over 60 and free and happy. Know that if you want a good life, to live the life that is a true expression of who you are, you can definitely do this.

10/11/2025

How healthy do you feel?

If you feel unhealthy most days, why is that? What's going on for you?

It can be difficult to know ourselves, if we have layers of self criticism, lots of explanations, lots of history we carry on our shoulders.

We can avoid some hard truths...we add layers of complexity that cover up our reality, like a cake that is beautifully decorated. We can fixate on the icing, the embellishments, and overlook our reality.

If you are feeling exhausted by seemingly wasted efforts to become healthier, you may be weighing yourself down by too much complexity. There's a lot of information out there. Lots of options. Everyone has advice. With so much noise about becoming healthier, it's hard to think straight.

All you know is that you are cut off from the better version of yourself.

Have you tried to become healthier....to eat better, to exercise, or stop an unhealthy habit like smoking...only to find your efforts fail you?

You may make detailed plans only to find yourself back where you were. Still feeling unhealthy. Or you ping-pong between times you feel healthy and times you feel unhealthy.

Do you know how common this is? We've overcomplicated our lives.

If this is a time to reset, I respectfully suggest giving up all the baggage, all the detailed changes, all the explanations.

What one or two things would make a difference to feeling healthy?

Yes, you may have many aspirations. But, putting aside for the time being all that you want to do, would do in a perfect world, what is not helping?

Gaining clarity on this is the perfect starting point to becoming a healthier version of yourself.

Focusing on one or two things ONLY will free you from being bogged down in trying to do too much at the same time.

You may be stuck by having too many 'shoulds' and 'musts' in your life. Are you willing to give yourself some freedom?

By letting go of all that you might do, and just holding in your mind's eye the one thing you can do something about, you are ready to be healthier.

Let go of all the various strategies that are 'over-egging' the omelette. Just get clear on the one or two things you know will make a difference, and you will clear the way to make a change for the better.

20/10/2025

Being Discerning

AI surprises us every day. It is a wonderful tool for accessing information about mental health and wellness. It can give us many useful ideas for coping with today and planning our future. We are only beginning to discover what is possible with AI.

The thing is AI has no heart (although it may be designed to suggest it does). Let's remember this.

We are not designed to live an isolated life. We need others emotionally. When we are healthy, our hearts do connect and support each other.

When we face times of change, and challenges in life, we also need to be truly seen and heard for who we are at our essence. It is better if we have a real person nearby. A warm, caring person who helps us make sense of our complicated experiences.

AI can't do this. Despite everything it has potential to do.

Can we learn to discern in our new world? We need human contact and support that is different from information and recommendations.

The heart will tell us this at 4am.

19/09/2025

Is your life changing? At times of voluntary or involuntary change, it can really help to have a caring professional to support you. Counselling is a sign of health and resilience, not weakness.

I endeavour to provide a gentle, clear, compassionate approach that meets you where you're at, and respects your needs and best hopes. I am a mature age counsellor who will not judge nor share any information. Sometimes all we need is to speak aloud what is in us.

I draw upon acceptance and commitment therapy, internal family systems and solution focused brief therapy to help you build greater meaning, connection, and fulfilment in times of stress and change.

In-person, telephone, and online sessions available. No obligation for number of sessions. Please see www.kymmaddencounsellingandcoaching.com for more information, or contact me on 0438 357 772

16/09/2025

Thoughts from a local counsellor ....

Too much of a good thing? An antidote for you to consider

We have come to rely on our minds for getting through our days, organising ourselves and our families, assessing how we are doing, fixing things that go wrong, and planning our future.

Our minds are indeed wonderful in so many ways.

However, problems will often come from how we are thinking about ourselves, a relationship, or a situation. How we are looking at something makes a significant difference to what we experience. Yet changing this lens can seem impossible.

Also, we can restlessly turn over things in our mind. Trying to figure out what's happened and what the best solution might be. Many of us have all seen firsthand how our minds can entrap us.

What can we do when we are struggling? One antidote I put to you is this: see if you can find your heart in all of this.

The first step is to shift from your mind to your body. Notice what discomfort or pains you have, and where you feel it most. Are you carrying stress or tension in your muscles? if yes, which part is feeling it the most? If you scan your body, what do you notice? Can you acknowledge these sensations and feelings for just a moment or two? Just notice them there and let them have a little space so that they can move through you when they are ready to do so. By resisting them, we are locking them into our bodies.

The second step is to gently turn your attention inwards to your heart area. What emotions are you feeling right now? If you can, name each as you notice that feeling. Sadness, fear, anger, frustration. Whatever is there is your heart, notice it.

The last step is to ask your heart what heart quality will help you at this moment. Our hearts have natural qualities that support us.... qualities that connect us with our spirits and most essential self. For example, trust is a heart quality.... trust in yourself, in people, in situations, in the way life is unfolding. There are many pure heart qualities: love, compassion, hope, gratitude, forgiveness, openness, and respect. They come without conditions, when from the heart. It is only the mind that adds conditions or limitations to them.

This is a time to be gentle with yourself, to ask open questions. What heart quality do you need right now? What is in low supply? What would support you in this present moment if you opened more fully to it? Again, name it and allow it, to the extent you can.

Invite clarity, be willing for it, but set it aside. It will come when you are ready. There is no need to hunt for how to make it happen. Opportunities will arise. Simply return to your tasks.

When you sit in your heart space like this, you are opening to more of you. You are honouring the whole self. This will support you.

I hope this suggestion might work for you when you are caught in life's many challenges.

Please know that I offer a friendly shoulder if you'd like a counselling session for whatever reason. More about this at www.kymmaddencounsellingandcoaching.com

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12/09/2025

Not old and not young. How fortunate to have this gap in life. A place of gratitude and opportunity. Meryl Streep puts it like this...

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Marcoola, QLD
4564

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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Website

http://www.kymmaddencounsellingandcoaching.com/

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