Corna Olivier Counseling

12/05/2022

26/01/2022

Are you getting your seven or eight hours of sleep a night — yet you still feel exhausted? Here’s why that could be happening, according to physician Saundra Dalton-Smith.

02/01/2022

If you want to boost happiness and overall health, make journaling a habit with thanks to pro tips and science-backed research.

12/11/2021

Walking next to someone in this way creates a sacred path. So grateful that I get to do this 🌷

11/11/2021

Here’s to all of us doing what needs doing

01/10/2021

YOU DON’T JUST LOSE SOMEONE ONCE

You lose them over and over,
sometimes many times a day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten,
creeps up,
and attacks you from behind.
Fresh waves of grief as the realisation hits home,
they are gone.
Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken,
so does your memory,
so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,
they are gone.
Again.

Losing someone is a journey,
not a one-off.
There is no end to the loss,
there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat,
when it washes over.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,
they have a journey ahead of them,
and a daily shock to the system each time they realise,
they are gone,
Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every day,

for a lifetime.

Touching words by Donna Ashworth Words

Gorgeous art by Kenneth Crane

Always With Love

25/08/2021

"We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident.

It is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade. But, learning to forgive ourselves and others because we have not chosen wisely is what makes us most human.

We make horrible mistakes. It's how we learn.

We breathe love. It's how we learn.

And it is inevitable."

Nayyira Waheed

Image: Gustav Klimt

23/08/2021

29/07/2021

25/07/2021

BEING HAPPY (Pope Francisco)

You can have defects, be anxious and live irritated sometimes, but do not forget that your life is the biggest empire in the world!
Only you can prevent her from going into decline.
There are many that appreciate, admire and love you.
I would like you to remember that being happy is not having a sky without storms, a road without accidents, work without fatigue, or relationships without disappointments.
Being happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in battles, security on the stage of fear, and love in disagreements.
Being happy is not only cherishing smiles, but also reflecting on sadness.
It is not just commemorating achievements, but learning lessons in failure.
Not just rejoicing in applause, but having joy in anonymity.
Being happy is recognizing that life is worth living, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and periods of crisis.
Being happy is not an inevitable fate of life, but a victory for those who can travel into their own being.
Being happy is to stop being a victim of the problems and become an actor in the story.
It is crossing deserts outside of oneself, but being able to find an oasis in the recesses of our soul.
It is thanking God every morning for the miracle of life.
Being happy is not being afraid of one's feelings.
It is being able to talk about oneself.
It is having the courage to hear a "no".
It is having security to receive criticism, even when it is unfair.
It is kissing your children, pampering your parents, having poetic moments with friends, even if they hurt us.
Being happy is allowing the happy and simple creature who lives within each of us to live freely.
It is having the maturity to say "I was wrong."
It is having the audacity to say "excuse me."
It is having the sensitivity to express "I need you."
It is having the ability to say "I love you."
I wish that your life be a garden of opportunities to be happy again ...
That in your spring you be a lover of joy.
That in your winter you be a friend of wisdom.
And that when you are on the wrong road, you start all over again!
Then you will be more passionate about life.
And you will find that happiness is not having a perfect life.
But using tears to water tolerance.
Using losses to refine patience.
Using failure to sculpt serenity.
Using pain to etch pleasure.
Using obstacles to open the windows of intelligence.
Never give up ....
Never give up on the people you love.
Never give up on being happy, because life is an incredible show!

12/07/2021

Charlie Mackesy