Clear Vision Counselling

12/08/2025

“The fastest way to lose your peace of mind is to give someone a piece of yours.”
Jefferson Fisher
This could happen when I am trying to get a person's approval, validation or love in some way. Instead, I need to stand in my strong core self energy.

This could happen if I am trying to please someone. Or if I am trying to get a person's approval, validation or love in some way. Instead, I need to stand in my core self energy and realize that it is solely my job to recognize my self worth and value.

12/07/2025

“Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued.”
Brene Brown
How connected do you feel? How are you offering the gift of connection with others to yourself?
Love Christie

12/01/2025

“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.”
Brené Brown
We try to hide shame. This is to ensure no one knows about the depth of the shame and usually guilt.
Love Christie

11/30/2025

“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
Pema Chodrun
When we get stuck in our perspective it can rule out others. Better to be curious and non judgemental. Maybe you can learn something new?
Love Christie

11/23/2025

“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.”
Brené Brown
We are hard wired to want connection. And yet we can push it away in many different ways because we are afraid of being hurt. Forgive and it will change.

11/22/2025

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Sometimes we smile when we are happy and at other times when we smile at something, we feel happy.
Either way, it feels great.

11/18/2025

“What makes you different or weird— that’s your strength.”
Meryl Streep
It is natural to want to fit in. But our passions and talents are where we excel and stand out.
Love Christie

11/17/2025

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
J.K. Rowling
We are always changing and growing even if we aren't aware of it. We can build our lives up from our lowest low.
We are resilient.
Love Christie

11/09/2025

“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”
Peter Levine
Typically, the worst thing about trauma is that we experience it alone. This is why therapy can be so helpful.

Typically, the worst thing about trauma is that we experience it alone. Without someone to help us or put it into perspective. This is why therapy can be so valuable.

11/09/2025

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
Robert Brault
It is in noticing the little moments, the connections, the children looking at you and talking non stop even when you are too tired to listen.

It is in noticing the little moments, the connections, the children looking at you and talking non stop even when you are too tired to listen, when it is sunny, or rainy and you are cosy inside. All of these are worthy of notice and appreciation.

11/02/2025

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius
When we are negative and pessimistic this can affect our mood and feelings for the day and possibly longer. However, we always make a different choice. We can Choose Again.

11/01/2025

"It always seems impossible until it's done."
Nelson Mandela
Sometimes a challenge (or a few) in our lives can feel overwhelming. But if we approach one thing at a time and handle each one that comes up, we are doing the best we can. And that is enough.

Sometimes a challenge (or a few) in our lives can feel overwhelming. But if we approach one thing at a time and handle each one that comes up, we are doing the best we can.